I've been super busy lately with work.
Despite that I've been trying to make the effort to write and blog as
much as I can. I have so many projects in the air I really should
just pick one thing and try and finish it. But hey variety is the
spice of life right!
Anyway the other day while I was
walking to work I had an idea relating to the Temple of Elemental
Evil and my Ultimate Greyhawk project. The premise is this: What if
the low level minions of each temple were possessed by evil
elementals? Like the minions in the Solomon Kane movie the
priests of each temple would perform a ritual that would implant an evil elemental inside the victim/cultist.
For example an Earth Temple cultist
would at first glance look like a human (or whatever race he happened
to be) but would have some tell tale signs about him like stoney
looking skin, glowing eyes, or crystal-like spurs and growths coming
from his body.
I guess in some respects these guys
would be similar the genasi in D&D. I would like to think of them
more as demon possessed mad men willing to do things they would
otherwise would find repulsive because of the evil elemental driving them
to do it.
In that same vein I've decided that the
priests of the various temples will have powers and abilities more in
line with what the Benders in the Avatar: The Last Air Bender series
are capable of. I think it would make things more interesting and
unexpected for the players. I haven’t spent much time looking at
the 5e rules yet but I don't think it would be difficult to come up
with.
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