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<blockquote data-quote="hawkeyefan" data-source="post: 9510963" data-attributes="member: 6785785">I’d use something like a cleric communing with their deity as an opportunity. The player is introducing this relationship… which, in my opinion should be a very important relationship to the character and to the game, but which is often reduced to nothing more than a build choice… they have something they want and some powerful entity that they have a relationship with who may be able to help. But if the Odin in your game is anything like the Odin of myth… he’s not some warm and fuzzy guy who’s willing to help out of the kindness of his heart. So like my last post, I’d introduce the idea that Odin may assist, but at a cost. I’d put it back to the player as to the nature of the cost… except I’d make it clear that it would be significant. “The item you seek is warded by powerful magic. It is a deep secret. I gave my eye for such knowledge… what would you give?”And I’d take it from there. If the player can’t come up with a cost, or is unwilling to pay, maybe Odin thinks less of them. If they do come up with a worthwhile cost and are willing to pay it… something with teeth, though, something that will have an impact on the character going forward… then I’d have Odin tell them where the maguffin is. I mean… why not? The maguffin seems to be something that’s meant to be sought and eventually found, right? So why not let this player idea work? Why “shut it down” rather than turn it into something meaningful? Why view this as an “abuse of power”?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="hawkeyefan, post: 9510963, member: 6785785"] I’d use something like a cleric communing with their deity as an opportunity. The player is introducing this relationship… which, in my opinion should be a very important relationship to the character and to the game, but which is often reduced to nothing more than a build choice… they have something they want and some powerful entity that they have a relationship with who may be able to help. But if the Odin in your game is anything like the Odin of myth… he’s not some warm and fuzzy guy who’s willing to help out of the kindness of his heart. So like my last post, I’d introduce the idea that Odin may assist, but at a cost. I’d put it back to the player as to the nature of the cost… except I’d make it clear that it would be significant. “The item you seek is warded by powerful magic. It is a deep secret. I gave my eye for such knowledge… what would you give?” And I’d take it from there. If the player can’t come up with a cost, or is unwilling to pay, maybe Odin thinks less of them. If they do come up with a worthwhile cost and are willing to pay it… something with teeth, though, something that will have an impact on the character going forward… then I’d have Odin tell them where the maguffin is. I mean… why not? The maguffin seems to be something that’s meant to be sought and eventually found, right? So why not let this player idea work? Why “shut it down” rather than turn it into something meaningful? Why view this as an “abuse of power”? [/QUOTE]

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