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Drewcifer9984 01-02-08, 03:37 PM	I've been brainstorming for a few years now on a plot for my character Solaire (male wood elf Ranger13/Harper1/ShadowCursed3) and his class the DM and I have come up with called the "Shadow Cursed/Blessed" In game the reason was simple, it was something I thought up for my character having had a run of sudden bad luck ending in a lot of death. The reason I came up with was something to do with his body being unable to take the strain of dying and returning to life and so his body and soul suffered. But I've also been writing a manuscript of his journey from beginning to current plot. Here's what I came up with... A long time ago while he was scouting the forest he witnessed a large number of human soldiers planning on attacking a small elven settlement. While on the way back to relate what he found he was ambushed by a small human patrol group. Solaire fought and defeated all but one who severely injured him. He was narrowly saved by a dark cloaked woman who surprised and killed the bad man saving Solaires life and healing his injuries. Solaire slowly fell in love with the mysterious woman who was actually a cleric on a mission from her dark diety to find warriors to turn and use for his grand evil schemes. She however fell in love with him and became more reluctant to corrupt his soul and was torn with guilt. One night she fled without a word and without a trace. That is when we started the campaign. Dragon fights, damsel's saved, battles and wars are fought yada yada yada. Long story short, throughout the years of playing this character the mysterious woman did her evil deities work and poked in and out of the campaign secretly causing him pain and anguish. Trying to make him feel hate and to turn him evil. Eventually the mysterious woman under specific orders disguised herself as one of Solaire past enemies and fought him in battle to which it ended with her apologizing catching him off guard and then casting the shadow curse spell meant to complete his transition to evil. As he lay in extreme pain and through clenched eyes he sees the enemy before him fade into the mysterious woman he knew with a tear running down her cheek and turns to leave, then Solaire passes out. When he comes to with the aid of his companions his body is pale and covering with slight wisps of shadow that seem to leak from his every pore. After exhausting many resources spent to figure out what's wrong with him, he stubbornly leaves on his own in search of the mysterious woman who might have the answers. How does this sound? I'd like some feedback or suggestions
JulesCARV 01-17-08, 04:46 AM	I suppose the question that comes to my mind is the evil cleric's motivation. She seems to want to torment Solaire, and to corrupt him, but to what end? Does she want him to start worshipping her god? Fight against some specific enemy? If she wants Solaire as a recruit in her army of darkness, just making him miserable seems like a really bad way of doing it.
Orchomenos 01-17-08, 11:28 AM	That sounds like the dark cloaked woman initial goal was to turn him evil, but because she felt in love with him, she wanted him to turn evil by himself...?
Drewcifer9984 01-17-08, 12:26 PM	Now I'm not saying shes "heavenly good" or anything like that more like a CN alignment and she's not completely ignorant of her actions either just hasn't had her eyes open to the consequences of her questionable acts. The female cleric would feel a sort of obligation to worship the god (who saved her life or some other great deed). Over time she begins to realize the Gods possible dark intentions and begins to think she's being manipulated and starts to feel guilt. So she leaves Solaire seeing her actions for what they really were and must struggle for what her faith really means and the pain it might have caused to others. The evil gods motivation is to find capable fighters to make into elite shadow warriors. They will be the strong arm to beat back the gods of light and gain an upper hand in worship and dominion over their world. I've yet to figure out the actual reason or plot twists, but that is why I'm here lol.
Drewcifer9984 01-17-08, 12:55 PM	The evil god is USING her to seduce and recruit unknowing fighters to be his Elite shadow warriors. She's not "evil" per say, just neutral and swaying toward the darkness. In the end she'll have to make a choice whether to stay true to her misguided faith or help Solaire out of the darkness she helped put him in.
Dem0n5 01-20-08, 03:12 PM	Personally, I like how it sounds and where the story can go from there. I like how she turned him in the first place, kinda like Star Wars where rather than corrupt a Jedi, they feed the Jedi's anger and hate, and eventually they change sides of their own choice. It sounds like he just physically changed, though. If she changed him to an elite shadow warrior, wouldn't the deity require the process to invoke some sort of loyalty or something? So I don't really get the part where he tries to find out what happened to him and why she just leaves him there if the deed is done. I don't know what it really is, though, maybe it's just the first step to becoming a shadow elite? The rest of the story seems simple enough, just gotta follow what has already been set up. Will she be saved and help save him in the process? Will they both be doomed to darkness?