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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jonathon Robinson" data-source="post: 7405994" data-attributes="member: 6950524">I would never encourage players to fight directly but a little antagonism can go a long way to flavor the characters. I agree with everyone else here who has said let the player play the character and that Gruumsh wouldn't necessarily care about this particular elf.That said, I would encourage the player to understand Gruumsh lore.I would also encourage the players to work together. Perhaps Gruumsh would like this player to help corrupt the elf and turn him evil in order to spit in the face of Corellon (or whatever god the elf follows). You can encourage the player to work with the elf on things that are decidedly evil (yes, let's kill the prisoner instead of setting him free, I think the elf should do it). This can be a lot of fun for the players and still encourages cooperation.From the Fandom page, Gruumsh isn't against working with elves if it suits his purpose: According to lore, Gruumsh once had an alliance with the conniving elven goddess Araushnee to bring down her fellow elven deities once and for all. Their plan failed and Araushnee was transformed into Lolth and her elven followers into drow. The two deities (and the orcs and the drow) have been great foes ever since. Work with the lore and find ways to encourage the players to work together even if Gruumsh's motives are deceitful and corruptive in nature. It can make for a great campaign down the line where the character finally has to face Gruumsh and either turn over his friend (due to failed corruption attempts) or fight Gruumsh. Or maybe the elf submits and there's a showdown with Correllon. It's fun to sit back and see what the players will do with this, just make sure it is in a cooperative setting.</blockquote>

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