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Character Ascension, Morality, and Divinity (Was -- What makes someone Divine?)
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<blockquote data-quote="Mordane76" data-source="post: 596033" data-attributes="member: 7172"><p>I'm glad to see I received a few thoughtful answers.</p><p></p><p>In the campaign world I'm working with the catasphoric event, simply called the Fire, was brought about by bringing together 6 grapefruit-sized orbs called the Summoning Kajh of Destruction. This brought into existence, for the briefest of moments, the essence of the original god of destruction, and that moment damaged the magical fabric of this world. It greatly weakened clerics, and made it impossible for the plane to support a truly divine being.</p><p></p><p></p><p>So the idea of artifacts is good. I also like the idea of mindset and worshippers. Now, to take this topic deeper --</p><p></p><p></p><p>How might a group go about repairing this damage, so that gods could once again ascend?</p><p></p><p>I have a player interested in working his character up to the point where he can ascend to godhood. In the campaign world, religion exists, even though the gods do not -- people worship "gods," but these gods aren't really there. Even the clerics of the religions do not realize this truth, but the characters will slowly discover this truth. The players know what's going on...</p><p></p><p>So far, the character of the player in question has played as though he doesn't know the truth, and as though he has no intention or desire to become a god. If the character continues this mindset until he completely understands the truth, I don't think I'll have any problem allowing the player to retire his character as a god at a later date, if/one the characters repair the damage and restore the possibility of divinity.</p><p></p><p>His people are called Ophids -- they're a snake-like humanoid race. They worship a god called the Serpent, a Lawful Neutral deity thought to rule over all ophidian life-forms, and to represent the laws of nature. He also has limited dominion over the underground. The Ophids are very contemplative beings, slow to action, but decisive and swift when they reach a decision (favored class monk).</p><p></p><p>What would be good items this character might need to discover/create to become this god?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mordane76, post: 596033, member: 7172"] I'm glad to see I received a few thoughtful answers. In the campaign world I'm working with the catasphoric event, simply called the Fire, was brought about by bringing together 6 grapefruit-sized orbs called the Summoning Kajh of Destruction. This brought into existence, for the briefest of moments, the essence of the original god of destruction, and that moment damaged the magical fabric of this world. It greatly weakened clerics, and made it impossible for the plane to support a truly divine being. So the idea of artifacts is good. I also like the idea of mindset and worshippers. Now, to take this topic deeper -- How might a group go about repairing this damage, so that gods could once again ascend? I have a player interested in working his character up to the point where he can ascend to godhood. In the campaign world, religion exists, even though the gods do not -- people worship "gods," but these gods aren't really there. Even the clerics of the religions do not realize this truth, but the characters will slowly discover this truth. The players know what's going on... So far, the character of the player in question has played as though he doesn't know the truth, and as though he has no intention or desire to become a god. If the character continues this mindset until he completely understands the truth, I don't think I'll have any problem allowing the player to retire his character as a god at a later date, if/one the characters repair the damage and restore the possibility of divinity. His people are called Ophids -- they're a snake-like humanoid race. They worship a god called the Serpent, a Lawful Neutral deity thought to rule over all ophidian life-forms, and to represent the laws of nature. He also has limited dominion over the underground. The Ophids are very contemplative beings, slow to action, but decisive and swift when they reach a decision (favored class monk). What would be good items this character might need to discover/create to become this god? [/QUOTE]
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