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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 9008847" data-attributes="member: 2209"><p><a href="https://www.enworld.org/threads/describe-your-last-rpg-session-in-5-words.679952/page-121#post-9008828" target="_blank">Evil Cult Based on Voadam?!</a></p><p></p><p>So in an old campaign I was playing my eponymous character Voadam, we stopped a world ending threat, the rest of the high level party wanted to absorb the threat's power and become gods in a world without them, I thought that would keep the threat going and end the world so said no and took actions to divert some of the power away to prevent the world ending threat, the other PCs killed me in a big five on one fight, used the remaining power and ascended. They developed their god activities as the new world pantheon, my character did not ascend but his soul was cursed by the gods.</p><p></p><p>New campaign is same DM, a couple generations later. There is an order of knights who believe that each generation there will be a crisis and there will be an incarnation of the Voadam who will arise as a mortal hero to save the world. My valor paladin revolutionary is part of this order. Some feel it will be an actual incarnation of one being, others that it is metaphorical and it is every person's duty to meet the challenges of the world and you should try and be a hero.</p><p></p><p>In our last game we found out there is another Voadam cult splinter faction/heresy. Samlerites believe you should gather power (wealth, magic) so that when challenges arise you are prepared to meet them. A further splinter of the Samlerites are prepper hard core libertarian capitalists who feel you need to maximize your own power and profit including dominating and owning others. There is a young powerful paranoid dragon who conquered a domain, claimed all the mainstream Samlerite residents as his property, and has schemes to enlarge its hoard. It is epitomizing greed and the preppers are bringing him tribute to try and gain positions among its hoard as its herald and such to make it a saint/god and in return empower them as elite masters of the world.</p><p></p><p>I drew a throne card from the deck of many things in the prior game and my keep is the domain the dragon took over. I am called on to slay the dragon and liberate the domain. I am answering the call. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 9008847, member: 2209"] [URL='https://www.enworld.org/threads/describe-your-last-rpg-session-in-5-words.679952/page-121#post-9008828']Evil Cult Based on Voadam?![/URL] So in an old campaign I was playing my eponymous character Voadam, we stopped a world ending threat, the rest of the high level party wanted to absorb the threat's power and become gods in a world without them, I thought that would keep the threat going and end the world so said no and took actions to divert some of the power away to prevent the world ending threat, the other PCs killed me in a big five on one fight, used the remaining power and ascended. They developed their god activities as the new world pantheon, my character did not ascend but his soul was cursed by the gods. New campaign is same DM, a couple generations later. There is an order of knights who believe that each generation there will be a crisis and there will be an incarnation of the Voadam who will arise as a mortal hero to save the world. My valor paladin revolutionary is part of this order. Some feel it will be an actual incarnation of one being, others that it is metaphorical and it is every person's duty to meet the challenges of the world and you should try and be a hero. In our last game we found out there is another Voadam cult splinter faction/heresy. Samlerites believe you should gather power (wealth, magic) so that when challenges arise you are prepared to meet them. A further splinter of the Samlerites are prepper hard core libertarian capitalists who feel you need to maximize your own power and profit including dominating and owning others. There is a young powerful paranoid dragon who conquered a domain, claimed all the mainstream Samlerite residents as his property, and has schemes to enlarge its hoard. It is epitomizing greed and the preppers are bringing him tribute to try and gain positions among its hoard as its herald and such to make it a saint/god and in return empower them as elite masters of the world. I drew a throne card from the deck of many things in the prior game and my keep is the domain the dragon took over. I am called on to slay the dragon and liberate the domain. I am answering the call. :) [/QUOTE]
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