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<blockquote data-quote="Tonguez" data-source="post: 3472861" data-attributes="member: 1125"><p>Evil is problematic in a Maori/Polynesian campaign as they were not major concerns of the culture. What was good was that which upheld honour and family including (Ancestors) as long as that was done everything was permissible (Rogues were honoured heroes as long as they only stole from other villages and the actions of 'career cannibals (as opposed to ceremonial cannibals) were considered a source of amusement as long as they only ate strangers)</p><p></p><p>Anyway Murirangafenua (the ancestor from whom Maui acquired the jawbone) is a personification of secret knowledge and the underworld, she is mysterious and ominous and Niifts version of Underworld would be perfect for her.</p><p></p><p>That being said she, Mahuika and Hinenuitepo are sometimes regarded as sisters so in the Fire Island cosmology Murirangafenua and Mahuika could be combined into a single entity representing the 'Crone'</p><p></p><p>Mahuika, the Fire Goddess</p><p>Alignment: CN</p><p>Domains: Destruction, Fire, Knowledge, Underworld</p><p>Favored Weapon: shortsword</p><p>Symbol: a burning hand</p><p></p><p>The other LE option is Firo (Feeror) who was the primary anatagonist against Tane when he went in search of Knowledge. Firo is a murderer and theif who represents disease, pain, sickness, fear and insanity</p><p></p><p>Firo</p><p>LE</p><p>Fear, Evil, Trickery, Insanity</p><p>Favoured Weapon: Tarafai (Stingrays tailspine)</p><p>Symbol: A withered hand </p><p></p><p><strong>Undead</strong></p><p>Although Ghosts (and similar) were common in Maori folktales most of the DnD undead (and in particular corporeal undead) do not have a parallel in the folklore. There is a story of a father coming back to spar with his son (and so keep his title as champion fighter) which might be a Wight as his skin was described as being too loose for his body.</p><p></p><p>What are far more prevalent in polynesian folklore however is Spirits and so imho Ghost should be classified as spirits and the Rebuke Undead ability become a Rebuke Spirit (in whatever form you have it)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tonguez, post: 3472861, member: 1125"] Evil is problematic in a Maori/Polynesian campaign as they were not major concerns of the culture. What was good was that which upheld honour and family including (Ancestors) as long as that was done everything was permissible (Rogues were honoured heroes as long as they only stole from other villages and the actions of 'career cannibals (as opposed to ceremonial cannibals) were considered a source of amusement as long as they only ate strangers) Anyway Murirangafenua (the ancestor from whom Maui acquired the jawbone) is a personification of secret knowledge and the underworld, she is mysterious and ominous and Niifts version of Underworld would be perfect for her. That being said she, Mahuika and Hinenuitepo are sometimes regarded as sisters so in the Fire Island cosmology Murirangafenua and Mahuika could be combined into a single entity representing the 'Crone' Mahuika, the Fire Goddess Alignment: CN Domains: Destruction, Fire, Knowledge, Underworld Favored Weapon: shortsword Symbol: a burning hand The other LE option is Firo (Feeror) who was the primary anatagonist against Tane when he went in search of Knowledge. Firo is a murderer and theif who represents disease, pain, sickness, fear and insanity Firo LE Fear, Evil, Trickery, Insanity Favoured Weapon: Tarafai (Stingrays tailspine) Symbol: A withered hand [B]Undead[/B] Although Ghosts (and similar) were common in Maori folktales most of the DnD undead (and in particular corporeal undead) do not have a parallel in the folklore. There is a story of a father coming back to spar with his son (and so keep his title as champion fighter) which might be a Wight as his skin was described as being too loose for his body. What are far more prevalent in polynesian folklore however is Spirits and so imho Ghost should be classified as spirits and the Rebuke Undead ability become a Rebuke Spirit (in whatever form you have it) [/QUOTE]
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