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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dark Dragon" data-source="post: 3540015" data-attributes="member: 1115">Thanks. I don't like the idea of deus ex machina either, so I used the idea of the alienist's frequent contacts with the Far Realms. The mind-link power he learned there is very useful but also very exhausting (it costs him the energy of a level 9 spell and 1 Con point, temporarily). I think there will be no misuse here.My initial plan was that the group (who is very experienced in attacking fortresses) has to clear Fortress Rashemar from the durthan Chaul and her monsters. The Thayans tried to ally with Chaul but the party has thwarted that attempt in an earlier campaign. I decided to put the attack on the fortress to the end of my campaign.The idea of involving Tiamat came when it turned out that the tempest is pregant with a half-dragon (deep dragon). That happened in the previous campaign. I wasn't DM at that time. The dragon goddess wants the baby for her own plans (which involve a future war of the evil dragons versus the civilized lands). She has sent two of her servants: a half-giant half-dragon (who failed but survived) and an Aspect of Tiamat. These two will try to get her claws on the tempest...They interfered a bit with the Shadow Masters but were able to arrange themselves.The Red Wizards prepare their attack on the Iron Lord of Rashemen. In addition, they'll send a magically enhanced warship to attack the western coast of Rashemen and cause more trouble and distract the hathrans. The group has to deal with the ship at some point.Also, the party learned that some Thayan farmers in Ashanath are involved in the attacks on the party. The group wants revenge...The storyline will bring the party into the far north of Rashemen. I plan a fight with the Aspect of Tiamat, the half-giant/dragon and the party somewhere in the mountains. Have to work it out. Finally, the party has to uncover the durthan conspirancy within the hathran sisterhood in Rashemen. This leads to the fortress Rashemar. I have the idea of putting a Temporal Drake (see WotC web supplement) from a futuristic world there. He was hunting a Shadow Dragon from the same world who followed Tiamat's call as well and reached Toril with a space ship (I have the d20 future rules book). The drake was imprisoned by Chaul before he could deal with the Shadow Dragon. The party has to stop the Shadow Dragon before he could use his arsenal of futuristic weapons to cause trouble and turn the tide of the coming dragon war... That's just an idea and I'm not sure if it fits...However, I like the mix of science fiction and fantasy.Ok, these are the three major plots of the campaign. The attacks of the Shadow Masters should force the party to think about foes that use deception and stealth and about means of how to counter that... Most foes will use stealth and infiltration,so...nothing is what it looks like...Yep, of course. Have to get the data out of HeroForge, however... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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