This feels like suburbia in many places. We've got places like this where I live. Most annoying - I'm usually trying to find places at night, when its foggy, and I'm late...
What strategies do they use to avoid detection? How does one contact them? What role does the illithid play? GMs are supposed to be able to use this, so you need to provide the background details, not just what PCs might know.
Format wise, there are inconsistent capitalizations and spelling errors.
Using demons and summoned monsters to perform assassinations is a bit interesting, especially if the victims are PC's. Go to Comment
The Azure Swords Society/ Organizations (Criminal/Espionage)
(Country/ State)
Interesting. Ghosts with firmly limited powers. I would think that if they can bear weapons, and be struck by regular weapons without harm, that they could simply attempt to seize the weapons of the intruders and struggle for possession should their own be broken. Go to Comment
Now, it will depend on what part of the world you are looking at, and just how many of the cereals are lost. If Rice or Maize/Corn are spared, then civilizations as we know them are still possible, perhaps more restricted in their ranges.
There are other possible plants to domesticate apart from grasses, but the timelines to do so would prevent them from stopping civilization collapse.
(Been reading Guns, Germs and Steel (Excellent book!) and the author asserts the availability of grains as one of the key instigators of civilization..) Go to Comment
Locations (Establishment) (Any)