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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jim pinto" data-source="post: 1753840" data-attributes="member: 17619">lee hammock did some wonderful stuff in here.i'm really pleased about how he brought it all togetheri especially like the barghest factions and the level of detailof the major NPCs. lee strikes me as a full DM who likes toadd details to important characters.where Region A (written by Michael Hammes) is very much whata first level adventure is supposed to be, the conditions of Region Eshould really surprise the PCs. there's a great deal of internalconsistency there, with creatures only being concerned aboutRegion I... however, depending on the DM, the inevitables canbe concerned about whatever Region the DM wants the PCs togo to next.if Region A is filled with the kyton, lemure, osyluth series discussedearlier, a lot of garrisons/patrols will take place in the southernportion of Region Ethe rooms provide a buffer zone for the creatures. while they may lairhere from time to time, the barghests know they can't maintain everything,especially since the competition for space is so high.and because the same encounter over and over against with barghests and shadows would have been silly, these are great rooms for the DM to have random encounters, duplicate monster encounters, or some impossible series of creatures that cannot be killed.consider mujina in japanese folklore.they still haunt and pester the other creatures, but cannot be harmed by weapons (100% incorporeal miss chance)they move items around and perplex the very LAWFUL inevitables who cannot grok what these beasts are. the DM can then said the PCs on a mission to get rid of them. especially, if they came through the fiendish portal in Region Athis is an example of us stealing from Ed Greenwood's style... poorlyed's adventures always have that inexplicable dagger hidden in a pillarthat have nothing to do with anything (like Room N223), but seem toadd SOOO MUCH flavor that you can't help but put it in. the DM is freeto do whatever he likes with these formians, or even change them todemon prisoners.because there IS a really large insect contingent in the Region, thedead formians could have had these creatures "chest-burst" outof them centuries ago, still feeding off the detritus of the Region,growing with each decade.that's just off the top of my head, though, so unless you want me togo back and read the region (please don't ask me to read it again),maybe someone who is reading it now can link the concepts togetherbetter than i can.hope this helps</blockquote>

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