Editing The Islands of Sina Una (section)

==Adventuring in the Islands==

There's a lot of opportunity for adventure in the archipelago, with each Island full of possible hooks that a DM can use.  Inside every village there are mundane intrigues a-plenty, especially when there is friction between the local ''datu''  and his constituents, or even rivalry with the nobility of a neighboring village.  Skirmishes between settlements are not unheard-of, especially if one's pride gets slighted, even by accident.  

There may be supernatural challenges as well; man-eating ''aswang'' disguise themselves as regular village-folk during the day, before hunting their prey during the dark hours of the night, the outskirts of many-a-settlement unwittingly harbor a ''mambabarang'' (a spellcaster who curses people using insect swarms) who could put a lethal hex on an enemy for the right price. The restless dead might terrorize the descendants of those who slew them in ages long past, or the local spirit of the land could decide to withhold its blessings after being neglected one too many times. 

And outside of the village centers and the outlying farms lie vast swaths of untamed wilderness, where peril await the unwary.  While there are well-travelled paths between villages, only the brave (and well-armed) -- or foolish -- would  try to traverse these once darkness falls.  Brigands are a real danger, but there are ''real'' monsters out there as well.

It is entirely possible to spend a whole campaign on a single island, but a truly epic island-hopping adventure with the aim of ''permanently'' ending the threat of one of the Celestial Eaters is an option as well.  


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