Nettlekid
2016-02-14, 07:39 PM
Just trying to brainstorm some kinds of evil organizations that could be used as campaign enemies. Ideally it would be a group that can have a number of tiers of members and spheres of influence, so it can keep reappearing and prove a legitimate challenge at any level without being forced to over- or under-level. More generally, can people suggest categories of monsters that are readily designed to be "a band of bad guys"?
Some examples of the trend I'm looking for are:
Illithids (especially the Mind Flayers of Thoon, with their many henchmen and creations).
Vampire cult (Dominated Commoners -> Spawn -> Vampires -> Vampire Lord)
Yuan-Ti (with their many mutations)
Any number of Devils or Demons (and to a lesser extent Inevitables and Slaadi)
Dragons possibly, with Draconic creatures as the lower ranking members.
Lycanthropes, maybe? A cult of Lycanthropes?
Kythons? Don't know much about them.
What I'm not looking for is just a band of Goblins or whatever with many different class combinations to make a large organization of builds. I want the organization built into the species in question.
Some examples of the trend I'm looking for are:
Illithids (especially the Mind Flayers of Thoon, with their many henchmen and creations).
Vampire cult (Dominated Commoners -> Spawn -> Vampires -> Vampire Lord)
Yuan-Ti (with their many mutations)
Any number of Devils or Demons (and to a lesser extent Inevitables and Slaadi)
Dragons possibly, with Draconic creatures as the lower ranking members.
Lycanthropes, maybe? A cult of Lycanthropes?
Kythons? Don't know much about them.
What I'm not looking for is just a band of Goblins or whatever with many different class combinations to make a large organization of builds. I want the organization built into the species in question.