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<blockquote data-quote="Razjah" data-source="post: 6608091" data-attributes="member: 98806"><p>Mass conversions! Bernard Cornwell's <em>Warlord Chronicles</em> details a change in Britain as the Saxons invade, Rome has been gone, and the christian are moving in. They are converting many people, which leaves the old pagan druids with less power and the different kingdoms are fighting over resources and religions. You could do something similar where the Pathfinder gods are using mortals to convert to a new pantheon, weakening the old 3.5 gods. </p><p></p><p></p><p>War over Domains! In the heavens (or whatever realm for your world) the gods maintain control over domains through artifacts and works of legends (the god of the forge may control The Forge of Creation or something) the new gods are wrestling control over them. This could employ mortal agents as these artifacts end up in the mortal realm, or perhaps the artifacts are always in the mortal realm and the gods walk the earth. A god of fire has a lantern that gives the god power over fire, if a god of darkness steals it- it can plunge the world into a lasting darkness or bring forth a great ice age by extinguishing the lantern. Perhaps if The Anvil of Creation is stolen from a smithing god and used for a different purpose then certain metals cannot be crafted (no mithral or adamantine, for example). </p><p></p><p>Maybe the gods change as time flows, one era is at a close and the gods are moving on to different existences. Typicallyt this goes smoothly and without issue, but a god is holding on, or a new god has tried to ursurp a new domain. I'd go this route, playing out a great conflict and change between the gods is something that I would not enjoy as a player. But if it has been a year and half since summer was supposed to arrive, but it still has not... that is a campaign. Perhaps the god of death has stole a symbol of the god of the sun's power. The fire domain now rests with the god of death who is bringing about more death by cooling the world. Or the harvests are dwindling because the god of farming (erastil I think) has had a symbol of his power stolen by norgorber (gods of secrets/shadows/assassiny things) and keeps the 'secrets of the land' hidden away. Now the PCs have a focus for the campaign and the adventurers tie to it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Razjah, post: 6608091, member: 98806"] Mass conversions! Bernard Cornwell's [I]Warlord Chronicles[/I] details a change in Britain as the Saxons invade, Rome has been gone, and the christian are moving in. They are converting many people, which leaves the old pagan druids with less power and the different kingdoms are fighting over resources and religions. You could do something similar where the Pathfinder gods are using mortals to convert to a new pantheon, weakening the old 3.5 gods. War over Domains! In the heavens (or whatever realm for your world) the gods maintain control over domains through artifacts and works of legends (the god of the forge may control The Forge of Creation or something) the new gods are wrestling control over them. This could employ mortal agents as these artifacts end up in the mortal realm, or perhaps the artifacts are always in the mortal realm and the gods walk the earth. A god of fire has a lantern that gives the god power over fire, if a god of darkness steals it- it can plunge the world into a lasting darkness or bring forth a great ice age by extinguishing the lantern. Perhaps if The Anvil of Creation is stolen from a smithing god and used for a different purpose then certain metals cannot be crafted (no mithral or adamantine, for example). Maybe the gods change as time flows, one era is at a close and the gods are moving on to different existences. Typicallyt this goes smoothly and without issue, but a god is holding on, or a new god has tried to ursurp a new domain. I'd go this route, playing out a great conflict and change between the gods is something that I would not enjoy as a player. But if it has been a year and half since summer was supposed to arrive, but it still has not... that is a campaign. Perhaps the god of death has stole a symbol of the god of the sun's power. The fire domain now rests with the god of death who is bringing about more death by cooling the world. Or the harvests are dwindling because the god of farming (erastil I think) has had a symbol of his power stolen by norgorber (gods of secrets/shadows/assassiny things) and keeps the 'secrets of the land' hidden away. Now the PCs have a focus for the campaign and the adventurers tie to it. [/QUOTE]
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