The Lord of Blades and his six sinful sergeants [Archive] - Wizards Community

The Lord of Blades and his six sinful sergeants [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Dragonlord20000
04-14-07, 11:37 PM A few weeks ago I was reading through the thread that detailed the different warforged personality concepts. I saw one based on envy and had an interesting idea, what if my campaign featured a group of 7 warforged who are each based on one of the seven deadly sins. I went even further and thought that if I was going to create this group of BBEG's I might as well as make them somebody's instead of random warforged. Therefore I went with the lord of blades and six theoretical compatriots to fill these roles. What I came up with can be seen below:

Wrath - Dante (Barbarian/Frenzied Berserker) AL CE

Dante is the LoB's one man strike force, leading other warforged by example as he cleaves through one opponent into the next. Out of combat he is a muttering psychotic who is obsessed with bloodshed and anger.

Envy - Uses his opponents name (Divine Minion/Fighter/Master of Many Forms/Warshaper) AL NE

A solid combatant, envy also holds up the espionage side of the LoB's affairs. Envy can often be heard saying, "Yes I am you, only so much better."

Gluttony - Charon (Monk/Barbarian/Drunken Master) AL LN

Charon is probably the least evil of the sinners. When not being made to fight for the LoB, he enjoys the power rush and impair caused by drinking. Charon is in reality the only sinner who can be compromised with.

Sloth - Virgil (xxx/Cancer Mage) AL NE

Virgil became obsessed with disease after the hours of the Last War. He enjoyed the dirt that covered him and effects caused by the neglect of personal hygiene. After gaining a taste of actual disease thanks to the fleshweaver, he began his progression as a cancer mage.

Lust - Ophelia (Psion[Telepath]/Thrallherd) AL LE

Ophelia manages and commands the underlings of the LoB's dynasty, and enjoys her work very much. She loves the feeling of bending a mind to her will and dictating others actions. She often portrays herself as an incredibly attractive version of her opponent's race via her mask of lies.

Greed - Minos (Artificer) AL NE

Gaining strength through his collected creations, Minos is the supply depot for the LoB's army. He loves material wealth above all else, but he is not stupid. He does not amass gold and worthless objects. Instead he converts all of those items into magical gear as soon as possible.

And finally (insert drum roll here):

Pride - The Lord of Blades (Cleric/Contemplative w/ Breech the Divide (http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?t=749050) as written by daganisoraan) AL LE

The Lord of Blades pride is so great that he fully believes himself to be a God and gains power from this distorted ego. Using his unique ability to heal constructs he pulls warforged to his faith like flies to a lamp. He is currently amassing a theocracy in the Mournland that values strength, determination, bravery, and self sacrifice for the good of the warforged people. The Lord of Blades sees each Warforged as a part of his divine being, meaning that the loss of one is unimportant if it furthers the collectives goals. However he deeply cares for his people and will have no one dominate them.

All in all I figure this should make for neat encounters, good roleplay, and an interesting overcoming of sin motif. But I am interested in what others think about the concept?

PS: If people do not like a cleric Lord of Blades, I apologize in advance.
Benicus
04-15-07, 02:34 AM I really like this idea.

What might be cool is the seven virtues (the pc's) fighting the seven sins. You could have your pcs base their characters on the virtues and then have the campaign based on destroying the LoB. Really cool.
Dragonlord20000
04-15-07, 10:56 AM What might be cool is the seven virtues (the pc's) fighting the seven sins. You could have your pcs base their characters on the virtues and then have the campaign based on destroying the LoB. Really cool.

