Points of Light approach to setting

[The_Gneech]

Well, if you're not careful as a DM, though, that becomes an incentive for the PCs to do absolutely nothing for fear that action of any kind will just lead to them being bitten on the butt for it.

I was just thinking the same thing. You need to have positive ramifications as well, or fatalism naturally steps in.

-The Gneech

 

[The_Fan]

If you run a seafaring campaign, it's easy to make Points of Light: The islands are points of light, with nearly all monsters coming from the sea. Most monsters prefer the ocean, and don't come ashore except for food, sacrifices, raiding, etc.