theme for a fantasy campaign

Henchman99942 · 08-09-2013, 09:14 PM

I wish I had a quiet house so I could read this whole thread. I don't know if this was mentioned or not, but I imagine there are secret societies within secret societies in the world of magic. SOME group must be dedicated to "maintaining the balance". The world NEEDS trolls for some reason we don't understand. Maybe they keep some destructive and prodigious animal in check by eating most of them. Mages may work for a given kingdom and they may even engage in warfare with mages of other kingdoms. But they first and foremost treat each other with professional respect. They are likely to buy spell components from the same traveling merchants. And they could work together in secret to maintain the balance of life and magic. They screen their acolyte wizards to make sure that they are NOT unstable and 'just in it' to learn demon summoning so they can summon a demon in a misguided attempt to acquire power and glory. Even the necromancy working for the oppressive tyrannical kingdom has enough sense NOT to summon a demon lord just because his King tells him to.

I was thinking specifically of the 'order of the white lotus' in the "Avatar: the Last Airbender" TV series.

08-09-2013, 09:14 PM	#11
Henchman99942 Join Date: Oct 2012	Re: theme for a fantasy campaign I wish I had a quiet house so I could read this whole thread. I don't know if this was mentioned or not, but I imagine there are secret societies within secret societies in the world of magic. SOME group must be dedicated to "maintaining the balance". The world NEEDS trolls for some reason we don't understand. Maybe they keep some destructive and prodigious animal in check by eating most of them. Mages may work for a given kingdom and they may even engage in warfare with mages of other kingdoms. But they first and foremost treat each other with professional respect. They are likely to buy spell components from the same traveling merchants. And they could work together in secret to maintain the balance of life and magic. They screen their acolyte wizards to make sure that they are NOT unstable and 'just in it' to learn demon summoning so they can summon a demon in a misguided attempt to acquire power and glory. Even the necromancy working for the oppressive tyrannical kingdom has enough sense NOT to summon a demon lord just because his King tells him to. I was thinking specifically of the 'order of the white lotus' in the "Avatar: the Last Airbender" TV series.