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Varyon · 09-16-2016, 02:42 PM

A few thoughts:

The Dark Lord would have needed some sort of supply of food to raise his army of monsters - and "other monsters" wouldn't have cut it. If you want the Empire to have tried to starve out his troops, you'll want to either note that he didn't bother to have logistics going alongside his troops or some brave heroes destroyed his supply train.
Alternatively, for a bit more nuance, the eruption actually ruined his farmlands, and he had to push forward or his army would have turned on itself.

Golems or similar automated defenses would make a good deal of sense, and would be interesting to encounter - be it as traps, enemies, or even allies.

If Utter Dome is insufficient to block heat and toxic gases, I'd expect the cities would have had spells to protect against those threats as well. Perhaps, instead of the cities being lost due to those effects, they instead expended most of their mana reserves powering the Utter Dome long enough to avoid getting cooked, but then were unable to dig their way out (or eventually were able to do so, but by then the Horde had already crossed).

09-16-2016, 02:42 PM	#5
Varyon Join Date: Jun 2013	Re: Dungeon Fantasy Campaign Idea A few thoughts: The Dark Lord would have needed some sort of supply of food to raise his army of monsters - and "other monsters" wouldn't have cut it. If you want the Empire to have tried to starve out his troops, you'll want to either note that he didn't bother to have logistics going alongside his troops or some brave heroes destroyed his supply train. Alternatively, for a bit more nuance, the eruption actually ruined his farmlands, and he had to push forward or his army would have turned on itself. Golems or similar automated defenses would make a good deal of sense, and would be interesting to encounter - be it as traps, enemies, or even allies. If Utter Dome is insufficient to block heat and toxic gases, I'd expect the cities would have had spells to protect against those threats as well. Perhaps, instead of the cities being lost due to those effects, they instead expended most of their mana reserves powering the Utter Dome long enough to avoid getting cooked, but then were unable to dig their way out (or eventually were able to do so, but by then the Horde had already crossed).