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<blockquote data-quote="Starglim" data-source="post: 2882706" data-attributes="member: 17011">Maybe think about what you're going to do from levels 1 to 20. Level 20 is the aboleths' huge and abominable ruler. What's level 1?I suggest, other humans. You have a continent where the western-central area has sunk and is now a sea swarming with evil things. That leaves, roughly speaking, a horseshoe of dry land or a closely-spaced archipelago. Every kingdom will have two natural enemies - its neighbours around the horseshoe of land - and could at any time be plotting against one and actively warring with the other. Any event that seems likely to merge two kingdoms (a marriage, treaty, failure of a royal line or serious invasion) will be of immediate concern to all their neighbours as it threatens the balance of power.Perhaps one of the states has been corrupted by aboleth plots and now seeks to spread the rule of some evil cult around the continent.For variety, you could pick an aquatic humanoid race as minions of the aboleth (unknown to the landsmen) and have them raid the inland sea coast from time to time. As the seacoast becomes more dangerous and less settled, other coastal dangers like sea hags (CR 4) could migrate in.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Starglim, post: 2882706, member: 17011"] Maybe think about what you're going to do from levels 1 to 20. Level 20 is the aboleths' huge and abominable ruler. What's level 1? I suggest, other humans. You have a continent where the western-central area has sunk and is now a sea swarming with evil things. That leaves, roughly speaking, a horseshoe of dry land or a closely-spaced archipelago. Every kingdom will have two natural enemies - its neighbours around the horseshoe of land - and could at any time be plotting against one and actively warring with the other. Any event that seems likely to merge two kingdoms (a marriage, treaty, failure of a royal line or serious invasion) will be of immediate concern to all their neighbours as it threatens the balance of power. Perhaps one of the states has been corrupted by aboleth plots and now seeks to spread the rule of some evil cult around the continent. For variety, you could pick an aquatic humanoid race as minions of the aboleth (unknown to the landsmen) and have them raid the inland sea coast from time to time. As the seacoast becomes more dangerous and less settled, other coastal dangers like sea hags (CR 4) could migrate in. [/QUOTE]

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