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<blockquote data-quote="Thomas Bowman" data-source="post: 7493691" data-attributes="member: 6925649"><p>I think the Romans could be villains, some of them could be protagonists The whole cohort is led by the Emperor's Son Commodus, when his world gets cut, he become Emperor of the <strong>Faerunian Roman Empire</strong>, he is sort of a weak leader, he gets manipulated by his advisors a lot, some of whom are the Roman gods themselves in their Avatar form. These gods have combat stats, and are very powerful characters in their own right, but they start out wanting to work within the system and that means through the recognized Roman Emperor Commodus. </p><p></p><p>Commodus is a bit of an ego trip, he tends to play one god against the other, and the various Roman gods have different ideas of where they want to go with this empire building, as they each one, in their own way, wants to spread Roman influence and increase their numbers of worshippers. </p><p></p><p>Athena/Minerva doesn't particularly like Commodus very much, she wants to spread Roman influence, and she doesn't agree with Mars' approach of having a conquering army to do this. Hekate is in charge of the Magic, she goes around recruiting native magic users (wizards, witches, sorcerers) and the like promising fortune and power if they throw themselves in with the Roman cause.</p><p>Venus/Aphrodite seems uninterested in battle maneuvers, she wants to compete with Sune, and she is attracted to various warriors on both sides of the conflict.</p><p></p><p>The Romans are not all of one stripe or alignment and they have various slaves they brought with them through the gate, some of whom worship the Norse deities, many would like to be free, as they are German tribesmen and women captured in previous Roman conquests. </p><p></p><p>Probably the PCs are going to be on the side opposing the Roman occupation of Baldur's Gate I think. What do you think?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Thomas Bowman, post: 7493691, member: 6925649"] I think the Romans could be villains, some of them could be protagonists The whole cohort is led by the Emperor's Son Commodus, when his world gets cut, he become Emperor of the [B]Faerunian Roman Empire[/B], he is sort of a weak leader, he gets manipulated by his advisors a lot, some of whom are the Roman gods themselves in their Avatar form. These gods have combat stats, and are very powerful characters in their own right, but they start out wanting to work within the system and that means through the recognized Roman Emperor Commodus. Commodus is a bit of an ego trip, he tends to play one god against the other, and the various Roman gods have different ideas of where they want to go with this empire building, as they each one, in their own way, wants to spread Roman influence and increase their numbers of worshippers. Athena/Minerva doesn't particularly like Commodus very much, she wants to spread Roman influence, and she doesn't agree with Mars' approach of having a conquering army to do this. Hekate is in charge of the Magic, she goes around recruiting native magic users (wizards, witches, sorcerers) and the like promising fortune and power if they throw themselves in with the Roman cause. Venus/Aphrodite seems uninterested in battle maneuvers, she wants to compete with Sune, and she is attracted to various warriors on both sides of the conflict. The Romans are not all of one stripe or alignment and they have various slaves they brought with them through the gate, some of whom worship the Norse deities, many would like to be free, as they are German tribesmen and women captured in previous Roman conquests. Probably the PCs are going to be on the side opposing the Roman occupation of Baldur's Gate I think. What do you think? [/QUOTE]
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