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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rejuvenator" data-source="post: 6398342" data-attributes="member: 6781913">Apologies if this is redundant with any other thread, but I just started reading through the Monster Manual and it's already inspiring ideas...I've had a couple from just the few entries:The Aboleth HandicapAboleths have flawless immortal memories spanning back eons, and knowledge is power, so theoretically aboleths could have used their ultimate lore to evolve towards omniscience and omnipotence. Yes, they are powerful but not as powerful and influential as they presumably could be with all that knowledge, and an aboleth attacked in its lair does not unleash complex spells, retrieved artifacts, etc. My idea is that the aboleths are holding back, that what you see of the aboleths is the tip of an iceberg. An aboleth would rather be killed (and reform in the Elemental Plane of Water) than reveal is true evolving nature. The aboleths have had "untold eons to plot and prepare their plans for perfect execution" so they're very patient, waiting for the right moment to achieve the fantasy equivalent of singularity. The gods aren't fools and know this too, but the aboleths pose no clear and present danger, so most of the gods are more concerned with the present and short-term threats (devils, demons, etc.). Perhaps there is the equivalent of a deific department founded to combat the aboleth threat but it is woefully understaffed and underfunded.Guardian Angels = DevasDevas are said to take mortal forms for years according to legends. They can raise dead and heal any curse/disease/poison/blindness/deafness. The world is a very dangerous place and, by all accounts (and the "Monster density and wilderness settlements" thread), a lot of regular folk should be dying in droves. My idea is that disguised devas embedded in communities is quite common. And it's not just a legend. The children stories about guardian angels are completely true. Devas use their powers to save countless lives across the lands. The most obvious healings are celebrated as miracles by priests. The devas always remain in disguise, though, because a revealed deva will quickly be overwhelmed by petitioners. (PCs who learn the truth of this might try to seek out a deva for healing at every village, but it's actually a well kept secret masked as superstition, miracles and children stories, and besides, most devas heal the poor and needy and innocent, not reckless adventurers.)It would be great to share and discuss ideas (little or big, germinating or fully fledged) amongst ourselves.</blockquote>

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