Synvallius
2014-03-20, 10:34 PM
For the finale of a grand (solo) campaign that I am running with a friend, I figured that the ultimate conflict will result in a severely difficult moral dilemma for his character to face, I'm wondering if the dilemma is "fair" in the sense that he won't feel cheated out of a good ending that ruins the whole game overall.
Some context: The character, Kodox, is a mage in a world where magic users generally have to make a deal with a demon in order to gain magical power. Kodox made a deal with a demon, Kael, who is trying to usurp the position of number two guy (Polmachus) for that world's version of the devil. In the final confrontation, Kodox is going to confront the Archmage who trained him, and the Archmage is going to go through a ritual that will allow for Polmachus to possess him, thereby giving the Archmage a chance of defeating Kodox, even if he doesn't come out exactly as he was before. Kael, seeing his chance for destroying Polmachus, will then attempt to forcibly possess either Kodox or one of his companions, all of whom are well liked by Kodox (who is neutral evil, but somewhat conflicted, and has a history of being occasionally sadistic but not necessarily wantonly evil). The dilemma will be that Kodox is either able to save himself and three of the four companions he has from possession, leaving the fourth to have their soul consumed by Kael; or he can save his four companions but will then be left defenseless when Kael attempts to possess him.
My question for my fellow Playgrounders is whether or not this is a fair end game scenario, or if it seems too rail-roady. If the former, all well and good, if the latter I'd appreciate some suggestions that follow the general idea of a confrontation between two powerful demon lords that can possess the bodies of mortals with limited difficulty.
Some context: The character, Kodox, is a mage in a world where magic users generally have to make a deal with a demon in order to gain magical power. Kodox made a deal with a demon, Kael, who is trying to usurp the position of number two guy (Polmachus) for that world's version of the devil. In the final confrontation, Kodox is going to confront the Archmage who trained him, and the Archmage is going to go through a ritual that will allow for Polmachus to possess him, thereby giving the Archmage a chance of defeating Kodox, even if he doesn't come out exactly as he was before. Kael, seeing his chance for destroying Polmachus, will then attempt to forcibly possess either Kodox or one of his companions, all of whom are well liked by Kodox (who is neutral evil, but somewhat conflicted, and has a history of being occasionally sadistic but not necessarily wantonly evil). The dilemma will be that Kodox is either able to save himself and three of the four companions he has from possession, leaving the fourth to have their soul consumed by Kael; or he can save his four companions but will then be left defenseless when Kael attempts to possess him.
My question for my fellow Playgrounders is whether or not this is a fair end game scenario, or if it seems too rail-roady. If the former, all well and good, if the latter I'd appreciate some suggestions that follow the general idea of a confrontation between two powerful demon lords that can possess the bodies of mortals with limited difficulty.