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Message: <blockquote data-quote="slachance6" data-source="post: 6860470" data-attributes="member: 6789056">One of the major NPCs in my upcoming game is a previously ordinary person who has recently been imbued with the immense arcane power of a forgotten archfiend. She originally lived as a middle-class resident of a relatively civilized human kingdom, and is somewhere from late teens to 20s. Then she discovered her powers and opened a demonic portal. She doesn't fully realize the extent of her powers yet, and certainly doesn't know the origin, but knows that they are somewhat fiendish in nature, and absolutely knows she has mind control. I haven't quite fleshed out her backstory yet, but I know she is an enemy of the nation's leaders (she hasn't sworn vengeance or anything, but she doesn't like them). She's also generally overconfident, and hates in when people consider her inferior to them, even if it's true. Due to this, I think she might just try to take over the kingdom, in which case she'll probably succeed. Only a few people know about her powers, and they will try to manipulate her into using this power for their own purposes. Most people do know that some power has risen, though, and a small cult has formed. There are also clerics and paladins who believe that she will be corrupted by the fiendish nature of her powers (which she won't, at least not through magical alignment change). To give an idea of the power level (this is a Pathfinder campaign but I think this topic can apply to fantasy games in general), I took the succubus monster (remember, her powers are fiendish, and she specializes in enchantment), added 20 levels of eldritch godling and mythic tier 10 (basically the most powerful creature on the Material Plane), along with plenty of magic items that I'm flavoring as innate abilities. Her final ability scores are 19, 22, 24, 24, 22, 50. She's is particularly talented with charms and polymorph (both self and baleful). Her character sheet is here on Mythweavers: <a href="http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=733359" target="_blank">http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=733359</a> So, how would this character react to becoming akin to a minor deity? How would her personality change if she discovered that her commands were invariably followed, and that she could conjure fireballs and balefully polymorph the population of an entire city? Bonus points if you say the outcome for each different alignment (I haven't decided yet, but it probably won't be lawful). How should she generally act when the players approach her? They are level 10 and have heard several rumors, and are going to meet her at a secluded location in the wilderness that she has recently gone to try to get used to her powers, hoping to ask a favor of her that she isn't opposed to, but doesn't particularly care about. What twist should I add to the scenario so she doesn't just blast them to ashes as soon as they mildly offend or annoy her? What do you expect the players to do? What do you think she would do in the future?</blockquote>

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