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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Volaran" data-source="post: 1229816" data-attributes="member: 592">In my DM's previous campaign, there was an interesting power struggle following the death of a country's first emperor.He was a priest of Luminous, the Sun god of the campaign.  As a young lad, he was gifted with the god's own mace and eventually became a great mercenary leader, working for various foreigners using his home penninsula as their battlefield.Eventually, he turned on both sides, using his mercenary army and great holy powers to drive them from the land.  On the site of the final battle, he built his great city.By the time of the campaign, he was nearing one hundred and fifty, with a full century on the throne.  He'd never married, and his god had told him the ability to father an heir was taken from him in return for long life.However, twenty some odd years before the campaign, he'd become infatuated with the spouse of one of his generals.  Making a deal with a powerful wizard, he took on the general's form and seduced her one night.  Little did he know, the wizard had found a way to suspend the god's price for that one night.Nine months later, an infant was born.  The emperor suspected, and the boy was exceptional, but he was never the confirmed heir.When the emperor died, his chief advisor claimed the throne, and assumed their would be no opposition.  However, he'd forgotten his master's role as the High Priest of Luminous, and the head of the church claimed that as the emperor had been appointed by his god, the throne should pass through the priesthood.At this point, a certain wizard revealed to the emperor's bastard his lineage...and of course, he was a PC.Anyway, just thought I'd mention because it was the only instance in a campaign I've played in where the characters were involved in deciding just how a relativly new empire's throne would be passed on from that point.</blockquote>

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