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<blockquote data-quote="FesterJester" data-source="post: 7263466" data-attributes="member: 6916356"><p>These are some great ideas guys thanks! I think I'm going to end up stealing a bit from everybody, but I haven't figured out how to attach quotes from you guys yet (i'm not forum savy I guess). So this is where I'm at so far:</p><p></p><p>-Switching the Nalfeshnee for an Erinyes for that fallen angel flavor plus the 'deal with the devil' aspect.</p><p></p><p>-I'm going to allow the PCs to release them via 2 (unlabeled) levers in the room. The angel says the to pull one, the devil says to pull the other, the angel says the devil is lying, the devil says the angel doesn't know which one is which. That's the gist of it, i'll have to work out the details. For the RP part of that tho, I'm totally going with the bickering married couple! It's too hilarious not to! I see it going something like this:</p><p></p><p>Devil- Why do you think that l think that I'm always lying to you?!</p><p>Angel- After 700 years I think I managed to figure out that demons lie.</p><p>D- It's been 800 years and I am NOT demon! How do you not know the difference?!</p><p>A- There isn't a difference in the eyes of Pelor!</p><p>D- There you go, bringing daddy back into it. It's always "purify this" and "cleanse that". Why don't you grow a pair?!</p><p>A- You're evil incarnate!!!</p><p>D- But that doesn't mean I don't have feelings!!!! (then the devil starts crying)</p><p>A- *turning to the PCs* See what I have to put up with?!</p><p></p><p>-I do want this to be more of a social interaction than combat (hence why the extra-planar beings are so much more powerful to convince the PC's to RP through this one instead of swinging swords). I like the idea of them being the 'devil and angel on the shoulder' of the PC's and them battle for their souls. I'm kinda thinking that their essences should be put into 1 or 2 items that the PCs are bound to (like a cursed item) that offers the boon of the associated entity and talks to the PCs. It might be one of those "if the PC uses fireball, it strengthens the demon portion, if they use bless, it strengthens the angel (or something like that). Once one can overpower the other X happens". Thoughts?</p><p></p><p>-I hadn't thought about the fact that they might just turn around and leave an angel in bondage with a devil for eternity! Luckily, I had put an Imp (the former wizards familiar) in the main tower portion, initially as someone who interferes annoyingly with the PCs till they kill him, but now I think he'll just stalk them and if they decide not to release the Erinyes, he will.</p><p></p><p></p><p>-While I was writing this reply to y'all I thought it'd be cool if the levers don't work the way the D&A think they do (they didn't design the system after all, they're trapped by it). 1 releases both of them and the other turns them into a magical device, like the one I mentioned above. I was thinking that if they release them, both the Angel and the Demon offer a boom to the PC's and each person must choose 1, which imparts a portion of the entity into the PC that influences their alignment and decisions every time they use the power. Then they fly off (through the ceiling of course cause I like that idea too) and become re-occurring characters!</p><p></p><p></p><p>Thanks again everybody for the input! I knew the idea had promise, I just didn't know where to take it. None of this is final yet so I'm still taking input if you have any more suggestions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FesterJester, post: 7263466, member: 6916356"] These are some great ideas guys thanks! I think I'm going to end up stealing a bit from everybody, but I haven't figured out how to attach quotes from you guys yet (i'm not forum savy I guess). So this is where I'm at so far: -Switching the Nalfeshnee for an Erinyes for that fallen angel flavor plus the 'deal with the devil' aspect. -I'm going to allow the PCs to release them via 2 (unlabeled) levers in the room. The angel says the to pull one, the devil says to pull the other, the angel says the devil is lying, the devil says the angel doesn't know which one is which. That's the gist of it, i'll have to work out the details. For the RP part of that tho, I'm totally going with the bickering married couple! It's too hilarious not to! I see it going something like this: Devil- Why do you think that l think that I'm always lying to you?! Angel- After 700 years I think I managed to figure out that demons lie. D- It's been 800 years and I am NOT demon! How do you not know the difference?! A- There isn't a difference in the eyes of Pelor! D- There you go, bringing daddy back into it. It's always "purify this" and "cleanse that". Why don't you grow a pair?! A- You're evil incarnate!!! D- But that doesn't mean I don't have feelings!!!! (then the devil starts crying) A- *turning to the PCs* See what I have to put up with?! -I do want this to be more of a social interaction than combat (hence why the extra-planar beings are so much more powerful to convince the PC's to RP through this one instead of swinging swords). I like the idea of them being the 'devil and angel on the shoulder' of the PC's and them battle for their souls. I'm kinda thinking that their essences should be put into 1 or 2 items that the PCs are bound to (like a cursed item) that offers the boon of the associated entity and talks to the PCs. It might be one of those "if the PC uses fireball, it strengthens the demon portion, if they use bless, it strengthens the angel (or something like that). Once one can overpower the other X happens". Thoughts? -I hadn't thought about the fact that they might just turn around and leave an angel in bondage with a devil for eternity! Luckily, I had put an Imp (the former wizards familiar) in the main tower portion, initially as someone who interferes annoyingly with the PCs till they kill him, but now I think he'll just stalk them and if they decide not to release the Erinyes, he will. -While I was writing this reply to y'all I thought it'd be cool if the levers don't work the way the D&A think they do (they didn't design the system after all, they're trapped by it). 1 releases both of them and the other turns them into a magical device, like the one I mentioned above. I was thinking that if they release them, both the Angel and the Demon offer a boom to the PC's and each person must choose 1, which imparts a portion of the entity into the PC that influences their alignment and decisions every time they use the power. Then they fly off (through the ceiling of course cause I like that idea too) and become re-occurring characters! Thanks again everybody for the input! I knew the idea had promise, I just didn't know where to take it. None of this is final yet so I'm still taking input if you have any more suggestions. [/QUOTE]
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