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<blockquote data-quote="RangerWickett" data-source="post: 5932072" data-attributes="member: 63">A possible twist might be that the Deep Ones could be allies. Instead of being horrible monsters set on driving the surface world insane, they could be rather fond of the world as it is. They need land civilization as it is, the way we need the oceans to moderate temperatures and provide fish and trade, but we don't want to live underwater, and the deep ones don't want to conquer the surface.So when the Ob starts acting up, the deep ones might be able to help.I'd already pondered, in epic tier, having the party dive underwater to recover the 'mind' of the colossus. The Mindmaker absconded with it, and had it sent away by ship, hidden in some sort of object (not sure yet), but the ship ends up sinking. The Ob eventually figure out how to control it crudely, but its lack of mind is partially responsible for causing their plans to only go about 90% right in adventure 9.So to regain control of the big machine, maybe the PCs will have to seek the aid of the deep ones?&nbsp;Eh, I'd say be wary of X-Files Syndrome, where you just throw twist after twist after twist until it becomes implausible. I think Dax hiding his identity is good enough; you just need to reveal it well. Maybe have some of the members of the Ob be old associates of his; maybe he knew the current Sovereign of Danor. Or maybe in adventure 4 Bree recognizes him.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RangerWickett, post: 5932072, member: 63"] A possible twist might be that the Deep Ones could be allies. Instead of being horrible monsters set on driving the surface world insane, they could be rather fond of the world as it is. They need land civilization as it is, the way we need the oceans to moderate temperatures and provide fish and trade, but we don't want to live underwater, and the deep ones don't want to conquer the surface. So when the Ob starts acting up, the deep ones might be able to help. I'd already pondered, in epic tier, having the party dive underwater to recover the 'mind' of the colossus. The Mindmaker absconded with it, and had it sent away by ship, hidden in some sort of object (not sure yet), but the ship ends up sinking. The Ob eventually figure out how to control it crudely, but its lack of mind is partially responsible for causing their plans to only go about 90% right in adventure 9. So to regain control of the big machine, maybe the PCs will have to seek the aid of the deep ones? Eh, I'd say be wary of X-Files Syndrome, where you just throw twist after twist after twist until it becomes implausible. I think Dax hiding his identity is good enough; you just need to reveal it well. Maybe have some of the members of the Ob be old associates of his; maybe he knew the current Sovereign of Danor. Or maybe in adventure 4 Bree recognizes him. [/QUOTE]

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