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<blockquote data-quote="TiQuinn" data-source="post: 378766" data-attributes="member: 4871">Wow, Kenjib!&nbsp; I've been thinking about it, and I was going in a very similar direction!&nbsp; I began thinking of a scenario where an infamous dragon has apparently returned to the countryside that it terrorized 30 years ago.&nbsp; A paladin and his comrades supposedly slew the dragon, with only the paladin surviving the conflict.&nbsp; The truth is, however, that he fled in fear when members of the party began to die.&nbsp; One of the remaining members of the party managed to deal the death blow, but died from his injuries shortly after.&nbsp; The paladin, in desperation, fear, and a moment of irrationality, personally took the credit for the dragon's death.&nbsp; He lost his paladinhood, but no one was the wiser.&nbsp; He retired and became a wealthy landowner in the area.Now, come back to the present, and the same (ex) paladin is brooding about his lie and his unheroic act.&nbsp; He has been miserable all these years but has never had the courage to step up and admit his lie.&nbsp; If only there was another challenge that he could face, and actually defeat, it would sooth his conscience.Soon after, a dragon, bearing a remarkable resemblence to the first dragon begins to attack farms on the outskirts of town.&nbsp; The dragon could be real, or it could be an illusion, but in any event, it only exists because the paladin subconsciously WANTS it to exist.&nbsp; The town has hired several groups of adventurers to defeat the dragon, but each time, they are led into a deadly trap set by the dragon, who seems to know what each party was planning.&nbsp; This is also a result of the subconscious jealously and hatred the paladin has for any party that would try to rob him of his victory.This is where I was starting to go with the idea.&nbsp; I really like the concept of people subconscious creating these challenges either due to guilt or greed.&nbsp; Perhaps the true enemy of the campaign is an entity that has the power to create illusions based upon the nightmares of others.&nbsp; Without the &quot;fuel&quot; provided by people, this entity can't create these powerful illusions, so where does the true evil lie?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TiQuinn, post: 378766, member: 4871"] Wow, Kenjib! I've been thinking about it, and I was going in a very similar direction! I began thinking of a scenario where an infamous dragon has apparently returned to the countryside that it terrorized 30 years ago. A paladin and his comrades supposedly slew the dragon, with only the paladin surviving the conflict. The truth is, however, that he fled in fear when members of the party began to die. One of the remaining members of the party managed to deal the death blow, but died from his injuries shortly after. The paladin, in desperation, fear, and a moment of irrationality, personally took the credit for the dragon's death. He lost his paladinhood, but no one was the wiser. He retired and became a wealthy landowner in the area. Now, come back to the present, and the same (ex) paladin is brooding about his lie and his unheroic act. He has been miserable all these years but has never had the courage to step up and admit his lie. If only there was another challenge that he could face, and actually defeat, it would sooth his conscience. Soon after, a dragon, bearing a remarkable resemblence to the first dragon begins to attack farms on the outskirts of town. The dragon could be real, or it could be an illusion, but in any event, it only exists because the paladin subconsciously WANTS it to exist. The town has hired several groups of adventurers to defeat the dragon, but each time, they are led into a deadly trap set by the dragon, who seems to know what each party was planning. This is also a result of the subconscious jealously and hatred the paladin has for any party that would try to rob him of his victory. This is where I was starting to go with the idea. I really like the concept of people subconscious creating these challenges either due to guilt or greed. Perhaps the true enemy of the campaign is an entity that has the power to create illusions based upon the nightmares of others. Without the "fuel" provided by people, this entity can't create these powerful illusions, so where does the true evil lie? [/QUOTE]

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