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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jack7" data-source="post: 4643724" data-attributes="member: 54707">Rel, have you considered the idea that the Mist is no longer lethal or toxic, it is just believed to be? Like an edge of the world, that is not really what it appears to be. For instance, at one time most of the mist was perhaps lethal, but over time much of the toxic element(s) dissipated or bled off into space, or were burned up by solar radiation. But it is still believed to be completely toxic. And actually only a very thin layer is really toxic or semi-toxic.There could therefore be a habitable area underneath, at ground and sea level and indeed, over time, maybe an whole other, completely unknown world exists underneath, maybe that is distantly heard from time to time but not recognized for what it is. (Noises are heard but they are misinterpreted because no-one can believe anything really lives in the Mist, and actually they don't live in the mist, they live underneath the Mist.) The world underneath, which would probably be cold and/or wet, depending upon other environmental circumstances might hear noise from near the plateaus, but does not recognize it for what it is for it too believes the Mist is impassable and completely toxic.Then you'd have a method for how the mist effects the world. Is it really a nearly impassable barrier? Can it really separate the ground world from the plateau world? Are there force sin both worlds that do not desire the other to make contact? Why? Are there forces, individuals, or organizations in both worlds who desire contact?Surely the plateau world would like access to the resources of the world below. Surely the world below would like to trade with or exploit the plateau world? Surely both worlds would like to find a way to entirely dispel or dissipate the Mist? Surely someone wants to use the mist for their own purposes, or even as a weapon?Is the mist even what it appears to be? How was it created, by what force or forces, or by whom or by what agents? Is it inert, in constant motion, or even partially alive? Is it a chemical barrier, a magical one, a technological one, a natural one, or a mixture of elements and aspects?How can it be overcome? Manipulated? Controlled? Destroyed? You could go in a lot of different ways if you keep the idea flexible instead of defining it absolutely at the beginning (at least to yourself, give the players the idea that it is a real barrier but slowly introduce clues that it might not be). As for what you eventually make of it, it could very well be far more interesting to both you and your players if you both figure it out as you go along rather than write the whole script at the outset.</blockquote>

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