First off thank you. I like your idea alot, but the campaign is already in motion and there are only five regular PCs. However if I ever join a different group, I might try and talk them into this :D.
Creature_Mastermind
04-15-07, 08:11 PM I like this idea too especially the LoB cleric for WF and love you're idea Benicus now if only there was 7 people in my gaming group:schemes:.
Faithful_One
04-16-07, 12:40 AM You could twist it all around and make "The Lord of Blades and his six virtuous sergeants."
Dont take away his sinful sergeants either. They both work for the LoBster just in different ways and oppose each other.:schemes:
Moblin
04-16-07, 09:51 AM You know... I never understood why any villain wants a minion based on the concept of sloth. While the other 6 makes for cool yet slightly troublesome minions, sloth just screams bad idea.
I mean whats the point of a minion to lazy to follow your orders:P
Oh and I don't think LoB should be pride. Makes for awkward introductions:

LoB: Well done. *clap clap clap* you've defeated my minons: Wrath, Envy, Greed, Lust and Gluttony. But now you face me; The Lord of Blades!

PC's: :confused:

LoB: What?

PC1: Well it's just... what happened to the last two?

LoB: The last two?

PC2: You know...Pride and Sloth

LoB: Pride is me!

PC1: And Sloth?

LoB: ummmm... he didn't show up for work today :embarrass
Dragonlord20000
04-16-07, 09:00 PM You could twist it all around and make "The Lord of Blades and his six virtuous sergeants."
Dont take away his sinful sergeants either. They both work for the LoBster just in different ways and oppose each other.:schemes:

Would make for an interesting twist when they realise these two opposed forces work for the same being.

LoB: Well done. *clap clap clap* you've defeated my minons: Wrath, Envy, Greed, Lust and Gluttony. But now you face me; The Lord of Blades!

PC's:

LoB: What?

PC1: Well it's just... what happened to the last two?

LoB: The last two?

PC2: You know...Pride and Sloth

LoB: Pride is me!

PC1: And Sloth?

LoB: ummmm... he didn't show up for work today

I lol'ed at this. However thats why I put sloth as more of a cleanliness disease obsessed sloth, than an inaction obsessed sloth. If it were the reverse I have to agree that would make for comical situations.

Also, I made the LoB pride because I couldn't see pride as a minion to someone else.

Thanks for all the feedback guys.
RageMage
04-17-07, 03:42 AM Just don't forget that you need an alchemical brew for the drunken master.
The neat thing about this, if I remember correctly, the Lord of Blades actually has a form of cult following. It's in Faiths of Eberron. Kind of like the Becoming God, but eviler.

Who said sitting in a bookstore for hours reading D&D books would never pay off?

