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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AFGNCAAP" data-source="post: 3552931" data-attributes="member: 871">ENWorld has proven to be a great place for brainstorming, so I'd figure I'd ask y'alls help with a project I'm working on.I'm working on developing villainous threats/organizations for  <a href="http://wladvrealtv.pbwiki.com/" target="_blank">my homebrew campaign setting</a>.  So far, here's what I have:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Various savage orc tribes in the uncharted northern lands under the not-so-perfect rulership of an ettin "god-king."</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A (yet-to-be-revealed) massive goblinoid army, commanded by the world's 1st lich (who's also the world's 1st warlock).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">An evil city-state on a volcanic island (which is the only place that openly worships the major Evil religion of the setting).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">An insane death slaad who harasses adventurers for reasons that make sense only to him.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A pirate city-state (not totally villainous, but some residents can be antagonists from time to time--it's more along the lines of a wretched-hive-of-scum-and-villainy sort of place).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A hive of aberrations and oozes just outside of an isolationist psionics-heavy city-state.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Various nomadic xvart tribes.</li> </ul>So far, I've got quite a few monster-oriented threats in the game.  However, I was looking to develop some things that are more organization-based (akin to the Zhents, Emerald Claw, Scarlet Brotherhood, etc.).I'd like any ideas/suggestions you may have.  There's just a few campaign-based rules to keep in mind:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">No such thing as drow, duergar, etc. in the setting.  Those races have died out and been replaced by the derogar.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">No such thing as kobolds, troglodytes, or kuo-toa: they all have been merged/reworked/renamed into one amphibian-like race that worships slaads.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Religions aren't based on deities, but philosophies: the Path of Light, the Path of Darkness, the Path of Nature, and the Path of Knowledge.  These are the only religions with divine spellcasters; there are other smaller religions/cults in the setting, but no follower can be a member and have divine spellcasting ability.  This is world-wide, and not just a feature of the main realm.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Other than well-established/defined city-states, there is only one major nation in the known/mapped area.  There's an OA-style massive empire to the (unmapped) south, and barbarian & orc tribes in the (unmapped) north.  What lies beyond the western and eastern seas is unknown.</li> </ul>I'd appreciate any ideas/feedback you could provide.</blockquote>

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