No, but the things you expect to find there must have a common theme.Mortavius wrote:I would like to point out the fact that while we should consider in what ways the domain reflects the Lord, not EVERYTHING has to have this comparison.
True. That's the point of the Gazetters. For example, we're introducing the survivors of Timor and the remains of their city. Things are changing. That doesn't mean we have to tell people they will find dragons and draco-liches down there. If we add it, it needs to make sense. In all editions, the Queen has ruled the underground unhindered and I do not believe she would take large amounts of intelligent, ploting creatures for granted.It seems that this idea is brought up a lot "How does this reflect the Queen?" Well, that's great for major stuff, and when the domain was initially formed, I'm sure that the majority did reflect the Queen. But Timor has been around for quite awhile, and things change.
These things can happen, but they are there by a DM's choice. Nothing prevents a DM from having a werepanther in Mordent, but the authors of the Mordentish gazetteer didn't add it to the domains possible monster list. If you want to have a Titan ruling the Pont-A-Museau, there's nothing to stop you, but the Gazetteers exist to map the place out and give it a feel and options, not to encompass all possible combinations of monsters and events. There is the potential for change in Timor, since Sodo is looking for a way to deal with the Hive Queen and the hatchling is out there. Shouldn't changes come for plot reasons and not just because?An example I could use, would be Mordent. Do Werepanthers reflect the theme of Mordent? Not really. But you're telling me that it wouldn't be possible for a Werepanther to have left Valachan to the south and migrated north? Of course it is. That's another thing that's great about 3E Ravenloft; the campaign setting started to consider the effects that surrounding domains have on an individual place. Made the place feel more cohesive and real.
The reason that I'm against other intelligent monsters is because they don't make sense when you consider the Hive Queen and the corruption effect. If a DM decides to put a Demilich down there, good for him. If he wants to throw in vast flights of shadow dragons, congratulations. But he has to explain how those creatures got there and why the Hive Queen picks at the surface when she faces those threats on her own home territory. If it's to "fund" her war against these other underground races we're removing her desire to make Paridon another Timor city and mucking up her
3e did a great job taking in how each domain reacts with the others around it. But they also spent quite sometime making sure that each domain was internally consistant with the theme of the domain, the darklord, and the history. If you can explain why we should populate Timor with drow, beholders, dragons and the like, I'll add them to the list, but you need to have a good explaination for why they are there and why the marikith are still the dominant species.