IIRC the WC went on about the hinterlands being bereft of sentient life, although I suppose elf tribes might migrate through. Mostly, I just have freaky monsters (ToA + any other monster book I have that evening field day) with psionics. That know how to play mind games. Classic case of hunter becomes hunted.
Chahir
I can see, in the future, humans from the Tyr Region coming to settle these lands.
Perhaps there's a plains-halfling, ones that instead of eating sentient creaters, they speciallize in hunting large game animals.
The Dragon Crown Mountains should be a good source for food as they should be at least as tall as some of the Ringing Mountains and be able to support lush forests.
From the Wanderer's Journal, the Hinterlands are unpopulated. On the map, they are green, meaning a kind of grassland.
But remember, the Wanderer did not explore the Hinterlands per se. He was the only one to make it out of the Forest Ridge of his party and didn't stay long. He saw grasslands, yeah, but what he didn't see quite outweighed what he did see.
He turned around after seeing the Dragon's Crown Mountains, probably following a relatively close route to his previous one (although he probably made a pretty significant diversion once he entered the Forest Ridge to avoid the halflings).
I don't think there is all that much to fleshout, certainly not enough for a book.
Especially after the kreen invasion/Messenger fall.
Spirits of long dead wemic tribes would be fitting. A haunting presence thats cursed to hunt the living has a nice feel for the Hinterland.
Typical zomby-like undead wemic would not fit, but like you say, spirit-like undead would. Unfortunately Dark Sun doesn't have a specific undead that would do that.
It would be great to invent a new incorporeal undead like the one that gets formed when someone dies far from home, in terms of stats, but closer in terms of abilities and purpose to the elven dune runner: Incorporeal wemics that pass their day running in the plains. Could be nearly invisible, appear only at night, and exist because the corpse/remains/ashes of the wemic are present in a plain's region.
Actually, I think I'll try my hand at such an undead...(© !)
Typical zomby-like undead wemic would not fit, but like you say, spirit-like undead would. Unfortunately Dark Sun doesn't have a specific undead that would do that.
It would be great to invent a new incorporeal undead like the one that gets formed when someone dies far from home, in terms of stats, but closer in terms of abilities and purpose to the elven dune runner: Incorporeal wemics that pass their day running in the plains. Could be nearly invisible, appear only at night, and exist because the corpse/remains/ashes of the wemic are present in a plain's region.
Actually, I think I'll try my hand at such an undead...(© !)
Exactly. An unbodied spirit that keeps the living from safely crossing the plains of the Hinterlands.
If you need help with the wemic undead write-up let me know.
The spirits would still be doing that to this day, explaining why adventurers/explorers/the Wanderer did not encounter them - although could have heard about them - but people won't live there because of the yearly apparitions. Think mass disembodied wemics running across the plains for a couple of days, every year.
Could be one sure place and time to find observing pyreens, remembering the past...
If you need help with the wemic undead write-up let me know.
I won't forget, thanks! As soon as I finish the driks and beetles for the Athasian Emporium, I'll deal with that. Btw two characters are already done for the "Instant PCs for a Trembling Plains campaign" thread, more to come soon
I'll have them proofread and made into a PDF or something. Should be fun!The Wanderer went in the Hinterlands and did not mention encountering undead, so I think a good move would be to consign the spirits to a seasonal thing: Every summer, winter, or some other Green Age season (with equivalent now a days of Low Sun or whatever), the wemics would ride the plains as part of a millenia-old...make that a racial tradition, like when some animals yearly cross over some landmark to reach breeding grounds or the likes.
The spirits would still be doing that to this day, explaining why adventurers/explorers/the Wanderer did not encounter them - although could have heard about them - but people won't live there because of the yearly apparitions. Think mass disembodied wemics running across the plains for a couple of days, every year.
Could be one sure place and time to find observing pyreens, remembering the past...
Sounds pretty good. The fact that the spirit wemics are nearly invisible and only active at night would also contribute to the reason why the Wanderer did not encounter them in his travels.
Chahir
Do you guys think that saying the giants are too big to cross the mountains without running into serious breathing problems would be a good reason as two why they do not interact much with the table lands?
Do you guys think that saying the giants are too big to cross the mountains without running into serious breathing problems would be a good reason as two why they do not interact much with the table lands?
Sure the would have a really hard time traveling through the Forest Ridge.