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<blockquote data-quote="Shadowbit" data-source="post: 3540439" data-attributes="member: 47364"><p>I am currently in the process of creating an adventure for a group I play with. The trick is I haven't been playing with this group for very long, and am trying to find an appropriate hook to draw the characters into the adventure I'm planning.</p><p></p><p>I've come up with three ideas, but have rejected one because in a discussion with one of the other players, it was something he was planning to introduce but events swung wildly away from being able to do that. Even so, I've decided to leave that aside as something he may do in the future.</p><p></p><p>What I am trying to do is draw the characters to a place, and unfortunately don't quite know them well enough to draw them in. But, I do know enough to give me a few options.</p><p></p><p>One of the characters has a goal of ascending to godhood, and that is one of the angles I'm investigating. Unfortunately, I don't have any of my books with me, and I don't believe any of the books I do have talk about characters becoming gods.</p><p></p><p>Ideally, it would need to be through an object or location. Something like a book, bauble, elixir or what-have-you. At least, as I'm thinking of it right now.</p><p></p><p>Does anyone have any thoughts on how a character would be able to rapidly advance toward deification?</p><p></p><p>I do think it is important to mention to anyone offering advice that this is a Maguffin. In actuality, this is a very small part of the adventure I'm planning, but I need a convincing hook to draw everyone into the action.</p><p></p><p>While I've probably given too much away if any of the other players in the game lurk about here, I don't want to give away much more than this.</p><p></p><p>Thanks in advance.</p><p></p><p>SB</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shadowbit, post: 3540439, member: 47364"] I am currently in the process of creating an adventure for a group I play with. The trick is I haven't been playing with this group for very long, and am trying to find an appropriate hook to draw the characters into the adventure I'm planning. I've come up with three ideas, but have rejected one because in a discussion with one of the other players, it was something he was planning to introduce but events swung wildly away from being able to do that. Even so, I've decided to leave that aside as something he may do in the future. What I am trying to do is draw the characters to a place, and unfortunately don't quite know them well enough to draw them in. But, I do know enough to give me a few options. One of the characters has a goal of ascending to godhood, and that is one of the angles I'm investigating. Unfortunately, I don't have any of my books with me, and I don't believe any of the books I do have talk about characters becoming gods. Ideally, it would need to be through an object or location. Something like a book, bauble, elixir or what-have-you. At least, as I'm thinking of it right now. Does anyone have any thoughts on how a character would be able to rapidly advance toward deification? I do think it is important to mention to anyone offering advice that this is a Maguffin. In actuality, this is a very small part of the adventure I'm planning, but I need a convincing hook to draw everyone into the action. While I've probably given too much away if any of the other players in the game lurk about here, I don't want to give away much more than this. Thanks in advance. SB [/QUOTE]
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