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<blockquote data-quote="Raven Crowking" data-source="post: 3686557" data-attributes="member: 18280">Exactly.&nbsp; Unless there is a reason for it to be different.I also place some Epic monsters right from the get-go, which may or may not become important later, but which can certainly be learned about when the PCs begin.&nbsp; These monsters don't have to be out to spread darkness over all the lands, but it should be known where some of them lair, so as to make it not such a shock when these creatures are discovered to exist later.An easy example is the Stone Colossus that stands in the harbour of Baal Imaris.&nbsp; Each morning it speaks one word as the sun touches the eastern horizon:&nbsp; Om.&nbsp; Each evening it speaks one word as the sun dips into the west:&nbsp; Mu.&nbsp; What these words mean, no one knows, and some think the Colossus is counting down the days until the End of Days.Not only does the Stone Colossus provide a mystery that low-level PCs cannot solve (but mid-level ones may), it is a planted Epic monster that may one day be used.&nbsp; Moreover, it can be used in backdrop (destroys ship in harbour then returns to its normal routine) to build up a sense that things are changing with it, or as part of another adventure (if the PCs must search that ship before it is destroyed, for example).RC</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Raven Crowking, post: 3686557, member: 18280"] Exactly. Unless there is a reason for it to be different. I also place some Epic monsters right from the get-go, which may or may not become important later, but which can certainly be learned about when the PCs begin. These monsters don't have to be out to spread darkness over all the lands, but it should be known where some of them lair, so as to make it not such a shock when these creatures are discovered to exist later. An easy example is the Stone Colossus that stands in the harbour of Baal Imaris. Each morning it speaks one word as the sun touches the eastern horizon: Om. Each evening it speaks one word as the sun dips into the west: Mu. What these words mean, no one knows, and some think the Colossus is counting down the days until the End of Days. Not only does the Stone Colossus provide a mystery that low-level PCs cannot solve (but mid-level ones may), it is a planted Epic monster that may one day be used. Moreover, it can be used in backdrop (destroys ship in harbour then returns to its normal routine) to build up a sense that things are changing with it, or as part of another adventure (if the PCs must search that ship before it is destroyed, for example). RC [/QUOTE]

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