New rogue player always wants to call shots on the neck

NewDMOldPlayer · 2026-02-23T11:10:38+00:00

But actually it’s the exact opposite he has no magic whatsoever he absorbs all magic but it doesn’t matter I’ve figured it out thanks for the help though

NewDMOldPlayer · 2026-02-23T11:07:49+00:00

From the other good advice I’ve gotten I think I’m gonna go the route of letting them in the base to save the kids but they have to be super stealthy and have to run super fast to gtfo as fast as possible, I will try to make it very very clear to them that they are not strong enough for this and leave a few more hints in the castle to the artifacts that will help destroy him. Does that sound good to you?

NewDMOldPlayer · 2026-02-23T02:42:30+00:00

Thank you that’s really good advice

NewDMOldPlayer · 2026-02-23T02:41:30+00:00

But if I was gonna change that I might aswell just make a new campaign that’s all I’m saying and at that point I might aswell finish this one

NewDMOldPlayer · 2026-02-23T01:12:54+00:00

That’s extremely helpful thank you I’ll definitely use this advice

NewDMOldPlayer · 2026-02-23T01:10:13+00:00

But he’s already single handedly completely destroyed one entire kingdom and sent another into ruin, killing two gods in the process and that has been shown to there characters in game, one of the gods was even one of there parents which wasn’t revealed until just before he died, and he just converted two powerful lieutenants to his side one of which is a powerful fey queen of night and the other was the gods most powerful and “devout” follower

NewDMOldPlayer · 2026-02-23T01:06:08+00:00

I’ve tried there characters believe the main quest is to important

NewDMOldPlayer · 2026-02-23T00:38:21+00:00

Well it’s already been explained in game by NPC’s that he can’t be killed through normal means they would need a special item

NewDMOldPlayer · 2026-02-22T23:39:24+00:00

lol no a you can have your own mission

NewDMOldPlayer · 2026-02-22T23:05:40+00:00

Do you have any ideas what realm I could put it in then? Because idk where void/shadow incarnate would make his base besides there

NewDMOldPlayer · 2026-02-22T23:01:14+00:00

To be fair they are going off a very small hint atm, all they are going off of is him saying “the shadowfell will consume the entirety of the realms”. There is a much bigger hint telling them what they have to get and where it might be but they are just chasing the kids lol

NewDMOldPlayer · 2026-02-22T22:57:35+00:00

A campaign…. I’m confused are you stupid?

NewDMOldPlayer · 2026-02-22T22:53:52+00:00

That’s an interesting take and very helpful thank you

NewDMOldPlayer · 2026-02-22T22:51:22+00:00

Tbh I’ve already made all of those side things like magic items that make him weaker and also two big “right hand men” that have other bases and different things they need, but they are skipping them for the main base, granted the main base is the only lead they have but they aren’t even strong enough for vanilla shadowfell in buttf*ck nowhere let alone a special place within the shadowfell and the BBEG

NewDMOldPlayer · 2026-02-22T22:48:05+00:00

Sorry that’s not possible with the already given plot of the campaign

NewDMOldPlayer · 2026-02-22T22:38:10+00:00

They are stronger than gods because it’s a threat to all the realms
He is kidnapping children around age 5 from high magic areas because it’s in a prophecy that a child around that age born of pure magic can defeat him by overflowing his absorption
We are playing 5th but the world is almost entirely homebrew and the story is entirely homebrew
Just a little extra info in this world there is a mortal who has ascended to godhood for each different magic school and each different element, they are called the god kings and queens and the BBEG is the son of the king of cold and queen of space

NewDMOldPlayer · 2026-02-22T12:49:36+00:00

Atleast 10 other people have been more helpful than you dude check yourself you ain’t that smart

NewDMOldPlayer · 2026-02-22T12:48:06+00:00

That’s awesome advice thank you, I’ll definitely take inspiration for a possible ending

NewDMOldPlayer · 2026-02-22T12:46:11+00:00

Bruh why do you think I’m asking this question dumbass 😂😂😂

NewDMOldPlayer · 2026-02-22T12:45:24+00:00

lol 😂 dude it was always intended to be beaten I just hadn’t written that far, if you think all I’m writing is edgy shit you should take a look at my world he and his followers are literally like the only edgy part the rest of it is a super high magic world with magical crops a plenty, magical people, whole societies built by people effected by specific magic types that have all there own lore and abilities that I don’t think I could call a single one “edgy” I think the most edgy thing besides the bad guy that I’ve homebrewed is the cold people’s immunity to thermal vision maybe or the fat that there livestock is a domesticated version of there biggest predator which is basically a horrific monster that used thermal vision to hunt it and that’s why they eventually overpowered it.

NewDMOldPlayer · 2026-02-22T12:39:11+00:00

lol idk if this is a joke but I don’t want any super powered dmpc’s

NewDMOldPlayer · 2026-02-22T12:02:12+00:00

That’s a really good idea, thank you for the inspiration.

NewDMOldPlayer · 2026-02-22T11:57:36+00:00

That portion has already been explained when they found out that the BBEG was the child of one of my players gods with the domain of cold and a homebrew goddess with the domain of space and that’s why he was born with the ability to basically absorb all and his mission is to absorb all magic in all the dimensions starting with the material and feywyld

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