Denihilist
2012-05-21, 12:20 PM
I was hoping to start a dialogue regarding options I am considering offering to dead characters, but am in very early stages right now. I hoped your mighty minds might be able to offer thoughts/variations on the comments below:
What happens when a person dies? Is it possible that death is really not the end? Is it possible for persons to affect the world from beyond? Could a person die, and continue on as a ghostly advisor? Perhaps die using a form of a wizard’s curse to get back at killer, or help compatriots? Or have heroes’ being more powerful than the average person affect the area they die (kind of a wild magic / death of the emperor in orbit around endor kind of thing). Rather than death being a roll a new person, or resurrect the old one, have another option.
Options for the Dead Character:
1.) Only specific persons known to the dead person may summon them in order to answer a limited number of specific questions
2.) Such a raising ritual could be available to anyone, and the dead could be forced to answer and act under the power of the summoner.
3.) A more powerful ritual could allow the dead person to come back for limited times to act as a character in the story, or combatant, but at reduced power with all attributes of a ghost.
4.) The dead might only be able to manifest in relation to a place, item or person, and may have limited memories powers or ability to affect the outside world… some enchanted swords are not really enchanted, but rather are haunted, and empowered with the essence of the original wielder or the ghosts of those killed by the wielder.
5.) ?
What happens when a person dies? Is it possible that death is really not the end? Is it possible for persons to affect the world from beyond? Could a person die, and continue on as a ghostly advisor? Perhaps die using a form of a wizard’s curse to get back at killer, or help compatriots? Or have heroes’ being more powerful than the average person affect the area they die (kind of a wild magic / death of the emperor in orbit around endor kind of thing). Rather than death being a roll a new person, or resurrect the old one, have another option.
Options for the Dead Character:
1.) Only specific persons known to the dead person may summon them in order to answer a limited number of specific questions
2.) Such a raising ritual could be available to anyone, and the dead could be forced to answer and act under the power of the summoner.
3.) A more powerful ritual could allow the dead person to come back for limited times to act as a character in the story, or combatant, but at reduced power with all attributes of a ghost.
4.) The dead might only be able to manifest in relation to a place, item or person, and may have limited memories powers or ability to affect the outside world… some enchanted swords are not really enchanted, but rather are haunted, and empowered with the essence of the original wielder or the ghosts of those killed by the wielder.
5.) ?