tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5093473916215018208.post3467601358235305346..comments2024-03-03T00:13:20.566-08:00Comments on A Pack of Gnolls: Islands in the Sky: VerisimilitudeSullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08775443433933924102noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5093473916215018208.post-10402373559587190732011-02-11T13:57:56.283-08:002011-02-11T13:57:56.283-08:00Flying creatures could also include insects; the i...Flying creatures could also include insects; the idea of giant bee riders and raids on hives for magical honey may spawn all kinds of adventures.<br /><br />With the earthmote islands, people may make use of the underside. Some kind of shade-loving creeper may provide food (e.g. creeping fig).<br /><br />Communication by race is nice; there may be town criers, heralds even postmen. Pratchett's Going Postal may provide some inspiration.satyrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08479802116614818015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5093473916215018208.post-17211799508591175592011-02-08T19:29:47.958-08:002011-02-08T19:29:47.958-08:00Thanks Shinobi! Some good ideas there. I'm not...Thanks Shinobi! Some good ideas there. I'm not so sure about using owls to deliver the newsletters; it is a little too Harry Potter for me. I'm thinking of giving each of the races their own peculiar way of communicating. Dragonborn use drakes, elves have magic scrying pools and rings and such, halflings might use pigeons, and so on. <br /><br />I do like the massive crops idea. I can't wait to plunk down a three foot long ear of corn in front of my players!Sullyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08775443433933924102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5093473916215018208.post-71640068909622318582011-02-08T18:53:12.142-08:002011-02-08T18:53:12.142-08:00I think there are a lot of ways to manage this. C...I think there are a lot of ways to manage this. Considering you already have a flying city built on earth motes, you probably don't need to worry too much about the whole trying to be real kind of thing. Maybe the soil on these earth motes is incredibly good at pumping out massive crops which can provide food quickly for large groups of people. Maybe the fact that they are flying provides better sun cover which makes them grow faster. <br /><br />As far as communication goes, can you say Owls? Maybe its a bit cliche to steal from Harry Potter, but having Owls delivering those News Letters you spoke of seems like an interesting idea to me. There are also lots of magical eqivalents of cell-phones and such which go pretty far back. Maybe you use scrying pools as a means of private conversation between two seperated places. Also, don't forget the power of teleportion rings. You might let the more powerful individuals on these islands move freely between them by using personal use teleporation rings inside their estates/castles. Think of it like having Transporters in Star Trek. Those also provide for a great story element and allow you to speed up traveling for Players when you want them to get somewhere remote, very quickly, without breaking the tension of a particular encounter.Greg(ory) Senpaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01137328793556744138noreply@blogger.com