[dungeoncrawl] Re: My Characters
- From: jimkaren@xxxxxxxxxxxx
- To: dungeoncrawl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 09:39:57 US/Eastern
I see what you mean about Dennis and
Zolkiir - I keep seeing Zolkiir as a
god of magic or something, and Dennis
as oghma. Instead of knowledge, how
about we make him a sun god? If we
stick with the "constantly awake" idea,
and associate him more with
civilization and culture, then
knowledge is easier to separate.
As for Mileena, let's look at it a
different way. Since Ancalagon is more
suited to necromancy anyway, and
Mileena isn't necessarily a death
goddess, can we focus on her unique
relationship between several gods?
She's Magnus's daughter, Ambrosia's
daughter, and Ancalagon's foster
daughter. That's
ambition/independence/necromancy. I
personally believe she'd make a really
cool goddess, but any ideas?
One suggestion is to expand on an idea
for Ambrosia that i didn't mention. I
think it would be cool if she
originated a prestige class of female
slaver hunters. Maybe Mileena could
oppose her somehow?
>
> I agree that the characters
involved get first crack at
everything. Anyone
> we would bring in gets the crumbs.
Once again, it only makes sense. We
should
> only be bringing other characters in
once we figure out the people that went
on
> the mission, and we see if we have
holes. I think we should nail down who
wants
> to be a god from the main group, then
nail down their portfolios. From there,
> we can see if we need others.
> And yes, we will have multiple
characters that want the same
portfolio, but
> I think we can find ones that fit for
all of the ones that went along, at
least.
>
> I think Dennis should be a major
power, just because he had the tooth.
But
> I love your description of him! It's
great! However, Zolkiir would like the
> knowledge portfolio. Any chance of
that?
> Shawn Barrick and I had spoken of
Ancalagon before, and he's not sure he
> would want to be the God of Death.
He believes Ancalagon is more
interested in
> playing and experimenting with people
than he is killing them. Something to
> think about. I would actually love
to see the Death Portfolio go to someone
> that doesn't want it. What if
someone decides, for example, that
Magnus should
> be the God of Death, because he
killed so many people? (Please, please
don't do
> this.) That's going to affect the
deity he becomes. Could be interesting.
> Mileena will be the hardest to
do, since she doesn't have a lot of
history
> with the group. I don't know about
temptation. It doesn't quite seem to
fit.
> Hmmm. She is a toughie.
> I like Ambrosia, but I would
rather not bring any deities from other
systems
> over if we can help it. It's natural
Ambrosia might want to allow Sharess,
but
> I would prefer we didn't. I think
foreign gods trying to muscle their way
in
> should happen, but should be the
focus of plots in the future.
> Your description of Ilusdris
gives me more hope for him as a
demipower. You
> may be able to sway me on this one.
> Zolkiir does NOT want to be god
of magic. I said a lot about him in my
> e-mail yesterday. Let me say that
Zolkiir is not as interested in magic.
It's
> a means to an end to him at this
time. Remember, he has traveled the
planes and
> flown in an X-Wing. Knowledge in
general is more important to him, as are
> inventions and technology.
> I wouldn't set Talosaard's
portfolio up as you did, because it
doesn't fit a
> CG person. I would go along the
lines of protection.
>
>
>
> Jim and Karen wrote:
>
> > Ok,
> >
> > Here are my thoughts on at least my
own characters, and perhaps some NPCs.
> > We're quickly going to run into
plenty of situations where more than one
> > player has legitimately good ideas
that don't work well together, though -
I
> > think voting will ultimately help a
great deal. Maybe we should take the
> > "low hanging fruit" - stuff like
Dennis, or maybe characters like Faceus
and
> > Nelik - and agree on what their
domains will be early on. This will
let us
> > haggle over the ones that remain.
> >
> > For example, Ancalagon would make a
great death god - but there may be good
> > reasons for another character to
take the same role. My only
recommendation
> > is that we favor characters who
were involved in one way or another
with the
> > quest before going to characters
who weren't - this may mean that
uninvolved
> > characters are more likely to be
demipowers than others. Give this a
quick
> > read - am I on track?
> >
> > P.S.: I want to apologize if my
emails came across as harsh or "poo-
pooing"
> > other people's ideas. I was
working like crazy, and trying to
participate
> > in this neat conversation - I
reread my emails, and they did seem
more blunt
> > than I realized. Sorry about that!
> >
> > Dennis: NG, intermediate power
(maybe greater, but not necessarily):
god of
> > knowledge, history, literature, the
arts, and culture. Patron of bards. I
> > see him having more power than he
ever admits or displays - for one
thing, I
> > think it would be neat if he can
never sleep (for if he does, the Tooth
of
> > Dendar will be unprotected, leaving
it vulnerable to evil). He would look
> > young and charismatic, but he would
forever have very tired and somewhat
> > troubled eyes.
> >
> > Escrima: N, goddess of winter,
loneliness, and secrets. Patron of
loners
> > and bounty hunters.
> >
> > Ancalagon: NE, greater power(?).
god of death and the underdark. Ruler
of
> > the world below (in a benign way -
more like Hel than Loki. Amrikol would
> > represent wanton, malicious evil).
> >
> > Mileena: CN, lesser power.
Goddess of necromancy, (what she wanted
all
> > along), temptation, and deception.
(sort of a mess. ideas here?)
> >
> > Ambrosia: CG, (intermediate?
lesser?) power. Goddess of freedom,
> > independence, romance, passion, and
creativity. Patroness of festhalls.
> > Hopes that Sharess will be
permitted to function as a demipower of
pleasure
> > and lust (under her). This may
sound weird - you'd think she'd want
this
> > for herself - but she'd campaign
for Shelensia to function as her
superior -
> > the goddess of leadership,
fairness, love, and beauty. On one
condition,
> > though - she'd have to expand her
interest (and persona) beyond the drow
to
> > all races. Love has no color.
> >
> > Amrikol: God of destruction,
tyranny, and, conquest. You know, bad
stuff
> > that hurts people.
> >
> > Talon: God of murder, assassins,
poison (of course - what did you think?)
> >
> > Iludriss: Demipower of madness,
despair, and the fog of war (maybe,
maybe
> > not - he might just be a divine
agent). I figure if the orc gods can
exist,
> > so can this wacko.
> >
> > Celane: N. Lesser(?) Power of
Divination Magic, Portals, Guards, and
Wards
> > (although Zolkiir should have first
dibs on arcane magic type stuff. By
> > the way, now that I think about it,
what about Zolkiir as a god of magic?).
> >
> > Nibrodius: CN. God of natural
disasters - fires, floods, etc. God of
> > misfortune.
> >
> > Marcus Drake: NE. God of
cowardice, betrayal, blind loyalty.
> >
> > The Forester: Not a god; an
immortal servant and spokesperson for
Amrikol.
> >
> > Talosaard: CG. Lesser power of
duty, loyalty, sacrifice, and humility.
> > Patron of bodyguards. *** Major
concern: does CG really fit this
portfolio?
>
>
>
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