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Dragonlord20000 04-14-07, 11:37 PM	A few weeks ago I was reading through the thread that detailed the different warforged personality concepts. I saw one based on envy and had an interesting idea, what if my campaign featured a group of 7 warforged who are each based on one of the seven deadly sins. I went even further and thought that if I was going to create this group of BBEG's I might as well as make them somebody's instead of random warforged. Therefore I went with the lord of blades and six theoretical compatriots to fill these roles. What I came up with can be seen below: Wrath - Dante (Barbarian/Frenzied Berserker) AL CE Dante is the LoB's one man strike force, leading other warforged by example as he cleaves through one opponent into the next. Out of combat he is a muttering psychotic who is obsessed with bloodshed and anger. Envy - Uses his opponents name (Divine Minion/Fighter/Master of Many Forms/Warshaper) AL NE A solid combatant, envy also holds up the espionage side of the LoB's affairs. Envy can often be heard saying, "Yes I am you, only so much better." Gluttony - Charon (Monk/Barbarian/Drunken Master) AL LN Charon is probably the least evil of the sinners. When not being made to fight for the LoB, he enjoys the power rush and impair caused by drinking. Charon is in reality the only sinner who can be compromised with. Sloth - Virgil (xxx/Cancer Mage) AL NE Virgil became obsessed with disease after the hours of the Last War. He enjoyed the dirt that covered him and effects caused by the neglect of personal hygiene. After gaining a taste of actual disease thanks to the fleshweaver, he began his progression as a cancer mage. Lust - Ophelia (Psion[Telepath]/Thrallherd) AL LE Ophelia manages and commands the underlings of the LoB's dynasty, and enjoys her work very much. She loves the feeling of bending a mind to her will and dictating others actions. She often portrays herself as an incredibly attractive version of her opponent's race via her mask of lies. Greed - Minos (Artificer) AL NE Gaining strength through his collected creations, Minos is the supply depot for the LoB's army. He loves material wealth above all else, but he is not stupid. He does not amass gold and worthless objects. Instead he converts all of those items into magical gear as soon as possible. And finally (insert drum roll here): Pride - The Lord of Blades (Cleric/Contemplative w/ Breech the Divide (http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?t=749050) as written by daganisoraan) AL LE The Lord of Blades pride is so great that he fully believes himself to be a God and gains power from this distorted ego. Using his unique ability to heal constructs he pulls warforged to his faith like flies to a lamp. He is currently amassing a theocracy in the Mournland that values strength, determination, bravery, and self sacrifice for the good of the warforged people. The Lord of Blades sees each Warforged as a part of his divine being, meaning that the loss of one is unimportant if it furthers the collectives goals. However he deeply cares for his people and will have no one dominate them. All in all I figure this should make for neat encounters, good roleplay, and an interesting overcoming of sin motif. But I am interested in what others think about the concept? PS: If people do not like a cleric Lord of Blades, I apologize in advance.
Benicus 04-15-07, 02:34 AM	I really like this idea. What might be cool is the seven virtues (the pc's) fighting the seven sins. You could have your pcs base their characters on the virtues and then have the campaign based on destroying the LoB. Really cool.
Dragonlord20000 04-15-07, 10:56 AM	What might be cool is the seven virtues (the pc's) fighting the seven sins. You could have your pcs base their characters on the virtues and then have the campaign based on destroying the LoB. Really cool. First off thank you. I like your idea alot, but the campaign is already in motion and there are only five regular PCs. However if I ever join a different group, I might try and talk them into this :D.
Creature_Mastermind 04-15-07, 08:11 PM	I like this idea too especially the LoB cleric for WF and love you're idea Benicus now if only there was 7 people in my gaming group:schemes:.
Faithful_One 04-16-07, 12:40 AM	You could twist it all around and make "The Lord of Blades and his six virtuous sergeants." Dont take away his sinful sergeants either. They both work for the LoBster just in different ways and oppose each other.:schemes:
Moblin 04-16-07, 09:51 AM	You know... I never understood why any villain wants a minion based on the concept of sloth. While the other 6 makes for cool yet slightly troublesome minions, sloth just screams bad idea. I mean whats the point of a minion to lazy to follow your orders:P Oh and I don't think LoB should be pride. Makes for awkward introductions: LoB: Well done. clap clap clap you've defeated my minons: Wrath, Envy, Greed, Lust and Gluttony. But now you face me; The Lord of Blades! PC's: :confused: LoB: What? PC1: Well it's just... what happened to the last two? LoB: The last two? PC2: You know...Pride and Sloth LoB: Pride is me! PC1: And Sloth? LoB: ummmm... he didn't show up for work today :embarrass
Dragonlord20000 04-16-07, 09:00 PM	You could twist it all around and make "The Lord of Blades and his six virtuous sergeants." Dont take away his sinful sergeants either. They both work for the LoBster just in different ways and oppose each other.:schemes: Would make for an interesting twist when they realise these two opposed forces work for the same being. LoB: Well done. clap clap clap you've defeated my minons: Wrath, Envy, Greed, Lust and Gluttony. But now you face me; The Lord of Blades! PC's: LoB: What? PC1: Well it's just... what happened to the last two? LoB: The last two? PC2: You know...Pride and Sloth LoB: Pride is me! PC1: And Sloth? LoB: ummmm... he didn't show up for work today I lol'ed at this. However thats why I put sloth as more of a cleanliness disease obsessed sloth, than an inaction obsessed sloth. If it were the reverse I have to agree that would make for comical situations. Also, I made the LoB pride because I couldn't see pride as a minion to someone else. Thanks for all the feedback guys.
RageMage 04-17-07, 03:42 AM	Just don't forget that you need an alchemical brew for the drunken master. The neat thing about this, if I remember correctly, the Lord of Blades actually has a form of cult following. It's in Faiths of Eberron. Kind of like the Becoming God, but eviler. Who said sitting in a bookstore for hours reading D&D books would never pay off?