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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kigmatzomat" data-source="post: 1791564" data-attributes="member: 9254">Go with a multi-layer plot.  So Darius is an anti-paladin who serves a dark god collecting the shards.  Some say the shards have the ability to destroy reality but deep digging shows that it more likely has the ability to turn the weilder into a god.  The Truth is that the shards are the fragmented prison/corpse of an elder evil diety (EED) that will possess the goober that reassembles the shards.    Darius, contrary to opinion, actually wants to safeguard the shards because his god deposed the EED. It's possible the other gods weren't aware of the EED's status and might try to reinstate him.  Alternately they are trying to assist Darius.  Maybe both, with a division between the Gods.    This gives you a heckuva setup to confuse the players.  Occassionally Darius will be assisted by good temples and others opposed by demons.  There's no easy way of telling who is really helping the party and who has a hidden agenda.  Given the uncertain information the gods may have about the EED, some groups may change their opinions during the course of the campaign.    Furthermore Darius has to keep acquiring weird items (A stone of Elemental Command, a bowl of elemental summoning, the Well of Worlds, etc.) to help dispose of the items when he visits some of the most inhospitable locations possible (Hearts of volcanoes, midoceanic subduction zones, etc).  He sets traps for ethereal filchers so they acquire the gem and wander off.  etc, etc.</blockquote>

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