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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mark Hope" data-source="post: 2183817" data-attributes="member: 27051">I would start bringing the story to a personal level, while keeping the style of sweeping plots that you seem to have been using so far.What if the gauntlet were somehow tied to one of the PCs through some bizarre time-loop?  Perhaps one of the PCs becomes the base evil that infuses the gauntlet, only to be cast backwards in time at a later date.  The PC slowly learns of his fate and struggles with the fact that it seems predestined and inescapable - he will become the very evil that they are now carrying.What if war-hungry factions amongst the gythyanki manipulated the PCs into assassinating their leader, knowing all along that it would cause a war that they have been longing for?  What if it was a faction of humans who manipulated the PCs into starting the war?  Might this somehow be tied to the influence of Rajaat (who would only be too happy to see alien races like the gythyanki removed from Athas)?What if the ancient elven city needs high priests for its nascent divinity, and has chosen the PCs to be its ambassadors, lords and exemplars - whether they like it or not.  What horrendous threats might it be able to level against them in order to coerce them to do its bidding?  What precious, personal friends or family do the PCs have that the city might seek to take from them in order to gain their loyalty?Have you checked out Dregoth Ascending at athas.org?  It's a pretty epic plot - paybe you could customise its storyline to fit your own concepts.  The idea of an insane sorcerer-king who seeks to instate himself as Athas' sole divinity should bring a level of awe to most games...</blockquote>

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