As we approach Christmas break I am working on our semi annual merging of the three school age groups I run for work and I am looking for some ideas for creatures and monsters to encounter for the lead up.
In game they are all loosely looking into The Heart of the Mountain which has been stolen in attempts to resurrect one of the colossus. Normally the Heart gains thrall over anything that lives on, in and below the mountain and acts as a safeguard if the mountain comes under attack using them as its army. The Big Bad of the game has stolen the Heart and has attempted to sway the minds of giants as a warm up to see if she could control a colossus if she were to resurrect it. They are currently in Ire and the conflict will take place on the Eastern shore and will (hopefully) lead them to make chase to Khett where the Big Bad has gone leaving behind all sorts of obstacles and enemies along the way to slow them down.
Story wise they are entering the escalation of conflict where all of what they have researched in there little towns is (quickly) coming to a head. I have used Agnar, Dwarves ( those that had fallen under control of the mountain) and have hinted at stone men. Skeletons and undead have also been resurrected in droves too (including a king who fought in the Age of Snakes hinting towards next years crisis)
I am hoping to see if anyone has cool ideas for âundergroundâ type monsters or encounters that they have found people like to encounter while they are on the way and one big big monster with some henchmen (maybe ant men) for the Christmas group encounter (roughly 20 players at the table -__- )
any tips or suggestions are appreciated and thanks in advance!