Apr 28, 2023 11:38 am
My first and only entry here, kicking off a space for private talk, stategery, and unapologetic conspiracy among Players with Ascending PCs.
Walking away,
J
Walking away,
J
Private: For Real Players Only
Be sure to read and follow the guidelines for our forums.
Apr 30, 2023 8:40 am
One of my long-term goals with Gennadius is to go down the path of seeking eternal life. I allude to this a bit in his backstory:
This revelation sat heavily with Gennadius . While he couldn't agree with the dark customs of the Sunset Kingdom savages, he could understand the desire to make one's own life a great story that would be told and retold until the end of time - the only true immortality. Gennadius knew that he would not be memorialized for eternity as a healer in the wings of an arena. Not even as the greatest gladiator to grace the bloody sands of the arena. He wanted to make his name truly great. He resolved to become an adventurer. Then maybe one day, a king. And then, one day, children would tell stories of Gennadius the conqeror.TL;DR: Gennadius believes the Chthonic gods' version of the afterlife, which is to say that there is none. He still follows the Empyrean gods, but everything is a bit tainted - He thinks the claim by the main gods that the afterlife is a heaven is a deliberate lie. Over time Gennadius will start disagreeing with Gundus or even challenging Gundus directly if we find opportunities to make conversation about the afterlife.
As Gennadius eventually gets to high levels, I'd like to have him seek out ways to prolong his life, possibly even seeking whatever the bard equivalent of a lich might be.
Quote:
One gladiator he treated often was an enslaved Skysos warrior, Mulzan Woman-Taker. Through conversation with that heathen, Gennadius learned of the Auran faithful misunderstood the Chthonic gods. Mulzan venerated the Chthonic pantheon, and taught Gennadius of the real cycle of life and death, and that the Halls of Ammonar were not a real place, just a metaphor for the memories and stories of people.This revelation sat heavily with Gennadius . While he couldn't agree with the dark customs of the Sunset Kingdom savages, he could understand the desire to make one's own life a great story that would be told and retold until the end of time - the only true immortality. Gennadius knew that he would not be memorialized for eternity as a healer in the wings of an arena. Not even as the greatest gladiator to grace the bloody sands of the arena. He wanted to make his name truly great. He resolved to become an adventurer. Then maybe one day, a king. And then, one day, children would tell stories of Gennadius the conqeror.
As Gennadius eventually gets to high levels, I'd like to have him seek out ways to prolong his life, possibly even seeking whatever the bard equivalent of a lich might be.
Apr 30, 2023 2:27 pm
Very interesting, CB! Some things about Gennadius start to click now. I look forward to seeing how it plays out.
In the meantime, folks, what are we to do about these legionnaires? Go with them? Tell them to get lost? Going with them seems safer, but we may end up stuck in the camp, or just dealing with more pain-in-the-arse army types.
In the meantime, folks, what are we to do about these legionnaires? Go with them? Tell them to get lost? Going with them seems safer, but we may end up stuck in the camp, or just dealing with more pain-in-the-arse army types.
Apr 30, 2023 11:37 pm
I think tell them to get lost, otherwise we might get sucked into some drama as they grill us about surveying and our cover story falters.
May 14, 2023 12:51 am
Settling in with a rum and coke, because I can ATM.
I honestly hope the two Kyrsean woman are what they seem to be. I, for one, would enjoy seeing that not all other females presented in the campaign are whores and monsters
I honestly hope the two Kyrsean woman are what they seem to be. I, for one, would enjoy seeing that not all other females presented in the campaign are whores and monsters
May 16, 2023 6:30 pm
I seriously doubt DMJ would portray them as such. My past experience with him has been the women are people