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<blockquote data-quote="Cyronax" data-source="post: 5091717" data-attributes="member: 822"><p>I already know at least one of my players saw this thread. No harm in it, he's a good roleplayer.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, the advice 'DONT DO IT' is exactly what I expected. Thanks for at least proving the concept to be very difficult to pull off. I was actually going to stat out this 'cosmic' character as a (low) Epic NPC that might encounter the PCs, but it would've effectively felt 'cosmic' due to high social skill rolls (i.e. regional influence). </p><p></p><p>I wanted to specifically comment on S'Mon's post because he inadvertently caught my unstated intention: the 'cosmic imp' won't actually care about the PCs. Its more concerned with a specific NPC. The PCs would've been caught up in something that they may or may not want to battle. </p><p></p><p>The 'imp' would've been circumscribed at a specific point from hurting them directly due to an intervention by the three goddesses of Good/Normal in my world.</p><p></p><p>Well, this thread already served its purpose. It helped me brainstorm a little, and I think that I'm going to scrap the concept. As much as I see its potential within the overall plot of our campaign, its probably bound to be too annoying.</p><p></p><p>Thanks for helping me. I still would enjoy discussing ways to make this sort of plot work for non-4e campaigns. Does it work in Mutants & Masterminds (as with my initial comment about M&M's sidebar)? Do other specific genres work with this? For instance, would a Cthulu-style game, or some such, work if an angel were working behind the scenes to counter the pull of cthonic forces in the game world?</p><p></p><p>C.I.D.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cyronax, post: 5091717, member: 822"] I already know at least one of my players saw this thread. No harm in it, he's a good roleplayer. Anyway, the advice 'DONT DO IT' is exactly what I expected. Thanks for at least proving the concept to be very difficult to pull off. I was actually going to stat out this 'cosmic' character as a (low) Epic NPC that might encounter the PCs, but it would've effectively felt 'cosmic' due to high social skill rolls (i.e. regional influence). I wanted to specifically comment on S'Mon's post because he inadvertently caught my unstated intention: the 'cosmic imp' won't actually care about the PCs. Its more concerned with a specific NPC. The PCs would've been caught up in something that they may or may not want to battle. The 'imp' would've been circumscribed at a specific point from hurting them directly due to an intervention by the three goddesses of Good/Normal in my world. Well, this thread already served its purpose. It helped me brainstorm a little, and I think that I'm going to scrap the concept. As much as I see its potential within the overall plot of our campaign, its probably bound to be too annoying. Thanks for helping me. I still would enjoy discussing ways to make this sort of plot work for non-4e campaigns. Does it work in Mutants & Masterminds (as with my initial comment about M&M's sidebar)? Do other specific genres work with this? For instance, would a Cthulu-style game, or some such, work if an angel were working behind the scenes to counter the pull of cthonic forces in the game world? C.I.D. [/QUOTE]
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