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<blockquote data-quote="Arial Black" data-source="post: 7497014" data-attributes="member: 6799649">The idea was that The Fiend wanted to corrupt the paladin, but only slowly. Corrupting the paladin too quickly means a corrupted 3rd level guy. The fiend wants to (finally) corrupt him when he's a high level guy. So much more tasty!So the imp (disguised as Odin's raven) has to subtly influence to PC into darker and darker solutions to his problems. Since the PC has the pirate background and is impersonating his own dead pirate captain (by wearing his magical full plate and using Mask of Many Faces to chilling effect when the visor is open), and pretending to be an evil pirate who is eliminating other pirates because he doesn't want the competition, while actually being a good pirate who is out to eliminate the real pirates, especially the one's who murdered the guy my PC now pretends to be, the raven/imp will have plenty of opportunities to do that subtle nudging toward evil.Plenty for me and the DM to work with. What's more, the DM is free to do whatever he wants. He could even totally ignore that backstory and have the party delve dungeons for no reason.For me, the work I do on the backgrounds of ALL my PCs (not just the Pal/War variety!) has value for me as a player and potentially for the DM, if they want. I like that better than just turning up with a Pal/War (or ANY PC) with no backstory named, er, Bob, because I don't care, I just want to kill imaginary goblins and steal imaginary gold pieces.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Arial Black, post: 7497014, member: 6799649"] The idea was that The Fiend wanted to corrupt the paladin, but only slowly. Corrupting the paladin too quickly means a corrupted 3rd level guy. The fiend wants to (finally) corrupt him when he's a [I]high[/I] level guy. So much more tasty! So the imp (disguised as Odin's raven) has to subtly influence to PC into darker and darker solutions to his problems. Since the PC has the pirate background and is impersonating his own dead pirate captain (by wearing his magical full plate and using Mask of Many Faces to chilling effect when the visor is open), and pretending to be an [B]evil[/B] pirate who is eliminating other pirates because he doesn't want the competition, while actually being a [I]good[/I] pirate who is out to eliminate the [I]real[/I] pirates, especially the one's who murdered the guy my PC now pretends to be, the raven/imp will have plenty of opportunities to do that subtle nudging toward evil. Plenty for me and the DM to work with. What's more, the DM is free to do whatever he wants. He could even totally ignore that backstory and have the party delve dungeons for no reason. For me, the work I do on the backgrounds of ALL my PCs (not just the Pal/War variety!) has value for me as a player and potentially for the DM, if they want. I like that better than just turning up with a Pal/War (or ANY PC) with no backstory named, er, Bob, because I don't care, I just want to kill imaginary goblins and steal imaginary gold pieces. [/QUOTE]

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