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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rechan" data-source="post: 4960192" data-attributes="member: 54846">I should not have to tell my players to BE GONE, but I'll say it anyways.There was a book in 3.5 called "Requiem for a God", which dealt with the murder of a god. Unfortunately only about 24 pages dealt with theicide and the rest was classes/monsters/items/magic. Even worse, the book doesn't address my issue. What happens when a God goes Missing, is near death, or otherwise "out of commission"? And, what happens to their portfolio? Here's the circumstance: Erathis, God of Cities and Civilization, is near death, if not dead. Definitely wounded, with pieces scattered about. Melora (or some other God representing the Wilderness and Nature) is poisoned and just MISSING. What Happens? So far, as far as Erathis is concerned, I have cities tearing themselves apart. Not literally, but civil unrest, barbarians marching on crumbling walls, and so on. Tribes are fracturing (under the notion of people coming together and acting in agreed upon ways = community). I had considered Oaths being unwoven (again for the sake of civilization), but I'm not sure. Also, Erathis's clerics aren't getting their prayers. What else?What about Melora? So far, I have primal spirits being the middle men as far as running nature is concerned (Melora as the Federal Government vs. spirits as the State/local, to give an idea). So, with the big Nature goddess missing, What Happens? What would be going on? What I want is for it to look like the Wilderness (not necessarily nature itself) is fraying, or getting out of control. To give you some idea:[sblock]The meta-plot of my Campaign: Erathis is nearly dead, and Doresaine, King of Ghouls and Yeenoghu, Demon Prince of Gnolls and Slaughter are competing to scavenge her bones (and crush civilization). Pelor and Bahamut are getting worn thin fighting the Good Fight. Devas souls are disappearing/being captured. Melora is MIA so that I can have the Wilderness go bonkers.Because of all this, the world is going to hell in a handbasket (I stole liberally from <a href="http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=229295" target="_blank">here</a>). The PCs are supposed to go out and make the world a better place, to clean it up, to be a shining beacon of hope in the darkness (to make sure teh Points of Light aren't snuffed out, basically). But as time goes on, as they get deeper into the muck, they see that the issue expands beyond lots of stuff going into the crapper, but the Divine being stretched beyond its limits.[/sblock]As you can see, the Gods are important to the game. This is also because of the PCs I have.[sblock]Deva Invoker|Cleric of Erathis*Dragonborn Paladin - Paladin of Sun God.Dwarf Shaman - a medium for spirits. Revenant Assassin - once was an Avenger of Bahamut, died on a holy mission. Bahamut strikes a deal with the Raven Queen to put his soul back into the ring. Revenant Fighter - Really long story, but Blessed by the Evening Glory, undead god of Love, Beauty and ImmortalityBarbarian (No details yet)*The Deva basically has a piece of Erathis inside of him. He was floating around in the Aether when she was "Struck", and he got a bit of her divine gore in him, before an angel scooped him up and hurled him to earth. The player doesn't know this. He's also one of the last Deva who are active.[/sblock]But I'm hitting some problems:1) Again, issues with Erathis and Melora. What's happening to their portfolios now that they're not attending to them? Why are their Servants (Angels, whatnot) not getting the word out about their current state? Why aren't the Other Gods addressing the issue? In other words, why isn't it HANDLED, and the World is pretty much on its own? 1b) Any suggestions about the Melora plot would be real useful too, since I just tossed that in there but haven't gotten an idea yet.2) What about the Evil gods? Why would they not be having a good time right now? I actually don't want to involve the Evil Gods all that much, at least not at first; I like the issue of Lots of Small or Local problems (well, relatively) being the big threat.3) If the Gods are so distant and strained, can I still get away with them interacting with the PCs? Showing signs, interacting invisions/dreams, etc? (I'm thinking of Bahamut/Sun God/RQ/Evening Glory here, not E or M). 4) How do I make this metaplot relevent in the Heroic tier?</blockquote>

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