Re: Help With Setting!!!

[The Atomic Punk]

Hmmm… I have to say honestly that I’m not following. The 90 creatures are not individual entities; rather, a new species that is a malevolent manifestation of a slain god?

Spring: Non-horned Beastkiths breed and multiply through hosts. That could be something like a Ridley Scott Alien, a changeling, or a doppleganger. This also has the potential for a “Redeemer” born to heal the wounds between the Beastkiths and humans.

Summer: Dragonkind would bring drought and wildfires. Or, they are like newts, which absorb fire. Since humans have no god, they could not perform a rain dance or pray for rain! They can only wait for night when Dragonkind are weak to dispatch their tormentors. I could see Dragonkind employeeing other races or creatures to protect their slumber.

Fall: Horned Beastkiths rally the animals. This seems more of a summer campaign when animals are not fattening up for the coming winter. I could see more of laying traps and ambushes for hunters. This would be a bad time to hunt Dragonkind as there are wild animals lurking in the night, waiting… stalking…

Winter: Shadowgaunts sound like will-o-wisps or foxfire. Guardians of the Dragonkind while the Beaskiths hibernate.

In a modern setting, Spring would be social vamps and identity theft. Summer would be volatile economic and political situations spurned by the Dragonkind manipulating behind the scenes. Fall would be promises of easy money or power… a bête-noire. Winter would be the lure of shelter and security… dependence with no escape from poverty (underclass, serfdom, slavery).

Though the players in this socio-economic-political drama might have shiny scales, glowing red eyes, or even bison heads, their method is subterfuge with the occasional skirmish, covert operation, or sabotage. Patiently moving the pieces like a game of chess with humans countering and sometimes going on the offensive. There is potential to be open war. Perhaps leading to an apocalypse. At that point, I would say that you have a Shadowrun campaign.

Just kicking around ideas. If I am way off, please don’t hesitate to say so.