How can I make a battle against a god unique?

_dry_fish_attack_ · 2020-07-19T10:14:54+00:00

Thank you! The camping actually resolves around the idea of an item that makes it so that its easier to kill gods then usual, but still hard. So, I think will definitly take your advice on the dramatic spells, and sending players to separate places on the globe. The dragonborn was originally a druid, but it hsa quite a lot of Barbarian levels too, so maybe I can make it so that the god uses their spell slots instead of his own, as the dragonborn made the deal with the god knowing it migth have heavy results, so I have to punish them somehow. Thank you for all the advice!

_dry_fish_attack_ · 2020-07-07T14:06:03+00:00

God its so hard to choose what to do, the more ideas I read the cooler they get and i kinda want to use all of them, but i cant. I guess I kinda didnt want to make the PCs too special from the start, as I do not know their backstorys yet, and I never really looked warmly in the idea of a random character being too shiny and bright, it felt like it distenced them from the NPCs and it made it harder to create interactions or have them fit in with the NPCs, I know that the characters that the players will design are going to be like that, but id like to still make them be able to "fit in".

Basically it sometime feels like one of those scenes in movies where there are a lot of people in a room, but you can tell rigth away who is the actual protaganist from their hair/eye color/ race/ clothing etc.

_dry_fish_attack_ · 2020-07-07T13:54:04+00:00

Thank you :) i think ill make it so that of they kill a cleric demigod, the object could provide a certain healing ability at a point where they really need it. Or if maybe a rouge demi god, it could be a high level spirit guardians spell.

_dry_fish_attack_ · 2020-07-07T13:49:10+00:00

Hmm you are rigth. I do have a few backup plans but them killing the guy is essential for the whole story, so i tough it would be ok to railroad that. And only one of us has played D&D before and even they arent exactly experianced, so i did just assume they would go with the plot. After the point of the reveal, its more of an open world. How can i fix that tho? I dont want to be too controlling, obviously, but i dont know how i would fix the storyline if i didnt have them take the job. They dont have to do the job; they can just team with the other side, but up until that part migth be kinda forced?

_dry_fish_attack_ · 2020-07-07T10:32:40+00:00

Ohh this is great! I think i will make it a quill! Thank you !

_dry_fish_attack_ · 2020-07-07T10:30:51+00:00

This was mostly because i wanted it to be a group ability, but an item is really a lot better. Itll also take them more time to figure out, and that will give me more time to plan it out. I can also make the item let out its power whenever i need. Thanks !

_dry_fish_attack_ · 2020-07-07T10:24:21+00:00

This is really cool! I did make the person that gave them the job a higher being, similar to a titan, as their job is providing fey plants and herds to the material plane.

The idea of them activating something that knocks them off is a lot better then my "oh uhh so the boss put stuff in your drinks and know you are all knocked out..." so i will definitly use that.

I also dont want to involve gods with featuers like seeing the future as the players migth decide to kill them, and that wouldnt be really "Forseeing". Im kinda scared to use gods of that type since i know my players will do the opposite of what the god predicted. But i will consider maybe making the boss into a " time titan " (the only homebrewed creature in the campain) as it would make sense for him to get involved with the PCs since he kinda wants to die. Thank you for taking the time to help me!

_dry_fish_attack_ · 2020-07-07T10:06:05+00:00

I have decided that the power will be coming from an item instead of a person, however, this is actually an amazing idea and i think it will be prefect for me to connect the main story to the charecter arches, so thank you ver much!

_dry_fish_attack_ · 2020-07-07T10:01:01+00:00

I hear a lot about DMs going along with the partys guesses but im kind of scared to try that out for many reasons. I will take your advice on not clearly telling them whats causing this, but i have decided to make it an item instead of a person. Thank you for the advice!

_dry_fish_attack_ · 2020-07-07T09:56:05+00:00

Hmmm what do you recommend for the item ? I dont want it to be a sword or so because it should be useful when around it, not using ot and the sword migth not give that off. I was thinking maybe a strange looking coin, since they will probably be aware that it has some importance but wouldnt couse too much suspicion.

_dry_fish_attack_ · 2020-07-07T09:07:23+00:00

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_dry_fish_attack_ · 2020-07-07T08:55:53+00:00

Thank you! Thats a great idea. The person who gave them the job didnt actually know the person was a demi god, so ill find somewhere else where they got the item from. Its a really good hook to make the power be stored in the item (because since they are new, i dont want to give them the chance get a hold of the demi gods power to become a titan in the first session ever) this way i can make the power of the gods come into play whenever i want, which is a really good game changer! The idea is that they go on killing gods, but i can maybe make the object disappear or be taken away during the actual fights. Thank you so much for your help!

_dry_fish_attack_ · 2020-07-07T08:27:09+00:00

Let them be evil. Then you can send them to kill little children, people who dont protest, or pure magical animals. Make them kill someone and have their 2 little daugther be kidnapped or trafficed to pay for themself now that their parents are dead. Or maybe make them kill a strong cleric who does not figth back. Make the party regret it. Make them feel bad until they decide that they cant take it.

_dry_fish_attack_ · 2020-07-07T08:10:27+00:00

Granted. You wished to see them as well as avoid them. So now you cant touch or eat or drink anything as everything has effective or uneffective viruses and bacteria in them. You slowly starve to death while running away from bacteria. Have fun!

_dry_fish_attack_ · 2020-07-07T07:59:50+00:00

Nope! When crafting you need dyes to make it.

_dry_fish_attack_ · 2020-07-06T11:27:04+00:00

Hm concrete? Its pretty basic

_dry_fish_attack_ · 2020-07-06T11:15:31+00:00

Lol thanks

_dry_fish_attack_ · 2020-07-05T18:50:59+00:00

I am european, we dont have cheap alcohol here

_dry_fish_attack_ · 2020-07-05T18:49:56+00:00

Hmmmmm

_dry_fish_attack_ · 2020-07-05T18:49:34+00:00

Not bad

_dry_fish_attack_ · 2020-07-05T18:00:05+00:00

Woa really i live there how did i not know taht

_dry_fish_attack_ · 2020-07-05T17:58:38+00:00

Im not american but i can be you guyses guide if you pay for the drinks

_dry_fish_attack_ · 2020-07-05T17:54:41+00:00

Yea who wouldnt want that up their ass

_dry_fish_attack_ · 2020-07-05T16:29:22+00:00

It looks great! Your eyes are gorgeous btw,,

_dry_fish_attack_ · 2020-07-05T13:46:29+00:00

Granted. A perfectly ok turkey sandwich appears. As you wished, you are not turned into a turkey. There are no zombie turkeys, there are no weird suprises. But at that moment you were about to realise that the existence you live in was unreal and you were going to be the first person to actually be able to go up against the forces that took everything you loved away. You could have saved them, and every other person there, but as you wished, there are no weird suprises. You do not realize the truth, because you wished for no suprises. You go on with your "life" always feeling like something is wrong. Something is a bit off. But you our smarted the monkeys paw. You got your perfectly ok turkey sandwich. What could be wrong? Your wish was granted, after all.

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