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<blockquote data-quote="aboyd" data-source="post: 5020185" data-attributes="member: 44797">Thanks for the responses, guys.&nbsp; I'll try to answer the questions.Yep.&nbsp; They are the heralds of an evil creature awakening deep in the ziggurat.&nbsp; Their goal is to be harbingers of doom, although in this case they may be as bad as the doom itself.They do in fact go off in random fashion, at least according to the module.&nbsp; It paints them as taking to the skies, one by one.&nbsp; However, the monster description in the Dungeon Denizens monster collection has them with scores in every ability (for example, instead of &quot;Int -&quot; they have &quot;Int 9&quot; or thereabouts).&nbsp; They all have wisdom of 13.&nbsp; So they are sentient and could certainly make decisions to &quot;gang up&quot; on something.&nbsp; In addition, the monster stat block lists their &quot;Organization&quot; as &quot;Solitary, flurry (2-5), storm (8-80).&quot;&nbsp; I imagine 80 of these Storm Spirits flying toward a settlement of 500 villagers in a swamp would set the villagers into sheer panic, especially as the lightning bolts began hitting anyone in the streets.The characters are level 7 &amp; 8, now.&nbsp; The spirits seem to be like air elementals, mostly.&nbsp; They are &quot;smoky vapor.&quot;I've started picturing it.&nbsp; I'm thinking that my players might walk up to Rel Astra to sell off some loot, and see massive storm clouds hanging over the city.&nbsp; As they approach, they witness high level heroes flying over the city, hurling spells at the vortex, dueling with the air itself.I think I have leeway.&nbsp; I think it might be fun to have some of the madness &amp; plague spirits secretly infest a town to cause mysterious illnesses, while the plague spirits bunch together to rain down devastation from the heavens.One thing I didn't mention is that I may take Zargon (if anyone remembers him) and make him the &quot;old god&quot; that is being reborn at the lowest level of the ziggurat.&nbsp; Add in the cultists that some of you have mentioned, and I think I'm getting close to figuring out what this insanity will look like.Thanks for the help thus far.&nbsp; I'd certainly welcome more.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="aboyd, post: 5020185, member: 44797"] Thanks for the responses, guys. I'll try to answer the questions. Yep. They are the heralds of an evil creature awakening deep in the ziggurat. Their goal is to be harbingers of doom, although in this case they may be as bad as the doom itself. They do in fact go off in random fashion, at least according to the module. It paints them as taking to the skies, one by one. However, the [i]monster[/i] description in the Dungeon Denizens monster collection has them with scores in every ability (for example, instead of "Int -" they have "Int 9" or thereabouts). They all have wisdom of 13. So they are sentient and could certainly make decisions to "gang up" on something. In addition, the monster stat block lists their "Organization" as "Solitary, flurry (2-5), storm (8-80)." I imagine 80 of these Storm Spirits flying toward a settlement of 500 villagers in a swamp would set the villagers into sheer panic, especially as the lightning bolts began hitting anyone in the streets. The characters are level 7 & 8, now. The spirits seem to be like air elementals, mostly. They are "smoky vapor." I've started picturing it. I'm thinking that my players might walk up to Rel Astra to sell off some loot, and see massive storm clouds hanging over the city. As they approach, they witness high level heroes flying over the city, hurling spells at the vortex, dueling with the air itself. I think I have leeway. I think it might be fun to have some of the madness & plague spirits secretly infest a town to cause mysterious illnesses, while the plague spirits bunch together to rain down devastation from the heavens. One thing I didn't mention is that I may take Zargon (if anyone remembers him) and make him the "old god" that is being reborn at the lowest level of the ziggurat. Add in the cultists that some of you have mentioned, and I think I'm getting close to figuring out what this insanity will look like. Thanks for the help thus far. I'd certainly welcome more. [/QUOTE]

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