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<blockquote data-quote="chrisnd" data-source="post: 1895222" data-attributes="member: 26307">Hey everyone, this is AWESOME.&nbsp; Thanks for the help, and I will definitely be using a lot of the suggestions that you guys made.&nbsp; I think that I was just suffering from &quot;writers block&quot; and just couldn't figure out how to get things to work.And, since two people asked about the precious metal and why the gods want it so badly, I will tell more of the story:There was once a god (we will call him &quot;T&quot;) whom all the other gods feared so much (due to his absolute depravity and madness) that they locked him in a prison and left him in stasis.&nbsp; This prison was crafted with the precious metal that was mined in this same village many, many millenia ago.&nbsp; One of the worshippers of this mad god was once a mortal being that yearned for godhood, too (we shall call him &quot;A&quot;).&nbsp; To make &quot;A's&quot; apotheosis work, though, he needed the same material that the gods used to created the prison for &quot;T&quot; (which &quot;A&quot; never realized until his &quot;T&quot; told him what he needed).&nbsp; In the meantime, &quot;T&quot; partially escaped from his prison due to a cataclysmic event accidentally caused by a group of unrelated &quot;birgands&quot; who had no idea what havoc they had wrought when they inadvertantly stole an ancient and powerful artifact.So, the gods need to reforge the prison to recapture &quot;T&quot;, (thus they need the mineral) and &quot;A&quot; needs finish his apotheosis (thus he needs the mineral, too).&nbsp; In fact, if &quot;A's&quot; apoteosis is completed, then &quot;T&quot; will be set free entirely (which is really, really bad...).&nbsp; And of course &quot;T&quot; realizes that if the other gods get a hold of the mineral, then both he and &quot;A&quot; are doomed.&nbsp; Both &quot;T&quot; and &quot;A&quot; are ultimately responsible for 1.) poisoning the water supply and shutting down the mines in the village, and 2.) hiring the pirates to waylay the mineral shipments.&nbsp; They also have other, sinister &quot;leuitenants&quot; doing various other naughty deeds on their behalf, including the rebuilding of their old temple that has been destroyed no less than three times in the past (see, I told you that &quot;T&quot; was highly despised).Now, after all of this, I hope that all of you can understand why my dilemna (conundrum) exists, and why I asked for help.&nbsp; The party is one their way to investigate the pirates, and find out where the mineral is and why it was stolen.&nbsp; I somehow need to fit in my original option #3 with the story as a whole, and everyone has done a great job with suggestions.&nbsp; Of course, more of them are highly appreciated.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="chrisnd, post: 1895222, member: 26307"] Hey everyone, this is AWESOME. Thanks for the help, and I will definitely be using a lot of the suggestions that you guys made. I think that I was just suffering from "writers block" and just couldn't figure out how to get things to work. And, since two people asked about the precious metal and why the gods want it so badly, I will tell more of the story: There was once a god (we will call him "T") whom all the other gods feared so much (due to his absolute depravity and madness) that they locked him in a prison and left him in stasis. This prison was crafted with the precious metal that was mined in this same village many, many millenia ago. One of the worshippers of this mad god was once a mortal being that yearned for godhood, too (we shall call him "A"). To make "A's" apotheosis work, though, he needed the same material that the gods used to created the prison for "T" (which "A" never realized until his "T" told him what he needed). In the meantime, "T" partially escaped from his prison due to a cataclysmic event accidentally caused by a group of unrelated "birgands" who had no idea what havoc they had wrought when they inadvertantly stole an ancient and powerful artifact. So, the gods need to reforge the prison to recapture "T", (thus they need the mineral) and "A" needs finish his apotheosis (thus he needs the mineral, too). In fact, if "A's" apoteosis is completed, then "T" will be set free entirely (which is really, really bad...). And of course "T" realizes that if the other gods get a hold of the mineral, then both he and "A" are doomed. Both "T" and "A" are ultimately responsible for 1.) poisoning the water supply and shutting down the mines in the village, and 2.) hiring the pirates to waylay the mineral shipments. They also have other, sinister "leuitenants" doing various other naughty deeds on their behalf, including the rebuilding of their old temple that has been destroyed no less than three times in the past (see, I told you that "T" was highly despised). Now, after all of this, I hope that all of you can understand why my dilemna (conundrum) exists, and why I asked for help. The party is one their way to investigate the pirates, and find out where the mineral is and why it was stolen. I somehow need to fit in my original option #3 with the story as a whole, and everyone has done a great job with suggestions. Of course, more of them are highly appreciated. [/QUOTE]

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