Steve Posted April 15, 2011 Report Share Posted April 15, 2011 This is a campaign idea I've been toying with for a while, setting it in something like the Land of Legends of the Champions Universe. It is inspired by a solo campaign I ran for over a year with a valkyrie as the hero. The PCs are young godlings, born or created in the centuries since the Ban came down that blocked the gods from actively interfering in the affairs of men, coming together to form an adventuring party and seeing what trouble they can find. My original idea was to have everyone be from the Norse pantheon, but I've since re-considered expanding the idea to something more cross-pantheon. What are some things I can have the party do? I figure I'd start with more straight-forward adventures like beating up giants and demons and exploring around. They are building their legends and will likely later get assignments from the elder gods like Odin and Zeus. I think the right starting power level would be High-Powered Superhero at 500 points to get an epic feel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted April 15, 2011 Report Share Posted April 15, 2011 Re: Young Godlings One of the notes about the Land of Legends/Faerie that I found most intriguing, is that the greater cross-cultural awareness and mingling of mythological and theological references that mankind has pursued in recent centuries, has been reflected in Faerie by unprecedented contact and socialization among the gods and creatures from different mythologies and religions. The result has sometimes been the birth of new beings of mixed heritage, unrecorded by folklore. The Ultimate Mystic provided one such example, "Chrysaor," born of Aphrodite and a warrior angel she seduced (mainly to prove she could). Chrysaor was sent to Earth to track down some Titans who escaped from Tartarus; on Earth he also fights other evils while maintaining a secret identity as a university classics professor. This situation can also generate adventures in Faerie and on Earth, as various "evil" gods start encroaching on the territories of other pantheons in an attempt to increase their power. For example, in the Champions Universe the Aztec god Tezcatlipoca aspires to conquer all of Faerie, thereby gaining enough power to assault Elysium, home of the deities of the "ethical" religions, such as Christianity which destroyed his worship on Earth. Since the Aztec gods are nourished by human sacrifice, Tezcatlipoca also seeks opportunities for great sacrifices among mortals, which might lead your PC godlings to missions on Earth to stop him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Desmarais Posted April 15, 2011 Report Share Posted April 15, 2011 Re: Young Godlings This is a campaign idea I've been toying with for a while, setting it in something like the Land of Legends of the Champions Universe. It is inspired by a solo campaign I ran for over a year with a valkyrie as the hero. The PCs are young godlings, born or created in the centuries since the Ban came down that blocked the gods from actively interfering in the affairs of men, coming together to form an adventuring party and seeing what trouble they can find. My original idea was to have everyone be from the Norse pantheon, but I've since re-considered expanding the idea to something more cross-pantheon. What are some things I can have the party do? I figure I'd start with more straight-forward adventures like beating up giants and demons and exploring around. They are building their legends and will likely later get assignments from the elder gods like Odin and Zeus. I think the right starting power level would be High-Powered Superhero at 500 points to get an epic feel. Welcome to the world of Percy Jackson and the Olympians. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted April 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2011 Re: Young Godlings Well, the Peter Jackson stories are more of an Urban Fantasy Hero premise. I had something more in mind that would be like the adventures of Marvel's Thor in the other-dimensional realms of Asgard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted April 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2011 Re: Young Godlings Yes, the ideas of Lord Liaden are the sort of thing I am looking for. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted April 17, 2011 Report Share Posted April 17, 2011 Re: Young Godlings It also sounds like you'll find a lot useful in the Mythic Hero cross-genre sourcebook due out late this year. Gods, monsters, and heroes from a range of world mythologies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted April 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Re: Young Godlings Yes, I'm looking forward to that one very much. I hope it has some information on intra-pantheon and inter-pantheon politics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narf the Mouse Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 Re: Young Godlings The RPG Scion, by White Wolf, is pretty much what you're describing, only somewhat more zero-to-hero (on a mythological scale) - It should provide plenty of ideas, although I don't own it myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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