arguskos
2008-08-26, 04:40 PM
Hello all!
I had an interesting thought the other day, one that I want to turn into a campaign.
WARNING: Long winded explanation below. Skip to the tl;dr version if you'd like to just see what I need help with.
Basically, I love the "primal" beings, like demons, devils, angels, slaadi, and modrons (those 5 specifically). I use them, or some combination thereof, in every one of my games (breaking out modrons really tosses PC's for a loop most times, same with slaadi), and I was thinking about a way to incorporate ALL of them into a single campaign, where they are all the bad guys, and the PC's are trying to do.... something. That's when I hit upon the idea I want some help with: The Source of Everything (name is under construction).
My thought is that, in this setting, there was a being that existed before anything else, before gods, planes, or energy even. A being that was a single, unified force, and was timeless, ageless, and all that jazz. Eventually, this being tired of it's silent vigil, and decided to create lesser beings from itself, for the sake of company. And so, it broke into four lesser beings, the original avatars of Good, Evil, Law, and Chaos. And for a time, things were good. The Four worked together to create time, space, and life, and things were fine. However, eventually the Four grew jealous of one another, and things went sour. They fought, and quibbled, and did Bad Things(TM) to one another, and the creation they had wrought.
Deep within each of the Four however, lay the Source, dormant. Their fighting awoke the Source in them, which emerged and formed into the avatar of Balance. The Source admonished its children, and laid down the edicts that the universe is still governed by (the nine-axis alignments, ie. cooperation between the Four, even if they didn't like it).
Fast forward millions of years, to the present, basic fantasy setting. Nothing really special about this world (you can liken it to the Dalelands from Faerun if you'd like). It's a fairly generic fantasy setting, with monsters, spells, etc. In the planes though, beings are stirring. A prophecy has been discovered that tells the story of the Source and the Four, and says that soon, the Source's Edict will be overturned, and the Four unleashed from their ancient bonds to walk the lands again. The extraplanar powers (the demons, devils, angels, slaadi, and modrons) all have their own agenda for this prophecy, as do those mortals that know of it. Into this web come the PC's (for whatever reason, I don't really care).
Ok, since that's a gigantic rambling pile of CRAP, here's the tl;dr version:
1. Source of Everything creates the Four Aspects (Good, Evil, Law, Chaos).
2. The Aspects create the universe, then destroy it as they bicker about it.
3. The Source returns, sets them straight, creates the Edict (which demands cooperation between them), and recreates the universe with this in mind.
4. Present day, a prophecy is found that says the Edict will be overturned, and a single member of the Four will return. Which one isn't said, only that the one that overturns the Edict will decide. Demons, Devils, Angels, Slaadi, and Modrons all want to be the one to choose, so a great war begins that embroils all the planes.
5. ???
6. The PC's profitwin.
Now, since I think the Elder Evil rules could be awesome in this sort of game, I'd like some help designing the sign for the Aspects (same sign, just alignment changes for each one?) and the sign for the Source (cause it might matter, never know).
I'd also like advice on the campaign idea. Is it viable? Does it sound fun? Does anyone actually care? Am I crazy? Are there too many rhetorical questions here?
Thanks in advance.
-argus
I had an interesting thought the other day, one that I want to turn into a campaign.
WARNING: Long winded explanation below. Skip to the tl;dr version if you'd like to just see what I need help with.
Basically, I love the "primal" beings, like demons, devils, angels, slaadi, and modrons (those 5 specifically). I use them, or some combination thereof, in every one of my games (breaking out modrons really tosses PC's for a loop most times, same with slaadi), and I was thinking about a way to incorporate ALL of them into a single campaign, where they are all the bad guys, and the PC's are trying to do.... something. That's when I hit upon the idea I want some help with: The Source of Everything (name is under construction).
My thought is that, in this setting, there was a being that existed before anything else, before gods, planes, or energy even. A being that was a single, unified force, and was timeless, ageless, and all that jazz. Eventually, this being tired of it's silent vigil, and decided to create lesser beings from itself, for the sake of company. And so, it broke into four lesser beings, the original avatars of Good, Evil, Law, and Chaos. And for a time, things were good. The Four worked together to create time, space, and life, and things were fine. However, eventually the Four grew jealous of one another, and things went sour. They fought, and quibbled, and did Bad Things(TM) to one another, and the creation they had wrought.
Deep within each of the Four however, lay the Source, dormant. Their fighting awoke the Source in them, which emerged and formed into the avatar of Balance. The Source admonished its children, and laid down the edicts that the universe is still governed by (the nine-axis alignments, ie. cooperation between the Four, even if they didn't like it).
Fast forward millions of years, to the present, basic fantasy setting. Nothing really special about this world (you can liken it to the Dalelands from Faerun if you'd like). It's a fairly generic fantasy setting, with monsters, spells, etc. In the planes though, beings are stirring. A prophecy has been discovered that tells the story of the Source and the Four, and says that soon, the Source's Edict will be overturned, and the Four unleashed from their ancient bonds to walk the lands again. The extraplanar powers (the demons, devils, angels, slaadi, and modrons) all have their own agenda for this prophecy, as do those mortals that know of it. Into this web come the PC's (for whatever reason, I don't really care).
Ok, since that's a gigantic rambling pile of CRAP, here's the tl;dr version:
1. Source of Everything creates the Four Aspects (Good, Evil, Law, Chaos).
2. The Aspects create the universe, then destroy it as they bicker about it.
3. The Source returns, sets them straight, creates the Edict (which demands cooperation between them), and recreates the universe with this in mind.
4. Present day, a prophecy is found that says the Edict will be overturned, and a single member of the Four will return. Which one isn't said, only that the one that overturns the Edict will decide. Demons, Devils, Angels, Slaadi, and Modrons all want to be the one to choose, so a great war begins that embroils all the planes.
5. ???
6. The PC's profitwin.
Now, since I think the Elder Evil rules could be awesome in this sort of game, I'd like some help designing the sign for the Aspects (same sign, just alignment changes for each one?) and the sign for the Source (cause it might matter, never know).
I'd also like advice on the campaign idea. Is it viable? Does it sound fun? Does anyone actually care? Am I crazy? Are there too many rhetorical questions here?
Thanks in advance.
-argus