I am running a HIGHLY modified version of SD, we're only playing to level 12 and the first half follows SD fairly closely but then the second half gets a bit crazy, Allevrah Azinrae escapes with a drow army to Castroval after failing to bring an astroid to Golarion and is going to make her final attempt on the foreign planet. The portal to Castroval is closed behind her and the army (maybe she has stolen the Sovyrian Stone?) so I decided to incorporate Numeria and its tech and my group will be sent there to collect pieces of and craft a spaceship to travel to C, probably a crash landing into the jungles of C will happen and they will make their way to Sovyrian to face Allevrah and her army. I'm thinking something like, Allevrah has brought a darkness to the city of El and the group will stop her before she pulls an asteroid to the planet and the final battle will happen at the foot of the Arch of Refuge and once they win they'll open the gate back up in order to return home.
SO, I was wondering if anyone else finds this interesting and would have some ideas for my game, especially relating to the spreading of Drow on Castroval (i.e. how would Allevrah bring the darkness or "disease" with her/which god/power would make that possible, Rovagug? Lamashtu? Abraxus? Or, should I just stick with the whole asteroid destruction idea?). I could also use ideas for time spent on C or even in Numeria (my idea is that they team up with Lady Altouna to help her return home). We are about to head from Riddleport to Crying Leaf so ANY feedback would be helpful...
ps. so far this is really fun mostly because one of my PCs decided to be an elf bard exiled from C for sneaking and reading some forbidden lore, which I haven't figured out what that lore should be, because I want it to help/relate to the story. But he's been living on G for the past 100 yrs and has NO CLUE we are going to end up on C and is gonna poo himself when he finds out, I hope.
Interesting, but that's a lot of stuff to cover, especially if you are only planning to play to level 12. as for the darkness, you could say that Allevrah has discovered a way to induce the dark fate, to transform ordinary elves into drow. The method could be magical, alchemical or biological (up to you) you then could have the Lashunta be corrupted, just hurt, or be unaffected and fighting the new drow army. as far as who/what transformed the drow, its left kind of vague, given that Allevrah is already associated with Abraxus, he would be the logical choice for the source of the corruption, or you could just leave it undefined because its not really that important (depending on the players, some really want answers. I hope some of my deranged ramblings are helpful to you.
Interesting, but that's a lot of stuff to cover, especially if you are only planning to play to level 12. as for the darkness, you could say that Allevrah has discovered a way to induce the dark fate, to transform ordinary elves into drow. The method could be magical, alchemical or biological (up to you) you then could have the Lashunta be corrupted, just hurt, or be unaffected and fighting the new drow army. as far as who/what transformed the drow, its left kind of vague, given that Allevrah is already associated with Abraxus, he would be the logical choice for the source of the corruption, or you could just leave it undefined because its not really that important (depending on the players, some really want answers. I hope some of my deranged ramblings are helpful to you.
Thank you for your response! I believe that because of the treacherous sea that divides Sovyrian and the rest of Castroval that I will have most of Soveryian under a "controlled" darkness and most of the elves transformed into drow. I like the idea that the Lashunta could help the PCs cross the sea and fight against the new drow threat. It would also be cool to have them acting rather indifferent and need convincing to help (seeing as they have limited exposure to the elves). I like keeping the corruption simple and related to Abraxus somehow. I wonder since it seemed to take some heinous act to transform Allevrah into a drow, that maybe this could be the way she is growing the drow (ie an initiating elf would have to murder an innocent who chooses not to turn in order to transform). The group is about to enter Numeria and commence a three part mission to rebuild a spaceship, very excited about that. If you have any other thoughts they'd be much appreciated.