Aid me with Planescape: Soulfire!

[Carnifex]

Hi all,

I'm putting together the ideas for a new campaign I intend to run, starting October - and it's definitely going to be a Planescape one. Now, as yet I'm not sure who I'm going to have for players, I'll be recruiting them from my uni's games society, but I'm reckoning it'll mostly be a band of primes.

Anyway, I have a couple of ideas for main enemies and plot themes. I'll be using several of the modules, starting with the Eternal Boundary, and intertwining and modifying them to suit the campaign. I have an idea to have one of the main foes as an efreeti prince, with possibly the PC's being captured as slaves from the prime and taken to the City of Brass. I also want to have a band of devils as foes. Now I have an idea for there to be some sort of conspiracy with these groups, quite possibly involving the elemental planes as well as plans to steal souls (hence the name Soulfire). It's all rather hazy as yet though, so I'm looking for any cool ideas anyone can come up with to help me out here

Thanks in advance

 

[Crothian]

The devils still souls, but they ar elooking for a place on the Elemental Plane of Fire to forge them. THe Devils have uncovered a way to create more powerful weapons for cheap as long as they have a persons soul in the forging process. The Effrittis are very unhappy that their are devils wandering around thier plane. THey may or may not know of the ability to forge souls. That would give a good connection between the Devils and the Effrits. THe PCs can be captured in the city of Brass. Learn about the Devils, and maybe have some brief encounters with them. Then escapoe to the Outer planes or even Sigil. Continue to investigate this group of Devils. Eventually learn of the ability to forge souls and then they have to go back to the elemental plane of fire to stop them from finding the place, or find the place and have to destroy all the devils in in. Possible having to seek out the Effreeti for help.

 

[Carnifex]

Hi Crothian!

Thanks for the ideas! I do like the idea of using souls to make cheap magical weapons - consider it used! However, rather than adversity between the efreet and baatezu I was thinking more of an alliance (At least outwardly, though of course backstabbing and one-upmanship behind the scenes).

The two main antagonists I intend to have as an efreeti prince, possibly wanting devilish aid to gain power for himself, maybe taking over the City of Brass from the current efreet ruler. Ther other one is actually a group, the Chromatic Cabal, consisting of a number of powerful abishai devils:

White: Sorcerer/Monk
Black: Wizard/Rogue/Assassin
Green: Fighter/Wizard
Blue: Cleric (Tiamat)
Red: Wizard

In order to ensure that they don't have insanely high CR's I'll be only giving them HD, attack bonus, saves etc from their class levels though they'll get the normal abishai special powers etc.

I'm still not quite sure about how to kick-start the campaign though. In a way I'd like to avoid having the PC's all enslaved straight off, but perhaps rather have them end up in Baator or the City of Brass through perhaps foiling some minor plans of the efreeti prince or the Chromatic Cabal. What I need though, is something for the enemy to be doing on the Prime Material that wouldn't involve an enemy too tough that would just kick the backsides of a band of level 1 PC's. Any ideas?

 

[Carnifex]

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