Advice on Replacing Part of the Setting


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Hi folks. I'm running the Kingmker AP in Monte Cook's "Ptolus: City by the Spire" setting instead of Golarion. I've dropped Brevoy and the Stolen Lands into an area of that setting called Cherubar without too many setting-related issues that need to be resolved. (Technically, I've also included the River Kingdoms, but the campaign hasn't had any interaction with that area, yet.)

The only major change is that instead of the two nations that now make up Brevoy being conqured by Choral the Conqueror, Brevoy was formed under similar circumstances by the setting's Tarsisian Empire.

One of the major inhabitants of the Cherubar region are a race of winged elves named the Cherubim. They are reserved, timid, slightly arrogant, and live in small groups high in the mountains. I'm thinking of having the Cherubim more prominent in the AP, perhaps even replacing one of the races or cultures that the PCs interact with. This is especially appealing because I have a player who is a half-elf with a Cherubim father.

So, I'm looking for suggestions on races, cultures, or even events that can be replaced by or redesigned using the Cherubim. The Cherubim can be used in place of a relatively benign race or culture or a moderately antagonistic one. I think an outright combative or violently aggressive culture would limit the roleplay value of encountering the Cherubim, but it could be possible.

This is a slow-moving play-by-post game, so I've been taking my time reading the later AP volumes. I'm wondering if Pitax would be a good candidate or possibly the Tiger Lords, but I haven't read enough of the AP to determine that, yet. I suppose I could also replace one of the fey encounters and increase its significance.

Thanks in advance for your suggestions!


The Tiger Lords are pretty outright aggressive, being a roving mauling barbarian horde led by a warmongering leader looking for a chaos-holy sword devoted to a war god. Ditto to Pitax - Irovetti may be civil about his conquest, but he's scheming the entire time to put the PCs in the ground and gobble up their lands, and puts several plots into motion in an attempt to do just that. Pretty much everything after Chapter 3 ends, plus Grigori from Chapter 2, is one of Pitax's assault moves nudging something into place to attack the PCs' kingdom: the Tiger Lords, Drelev, the Boggard troubles, and at last the lure of inviting them to the festival in Pitax then attacking their kingdom himself behind their backs.

My recommendation would actually be to have them replace the Nomen Centaurs from Varnhold Vanishing. They're hostile toward Varnhold for intruding on their land, but beyond that aren't aggressive - they're pretty content to stay where they are, defend their lands, and not pick fights but are willing to fight back when threatened. Plus, they already live in a rocky, mountainous terrain, which sounds like where your Cherubim would be right at home. And as they're elves, they probably don't much care for necromancy or undead, making them perfect for being long-lived, tied to the earth and nature, and wary of the bad mojo around Vordakai's lair.


Ditto on the nomen centaurs. Muchos roleplay hooks there, and they'll have "allies" (and a safe border) for later stuff in the adventures.


Thanks, guys. I looked the Nomen tribe in the 3rd volume, last night, and they sound very compatible with what I'm trying to do. I probably won't even have to change any of the names or themes!

I'm still open to other suggestions, but the centaurs look like they will do the trick.


You're welcome! :D

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