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<blockquote data-quote="BelXiror" data-source="post: 1710195" data-attributes="member: 13379">Another thing to remember is FRIENDLY critters. There may be a unicorn living in the local forest, that may not specifically help the locals, does help to keep the goblins at bay just by existing nearby.Maybe the village saved a wyrmling bronze or silver dragon, who, 500 years later, still keeps an eye on the village that saved it's life. Much like Gandalf and the Shire, maybe it passes through in human form to liven things up, to keep track of families, specially the decendents on the one's who saved it.These friendly critters will be the ones to deal with the not-so friendly critters that are out of the villages league. Maybe a nomadic group of giants are passing, and the village sends a messenger to the local friendly critter to help, with the promise of reward. Of course, they may run into adventures first <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :p"&nbsp; data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />One metallic dragon living near a group of villages could make a world of difference on survivability. Of course, they may not be able to help regularly, as they may be busy dealing with chromatic dragons they may want to move in. The unicorn in the wood may have sway over the local fey (woot, rhyme!) and wild animals, cutting back on animal encounters. Also keeping track of lost children, as if there are woods to get lost in, sure enough they'll get lost, and the forest protectors could lead them out.Petitioning local friendly critters for help would be another path to survival in the D&amp;D world.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BelXiror, post: 1710195, member: 13379"] Another thing to remember is FRIENDLY critters. There may be a unicorn living in the local forest, that may not specifically help the locals, does help to keep the goblins at bay just by existing nearby. Maybe the village saved a wyrmling bronze or silver dragon, who, 500 years later, still keeps an eye on the village that saved it's life. Much like Gandalf and the Shire, maybe it passes through in human form to liven things up, to keep track of families, specially the decendents on the one's who saved it. These friendly critters will be the ones to deal with the not-so friendly critters that are out of the villages league. Maybe a nomadic group of giants are passing, and the village sends a messenger to the local friendly critter to help, with the promise of reward. Of course, they may run into adventures first :p One metallic dragon living near a group of villages could make a world of difference on survivability. Of course, they may not be able to help regularly, as they may be busy dealing with chromatic dragons they may want to move in. The unicorn in the wood may have sway over the local fey (woot, rhyme!) and wild animals, cutting back on animal encounters. Also keeping track of lost children, as if there are woods to get lost in, sure enough they'll get lost, and the forest protectors could lead them out. Petitioning local friendly critters for help would be another path to survival in the D&D world. [/QUOTE]

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