[dungeoncrawl] Re: Black Legion, etc.
- From: Johnathan Detrick <jdetrick@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: dungeoncrawl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2002 07:00:11 -0400
Jim,
Did you mean to send this to the group? I'm thinking no; you
divulge quite a bit of plot information here. I didn't read everything;
just the first few paragraphs, but it looks like this should have been a
private e-mail.
John
jimkaren@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Shawn,
>
> How's it going? As you may have
> surmised from the emails today, the
> adventure I'm DMing has given me no
> small amount of anxiety lately. It's
> like creating a work of art - nothing
> comes without struggle. :)
>
> Here's my big question of the day. At
> the end of this storyline in a few
> weeks, there will be some new gods for
> that world they've been trying to find.
>
> I'm fully expecting Amrikol, Talon,
> Plann, Nibrodius, Iludriss, and
> Ancalagon to be gods. Would you be
> interested in expanding them as powers
> for the new campaign world? It would
> be a great way for you to participate,
> and contribute your own unique vision
> of these nifty characters as powers.
>
> The gist of this is, the gods that were
> destroyed by Dendar when that world
> ended have no more right to it. Like
> Ragnarok, Dendar is waiting for the
> right mortal to ascend to divinity -
> namely, the one who brings its tooth
> and restores it to him freely.
>
> This individual will then become a
> greater power (with a portfolio of his
> or her choosing), with the authority to
> select any other mortals (living or
> dead) of the same moral alignment
> (good, neutral, evil) to serve him or
> her with any portfolio that he or she
> sees fit. The person may select one
> intermediate, two lesser, and three
> demipowers.
>
> Best of all, this new god gets to
> decide how the world will begin. He or
> she can make it start from the
> beginning (microbe life), restore it to
> the point from whence it was destroyed,
> or any other imagining of mortal life
> that can be conceived.
>
> Ao will do the rest. He will select
> living or dead mortals who have seen
> Dendar's tooth as potential powers in
> their own right. He will delegate
> these where they best serve; they will
> balance out the choices made by the
> victorious mortal. He will also define
> the world's mythology - what that
> world's mortals take to be the legends
> and stories that define their existence.
>
> That's where you come in - free reign
> to define the world's evil powers.
> Have fun!
>
> So what do you think? As far as how
> Amrikol will factor in - either he
> freely offers to help the Riders by
> using the tooth against Dendar, or he
> fights them for it. They will either
> get the "Grand Prize" (the primary
> power described above), or they will be
> chosen by Ao to become gods after their
> deaths.
>
> Either way, everyone
> wins!
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