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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Napftor" data-source="post: 241794" data-attributes="member: 617">Well, I didn't get around to developing it (and it's probably good that i did not!) but  I was considering a world where humans were 2nd-class citizens.  Elves, dwarves, etc. occupied a cosmopolitan society that thrived on the backs of human servants (not all humans are servants, but a great many).  The time is not longer after the human kingdoms had done the same to the demihuman races.  What tipped the scales against humans was the discovery of a plant that creates a special drug (which i did not name).  The plant was discovered by a demihuman coalition that moved into a portion of the world not explored in ages due to some kind of cataclysm.The drug itself enhances spellcasting ability of all types.  Low amounts typically replicate metamagic feats while larger intakes produce far grander effects.  There are inherent dangers with the latter, as there should be for drugs of any type.  But the discovery and use of the drug has awakened a sleeping evil long since forgotten in the "Unexplored Zone".  And it and it's minions aren't too keen on the constant reaping of their magic-enhancing foliage.And of course you've got your groups like the human resistance, those who control the drug trade, those who want equality for all with the demihuman govt., the baddie and his dark and horrible forces, etc. etc. ad nauseum.</blockquote>