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<blockquote data-quote="Sigurd" data-source="post: 1947454" data-attributes="member: 19412"><p><strong>Spark in animals?</strong></p><p></p><p>So the spark has been ruthlessly hunted out of intelligent races. What of unintelligent races? animals? places of spontaneous healing? Reflections on the water? etc....</p><p></p><p>I imagine to get the shades of the progression right you will have to find subtle manifestations to encourage the players. Sweet water, colourful sunsets? In your campaign world all manner of normal things might be touched by magic if they were seen the right way. By showing average people the possibility of magic the characters might kindle the spark.</p><p></p><p>The role of semi intelligent creatures might be an Illthid weakness. How does a mind flayer appraise a lion except as a weak brained animal? If you can believe that animals have spiritual strengths, courage etc... they might make a hidden site of growth. Their lack of intelligence could make them vessels for the diety's power. Since the animals don't even understand their role they cannot be psionically probed etc...</p><p></p><p></p><p>S</p><p></p><p>Interesting idea</p><p></p><p>Also just because a God's followers are dead doesn't mean they are entirely unreachable <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> Some sort of Dreamland contact would allow the characters to get information from various places and have a place the Ilthoids might not be able to reach.</p><p></p><p>Some sort of judas like figure originally cursed by the God for ever and ever might be useful as well. The curse is terrible but it has the necessary element that it creates permenance and a path back to the dim past of the diety's vitality. The last remaining priest of the god of magic might yet be burning in the bottom of a volcano somewhere cursed for his sins. Even it the Ilthoids knew of him they might have no compassion or interest to concern themselves with his curse.</p><p></p><p>Of course you would have to be careful not to have too many exceptions. I'd be interested in what you finally do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sigurd, post: 1947454, member: 19412"] [b]Spark in animals?[/b] So the spark has been ruthlessly hunted out of intelligent races. What of unintelligent races? animals? places of spontaneous healing? Reflections on the water? etc.... I imagine to get the shades of the progression right you will have to find subtle manifestations to encourage the players. Sweet water, colourful sunsets? In your campaign world all manner of normal things might be touched by magic if they were seen the right way. By showing average people the possibility of magic the characters might kindle the spark. The role of semi intelligent creatures might be an Illthid weakness. How does a mind flayer appraise a lion except as a weak brained animal? If you can believe that animals have spiritual strengths, courage etc... they might make a hidden site of growth. Their lack of intelligence could make them vessels for the diety's power. Since the animals don't even understand their role they cannot be psionically probed etc... S Interesting idea Also just because a God's followers are dead doesn't mean they are entirely unreachable :) Some sort of Dreamland contact would allow the characters to get information from various places and have a place the Ilthoids might not be able to reach. Some sort of judas like figure originally cursed by the God for ever and ever might be useful as well. The curse is terrible but it has the necessary element that it creates permenance and a path back to the dim past of the diety's vitality. The last remaining priest of the god of magic might yet be burning in the bottom of a volcano somewhere cursed for his sins. Even it the Ilthoids knew of him they might have no compassion or interest to concern themselves with his curse. Of course you would have to be careful not to have too many exceptions. I'd be interested in what you finally do. [/QUOTE]
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