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Message: <blockquote data-quote="markero" data-source="post: 1201540" data-attributes="member: 15018">State of the World (a description of notable places and peoples_)Lizardmen city and empire.The lizarmen here worship an enormous swamp linnorm as described in the monster manual.The lizardmen have three cities that co-exist within one huge wooded-marsh area.  1)The first city is the city of warriors and the lizardman army. It houses the practice area, defensive trees and military outpost storage. This city isn’t circular but crescent shaped as to guard a large outer area of the swamp.  The lizardmen use hollowed out trees as scouting positions. The trees have arrow slits that can be opened and closed from inside. There is a complex underground tunnel system that connects the trees, with hidden entrances. The tunnels sometimes wind outside of the marshy wooded area, because of high water tables they have to be constantly cleared of the moist soil.  On average there is one guard tree every 20 feet whenever the vegetation permits. These are nearly impossible to identify because of the growth that covers them. Most of the trees are still partially alive and have spotty leaves making it harder to detect them. On the main avenue leading to the second city there are a dozen guard-trees strategically placed, all connected by the underground tunnels. The outer ring has four troop barracks , a sparing circle and two storage caves.  There is only one secure path leading into the second city. Quicksand, spiders and various other things heavily infest the wood.The lizardmen promote the infestations by feeding many of it’s occupants and otherwise helping them to grow and reproduce. Lizard Warriors have bone armor and weapons, often using poison and acid in fighting.  Their light crossbows shoot poison tipped bolts, and their darts are tipped with a sleeping toxin. They also have clay bottles that when thrown create a sleep cloud 10’ radius. These are used often to capture unfortunate villagers for their ceremonies.2) the second city is the city of the craftsmen and laborers.  Here the Lizard population cultivates it’s food, and houses it’s children.  The area is circular and consists of various size huts and thatch shelters.  The land is more marsy here and most of it is covered in 1 – 3 feet of stagnant marsh water. There is green algie covering most of the deeper water areas (which the lizardmen use with their food). A rock shelf is built in the center of the city 5 feet high with two U shaped metal rods placed in an x pattern over the top of it.  These rodes extend and curve over the center of the rock platform about 8 feet above. They are used for cooking on special occasions, and ceremonial purposes (most times lizardpeople eat food raw, cooking is difficult with so much moisture ,, and wood has to be dried for days before it is able to be used for the fire. There is one main storehouse here, very large raised building with a thatch roof.  It stands 4 feet above the water surface and sits 30 feet from the closest city structure.3) the third city is the Religious center of lizardmen life, and near the center of the marsh. A makeshift path formed with rotting boards and timber leads across deeper water into the heart of the marsh. The swamp is covered in a thick ooze and blue-green algae. The blue green algae is acidic and will eat away at any metal material that it touches. The algae is harmless to any other material. Metal can be covered with protective coating. The algae has the following effect if the item fails a save vs fortitude:First Round takes on a blueish hue.Second round  the metal begins to corrode as if slightly rustedThird round the metal begins to flake in spotsThird round metal flakes heavilyFourth round metal flakes begin to break off and dissolveFifth round the metal cracks into one or two large pieces Six round the metal pieces begin to flakeSeventh round metal pieces flake heavily and form crack linesEigth round the metal cracks into multiple smaller pieces, flake and dissolve completely into a blue goo. A standard tactic of defence is to attempt to drag the individual into the algae in order to destroy both weapons and armor.  At the end of the rickety path is a stone pyramid 12 feet high.  This pyramid is highly polished black onyx stone and has an open doorway with polished steps leading down into the water.  Entrance to the pyramid complex is underwater requiring a swim down the stepped entrance 25 feet down. The pyramid is a large complex of rooms for the priests, storage areas, two rooms of worship and a throne room with the pyramid’s holy relic (this is a fang from the Swamp Linnorm that the lizard men worship).. It sits on green-blue algae weaved into a silken type cloth(this algae also contains the acid and will corrode metal). The algae is very soft and thin,, making it easily torn.  Directly behind the pyramid is a wicker platform 20 feet high.  One beam of the platform juts up another 10 feet and a very heavy rope is looped around it and extends into the swamp eventually out of the sight of anyone standing there. The post that the rope attches to has 6 handles sticking directly out of its base that are used to turn the rope and winch the cage attached to.  There is a 6’ square wicker box attached to one of the ropes. The box has no sides other than four poles connecting the ceiling and floor.  The purpose of this box is to carry sacrifices deep into the swamp for the Linnorm that lives there.  Most time slaves are bound and a lizard priest accompanies them on their jouney, pushing them off at the appropriate point.  The rope extends on an upward angle and eventually reaches high into the treetops of the swamp. The lizardmen are forced to continually raid anything available in an attempt to satiate the voracious hunger of the Linnorm.  They have recently discovered underground paths leading to the sewers of a semi-distant city.  The lizardmen have been stealthily capturing the cities inhabitants for sacrifices (mostly poor and homeless</blockquote>

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