2019-08-11 Allies and Antagonists

I just read through Adventurers are the Measure on the *Necropraxis* blog. I try to do similar things myself in my own game. Many years ago I wrote about the gods and demon lords of my setting:

And this year:

2019-01-26 Incomprehensible Gods

Basically, the demons are not always evil. The institutions of good are corrupt, like all institutions. And my mini-setting generator, Hex Describe, tries to do the same:

Hex Describe

the descriptions don’t include alignments – the world is basically open
some orc tribes might be interested in attacking nearby human settlements but there are also orc bards and orc merchants - sometimes there are tendencies that go one way or another but there are also always individuals that go against this: alignment shows through deeds, not words, nor nature, nor nurture
killing unicorns and selling their horns is lucrative; the unicorns themselves have goals involving the elimination of nearby temples and villages – there is a temptation for doing evil deeds as well, and excuses for doing them

I think that’s what I’m aiming for: the setting has many different settlements and lairs and that alone provides an interesting backdrop, but more than that, I want the situations to be charged. There must be conflicting interests. Like arrows pointing at each other. The situation is tense and the players could join either side.

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