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<blockquote data-quote="Nifft" data-source="post: 575363" data-attributes="member: 6562">Start the game out &quot;Low-Magic&quot; -- no clerics or paladins, and if a Sorcerer, Wizard or Druid publically uses a spell, they're shunned (or worse) as &quot;witches&quot;.Near the end of 2nd level, let the party find a lost temple -- the temple turns out to be one to a deity who is the ONLY good deity who hasn't abandoned the world. A Lantern Archon appears and asks all good party members if they would like to become Priests or Paladins. His Domains should be Sun, War, Strength, Fire and Good.Whether the characters bite or not, they become aware over time that the god has grown dissatisfied with this world, and wishes to purge it of the overwhelming evil he senses seeding it. (Demons and Devils are working in the background, helping charismatic leaders to create great armies.)The god starts acting like an Old Testament Yaweh -- leveling cities, burning lands of evil, etc. This could shape up in a number of ways:1) The god is more powerful than the demons &amp; devils: the players are sent from town to city, killing evil in the god's name. They can try to save various populations (even convert perhaps?) before the wrath of the god smites them, or they can participate in the smiting.2) The god is weak, the demons and devils are fighting. The Blood War is spilling over into this material plane. The players must try to take out the devilish &amp; demonic leaders without upsetting the balance of power too much, until the god is strong enough to take them all on. (How to strengthen the god? Create converts? Build more temples? Unearth relics?)3) The god isn't interested in saving people, he's interested in starting over. The PCs can either help or try to avert the Flood.4) Evangalion-style: the god hates humanity. He sees us as a blight upon his world, and he wants to un-make the world -- after killing all of us. &quot;Good&quot; in this sense is a very fundamentalist good, which is: do what the god says, no matter what, and in the after life you will be rewarded. Angels are terrible to behold. The PCs must fight against the angels, becoming noble Hellspawn (like the angsty guy in that comic &quot;Spawn&quot;, or the vampire Angel on &quot;Buffy&quot;) in the process. Very morally ambiguous, shades of grey type stuff.Hope this helps, -- Nifft</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Nifft, post: 575363, member: 6562"] Start the game out "Low-Magic" -- no clerics or paladins, and if a Sorcerer, Wizard or Druid publically uses a spell, they're shunned (or worse) as "witches". Near the end of 2nd level, let the party find a lost temple -- the temple turns out to be one to a deity who is the ONLY good deity who hasn't abandoned the world. A Lantern Archon appears and asks all good party members if they would like to become Priests or Paladins. His Domains should be Sun, War, Strength, Fire and Good. Whether the characters bite or not, they become aware over time that the god has grown dissatisfied with this world, and wishes to purge it of the overwhelming evil he senses seeding it. (Demons and Devils are working in the background, helping charismatic leaders to create great armies.) The god starts acting like an Old Testament Yaweh -- leveling cities, burning lands of evil, etc. This could shape up in a number of ways: 1) The god is more powerful than the demons & devils: the players are sent from town to city, killing evil in the god's name. They can try to save various populations (even convert perhaps?) before the wrath of the god smites them, or they can participate in the smiting. 2) The god is weak, the demons and devils are fighting. The Blood War is spilling over into this material plane. The players must try to take out the devilish & demonic leaders without upsetting the balance of power too much, until the god is strong enough to take them all on. (How to strengthen the god? Create converts? Build more temples? Unearth relics?) 3) The god isn't interested in saving people, he's interested in starting over. The PCs can either help or try to avert the Flood. 4) Evangalion-style: the god hates humanity. He sees us as a blight upon his world, and he wants to un-make the world -- after killing all of us. "Good" in this sense is a very fundamentalist good, which is: do what the god says, no matter what, and in the after life you will be rewarded. Angels are terrible to behold. The PCs must fight against the angels, becoming noble Hellspawn (like the angsty guy in that comic "Spawn", or the vampire Angel on "Buffy") in the process. Very morally ambiguous, shades of grey type stuff. Hope this helps, -- Nifft [/QUOTE]

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