Envyus
2015-01-08, 11:20 PM
I had a interesting Idea for a villain earlier today and would like to hear opinions on it and ideas to refine it and put it into the story. (Which I have not really come up with yet)
Villain http://i.imgur.com/ymSZFl8.jpg
Name: Merrshaulk, the Master of the Pit. Chief Yuan Ti God. (If you want to steal this idea almost any god can work.)
Idea. One day the sleeping Yuan Ti god Merrshaulk perished mysteriously. However the dead gods soul refused to move on and went into the material plane were it was bound. While aimlessly drifting his soul discovered the body of a powerful mortal stuck in stasis in a old ruin. Seeing his chance Merrshaulk sent his soul into the defenseless body and possessed it ejecting the soul of it's former occupant. Due to the sudden change of it's occupant the stasis feild wore off. Merrshaulk and his new body were weakened from the change and he found himself unable to move for long periods as his new body slowly changed to take on traits of Merrshaulk. Eventully Merrsahaulk found a great deal of his power had returned though he was still nowhere near as powerful as he was as a god.
Interested in restoring his power he went in search of powerful magic items. On one such venture the place he went into was guarded by a Sphinx who sensing the threat Merrshaulk was sent him 10 years into the past three years before his death. (One of their lair actions as this is 5e.) Merrshaulk after figuring out he was in the past but unable to leave the material plane made dark plans to summon his sleeping past self to the material plane were he could merge with himself, wake his past self up and regain his power with the bonus of being awake. However at the same time he had to make sure to complete his plan before his past self's death.
Now here is were my idea gets fairly interesting. At the same time Merrshaulk had been able to look through some of the memories of his host body and realized his had to make sure his host body's past self survived the time to come. If his past host body died then Merrshaulk would not have been able to posses him and come back in time, and his current self would be erased from existence. However that host body's past self is now interfering in his plans.
My main idea is that his host body is the future self of one of the PCs. Which PC can be decided on who I think makes the most sense to be him.
Anyway any opinions or ideas for making his better.
Villain http://i.imgur.com/ymSZFl8.jpg
Name: Merrshaulk, the Master of the Pit. Chief Yuan Ti God. (If you want to steal this idea almost any god can work.)
Idea. One day the sleeping Yuan Ti god Merrshaulk perished mysteriously. However the dead gods soul refused to move on and went into the material plane were it was bound. While aimlessly drifting his soul discovered the body of a powerful mortal stuck in stasis in a old ruin. Seeing his chance Merrshaulk sent his soul into the defenseless body and possessed it ejecting the soul of it's former occupant. Due to the sudden change of it's occupant the stasis feild wore off. Merrshaulk and his new body were weakened from the change and he found himself unable to move for long periods as his new body slowly changed to take on traits of Merrshaulk. Eventully Merrsahaulk found a great deal of his power had returned though he was still nowhere near as powerful as he was as a god.
Interested in restoring his power he went in search of powerful magic items. On one such venture the place he went into was guarded by a Sphinx who sensing the threat Merrshaulk was sent him 10 years into the past three years before his death. (One of their lair actions as this is 5e.) Merrshaulk after figuring out he was in the past but unable to leave the material plane made dark plans to summon his sleeping past self to the material plane were he could merge with himself, wake his past self up and regain his power with the bonus of being awake. However at the same time he had to make sure to complete his plan before his past self's death.
Now here is were my idea gets fairly interesting. At the same time Merrshaulk had been able to look through some of the memories of his host body and realized his had to make sure his host body's past self survived the time to come. If his past host body died then Merrshaulk would not have been able to posses him and come back in time, and his current self would be erased from existence. However that host body's past self is now interfering in his plans.
My main idea is that his host body is the future self of one of the PCs. Which PC can be decided on who I think makes the most sense to be him.
Anyway any opinions or ideas for making his better.