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i was doing some research and I found out that Alexandria Eschate (Alexandria the Furthestmost) is only 450 miles away from the nearest Chinese Warring State -- i.e. Khashgar and Jin. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Chinese_plain_5c._BC-en.svg
Alexander, if he really wanted to, could have marched right into China and conquered just one of the Warring States -- probably Jin. The other states could have reacted and united under a capable ruler to counteract the military genius and his Macedonian Phalanx.
Alternate History aside (which is part of Fantasy and Sci-Fi); if I were to create a small campaign around Alexandria Eschate, I would probably have a mixture of oriental and occidental monsters.
(Thank God that Paizo made their oriental dragons OGC)
I would put an Imperial Dragon somewhere to oversee the Jaxartes. Probably a forest dragon. I would also have a winged race, because according to Arrian and Curtius, one of the Sacae defenders cried to Alexander that his men would need wings to get to where they were. They were perched on a mountain :) In a fantasy campaign, we can take that literally (although the Sacae are interesting once you start to track where they came from and where they went).
My suggestions:
At least one Imperial Dragon in the area.
A winged race.
A couple of Raksashas, since Alexander Eschate is close to the Hindu Kush.
Some Ruskalas in the Jaxartes.
With some onis in for good measure.
Well, does anyone have any good suggestions for oriental creatures around that particular location? :)
I've got very little, but using some Persian/Arabian (after all, Alexander Eshate was in a region controlled by the Persians) type creatures might be called for. There is a fair number of obvious ones like manticores, ghouls,Peris, and genies. You could toss in some older Sumerian stuff for fun, like shedu/lamassu ect. Or were you wanting more East Asian stuff rather than central asia/west asia? The line where occidental and oriental separate is always ambiguous to me.
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I've got very little, but using some Persian/Arabian (after all, Alexander Eshate was in a region controlled by the Persians) type creatures might be called for. There is a fair number of obvious ones like manticores, ghouls,Peris, and genies. You could toss in some older Sumerian stuff for fun, like shedu/lamassu ect. Or were you wanting more East Asian stuff rather than central asia/west asia? The line where occidental and oriental separate is always ambiguous to me.
I wish it could be ambiguous for a lot more people. :)
I definitely would want to include an Imperial Dragon, though. Thanks for your suggestions. :)