Re: MotM: Ise.

In <URL:news:local.spelljam> on Fri 01 Sep, Adam Miller wrote:
> New month, so a new moon!  This time we explore Ise, a
> world of all things, Dohwar!  This moon is rather
> light-hearted, of course, but it was a blast to write.
>  I can already imagine devious DM's involving their
> PCs in the various nefarious schemes of the dohwar
> "apprentices"... :D
> 
> Enjoy!
> 
> Adam
> 
> Ise
[snip]

Interesting!

I don't really know about the Dohwar, so I hope my comments
aren't too stupid, on this basis!


> Ice taken from this glacier melts very slowly, taking
> five times longer than standard ice to melt.
[snip]

I like this!  Things with unusual properties add good flavour to
a setting.


> By far the most feared predators are the dracorocs, a
> bizarre hybrid of white dragons and gigantic rocs. 
> These beasts nest in cliffs, using their claws to
> hollow out a depression in the cliff face.  Nests are
> made of the bones creatures they eat and shed
> feathers.  Ships as large as squidships are known to
> have been attacked and torn to pieces by these
> enormous bird-dragons seeking an easy meal and
> treasure to hoard.
[snip]

There might be issues about what these eat.  I'd also like to
know why they aren't that much of a hazard to the dohwar. 
Restricted hunting grounds?  Some sort of agreement?


> The hostile environment and inaccessible resources
> have done wonders for keeping would-be conquerors away
> from this moon.  The neogi once attempted an assault
> on Ise to capture as many tasty dohwar as possible. 
> The effort ended in spectacular fashion when a freak
> blizzard caused four deathspiders and two mindspiders
> to wreck into a glacier.  The disaster nearly ruined
> the Bloodspinneret neogi clan.  Of course, before the
> storm had even lifted, the dohwar were busy ripping
> the neogi ships apart for scrap and salvage.

If the weather is so much of a hazard to spelljamming in the
atmosphere of Ise, what do the dohwar do to deal with this?


I might also mention a certain (legendary) spell that looks as
though it might be particularly appropriate to this world.

It is called "Pluck"!

There are both versions allowing a saving throw, and those that
don't - in the conditions on this world the spell could be a near
death sentence (normally it is just considered very, very,
embarassing! [grin]  "My feathers!" [grin] ).

(The legends say that this spell was originally developed to
upset a certain species of eighteen-foot tall, intelligent,
armour-plated parrots - yes, their feathers also made really good
armour, and they had beautiful blue plumage!)

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