Immortals Handbook - Epic Bestiary (Epic Monster Discussion)

[Upper_Krust]

Hi Fieari mate!

apologies for the slow reply on this post.

Hrm. I was thinking of plopping this on a specific custom monster I had in mind, which would have a personality that specifically wouldn't do that. I want this weakness, because I want to make it so that organizing worship of the being is the main and most effective method of defeating it. But you're right about the standard response: the "The Lady of Pain". She almost certainly has this deficit, given how personally vengeful she is against anyone trying to worship her.

Okay.

What if the above weakness was coupled with the following one:

Bound By Worship: Beings with this weakness are compelled to serve and protect those who worship it, regardless of alignment. The being can decide how to best serve their interests, so if, for example, a good aligned being was for some reason worshiped by evil followers, they could be served by attempting to convert them to good. Worshipers cannot be harmed for any reason, although they can be allowed to come to harm if and only if such harm would be in their long term interests.
Special: Creatures with a divine rank cannot be considered worshipers for the purposes of this weakness.

I think the question is going to be the sincerity of the worshippers (when talking about followers with an alignment opposed to that of the being).

Although I seem to recall that when Thrin ventured onto the Cyberpunk 2020 Earth to track down the stolen Sword of Kas, he was worshipped by the Aryan Brotherhood, although it was always my plan to turn them to good.

First of all, is this ability worth a divine weakness? Secondly, if coupled with "Unworthy of Worship", would it make Unworthy of Worship worth more?

Its such a weird plot device that its difficult to judge.

Maybe what it needs is that to break the 'curse' the being has to gain 'x' amount of worshippers?

 

[Upper_Krust]

Hey guys!

I know its early, but I am interested to hear from anyone who gets to pick up the print version of the Bestiary - OUT TODAY! HOORAH!

 

[Pssthpok]

Mine should be in the mailbox then. Can't wait!

 

[Upper_Krust]

Howdy Pssthpok mate!

Mine should be in the mailbox then. Can't wait!

Dagnabbit you'll have your copy before me!

Mongoose are listing it as now on sale at their website, so fingers crossed they are available and not somewhere in Limbo.

 

[Alzrius]

Kickass! So, Krusty, when can those of us who were promised autographed copies expect to receive them?

 

[Angel Tarragon]

Kickass! So, Krusty, when can those of us who were promised autographed copies expect to receive them?

Shoot. Had I known about this I would have requested it.

 

[Upper_Krust]

Hey guys!

Kickass! So, Krusty, when can those of us who were promised autographed copies expect to receive them?

Well lets just say it will be a period of time after I have my personal copies in my possession.

Shoot. Had I known about this I would have requested it.

Well if its that big a deal you can post it to me and I will sign it and post it back to you...for what its worth I do have nice handwriting.

Or you could just wait until you bump into me at a Con in the future. I always wanted to go to (the BIG) Gencon, so if I have enough money next year who knows.

 

[paradox42]

Or you could just wait until you bump into me at a Con in the future. I always wanted to go to (the BIG) Gencon, so if I have enough money next year who knows.

Interesting notion- had you considered signing some copies for Mongoose to take with them this year? They always show up, and usually have a booth near WotC itself, and if they had a few signed copies of this book as a chaser item it could theoretically attract them even more business than they'd normally get.

 

[Upper_Krust]

Hey paradox42 dude!

Interesting notion- had you considered signing some copies for Mongoose to take with them this year? They always show up, and usually have a booth near WotC itself, and if they had a few signed copies of this book as a chaser item it could theoretically attract them even more business than they'd normally get.

I'm not exactly Gary Gygax you know!

With my signature scrawled over the thing they would probably have to mark down the price.

 

[dante58701]

...damn repeats