We’ve all been there, “only one shall be able to awaken the dread god from his sleep...”. But here’s a fun concept- what if one of your (hopefully Good-aligned) Player Characters is that One? I’m going off this awesome art inspired by Morrowind, an Elder Scrolls universe game that I've played extensively, and I used to see advertised in Dragon Magazine back in the early 2000s. In the plot for Morrowind, you stumbled upon several lairs for the Sixth House, the shadowy organization serving Dagoth Ur, an allegedly evil and imprisoned god. The fortresses of the Sixth House are super-creepy maxes lit by little piles of red candles. All over, you’d find people who had died of their tumours from the Divine Disease, corprus, and the cultists eating those tumours to become more godly (super ick!). Strangely, some of them would recognize you, and call out to you in a name both familiar and not yours. Springing a plot twist like this has to be handled carefully so as not to steal agency from the player, and make them feel like you’re changing what they want. But someone who says “something mysterious, I don’t know, I’ll make it up later” is handing you a blank canvas to tell stories upon. It also gives a reason why the bad guys don’t want you dead, and put their weak guards at certain points. Maybe you’re meant to get in this way. So when the evil cult is gathering numbers and strength, and just remember that sometimes you storming in to stop them is *exactly* what they want... (Originally posted on Game Masters Stash on 20 December 2018) Categories All Comments are closed.
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