Mongobear
2016-10-31, 02:16 AM
System: AD&D 1st Edition
Character: Human Paladin 14th Level
Diety: Thor (Norse Pantheon)
((Note: There are very many house-rules and DM quirks, innumerable to list fully, taking place throughout this entire game. The DM has been running a persistent world for 35 years never starting over, or denying a player who takes agency with striking out on their own and finding new regions on the world to make their own.))
Had a huge session over the weekend celebrating Halloween with a special event adventure. Through the course of successfully finishing the DMs challenges, I proved myself worthy to Odin and Thor, and was granted the use of Mjolnir for the final fight against the BBEG. Who was basically the living embodiment of the Negative Energy Plane. During the fight, almost all of the other party members and the DMPC were brought to low and/or critical levels, some were on the brink of death, with single digit HP while the BBEG was very obviously almost untouched, and absorbing our life essence to fuel him further, and create minions out of those of us who fell to his powers.
Being the most well of PC left standing, I ask for a DM meeting, where we walked out of the room and discussed what I wanted to do. To put it shortly, I began by attempting to call out for Divine Intervention, as per the DMG rules for it, succeeded, I rolled in-front of him and got a 99 on the d100. For a single combat round, I was granted to full powers of Thor, functionally using his (buffed up because house rules) stat block. Previously in the world several years ago, my character witnessed Thor level a volcano larger than Mt Everest by charging Mjolnir with his deific power, and throwing it into the crater, fusing the tectonic plates or whatever below permanently, and incidentally wiping out almost everything within a 20 mile radius. I tell the DM, I would like to do that same action, charging all of my granted power, all of Thor's Lightning Bolt Dice (as per 1e Deities and Demigods, but better because gods are much stronger in this world) and throw Mjolnir with all of my might, all of my faith in Thor, and very well, all of the hopes of the mortal world behind it at the BBEG.
Before he makes a decision, he has an In Character discussion with me via telepathy with the DMPC, who asks me what I am doing, sensing the amazing surge of power flowing around through and out of me. I tell him not to worry, get the rest of the party to safety, because the immediate area is about to go away. He protests, but I firmly tell him there is no other option at this point, we are almost all dead and the BBEG is going to wear us all down eventually.
He asks me to roll a d% to see how much power I am able to channel into the hammer, I get an 88 which is the percentage of the Lightning Dice I am able to call upon, iirc the buffed Thor has 250 d6 worth of Lightning he can throw, so I get somewhere near 185d6, plus the Deific bonuses to damage and everything on top of Mjolnir's stats. He has me make an attack roll, and a Nat 20, which causes him to utter "Oh my god..." and slowly walk out of the room and back to the rest of the group.
Catching up in time to the rest of the battle, the DM explains what we discussed, and lets the group know that as they about to succumb to their wounds or the overwhelming negative power from the BBEG, the DMPC casts a spell, teleporting them all back to the city we initially met up in, before setting off to stop this thing, a few hundred miles away. They look around, confused, not knowing why they retreated, then they realize that the Paladin (me) isnt with them. They begin asking worried questions, to which the DMPC merely shakes his head, and tells them "it was his idea to leave, he sacrificed himself so that we all could live."
Back to the battle, sensing that all of his "food" disappeared except for my Paladin, the BBEG looks at me and wonders why I stayed behind, he begins mocking me as I just stand there, when I simply stare back at him, transform into Thor for a breif moment, and make a massive two-handed wind-up throw with Mjolnir, fully charges with a massive burst of lightning. The BBEG doesnt know what he is seeing, and cannot react in time to defend against it, catching the Hammer and all of the surging lightning squarely in the chest, obliterating his physical form, causing a massive explosion almost on par with an A-Bomb, and ripping the land all around us apart for MILES. The rest of the party, several hundred miles away at this point, actually feel the earth tremble under their feet, hear dishes and glass shatter from the tremors, and then the bright flash of light on the horizon in the direction we set out earlier in the weekend.
I return to my mortal form as soon as the explosion happens, and am sent hurtling away through the rubble and cacophany of lightning, fully expecting to die in th blast, but I have accepted my fate, knowing it was worth it. But, as I am about to be torn apart by the force of the blast and crushed by the rubble swirling around me, a dozen Valyries appear around me, shielding me with their bodies, absorbing most of it themselves, only causing my Paladin to fall unconcious and suffer minor injuries.
As I lay unconcious for several days, I am met in a strange dream-state by a being who appears as a human female, clad in the purest white silk gown, platinum blond hair, and pale milky white skin. The room we are in is the brightest light I have ever seen, almost blinding if not for the being standing before me shielding the light from my face. The woman tells me that what I have done was a feat she thought impossible. The BBEG I slew with my faith in the gods and belief in myself was her "husband" although, tainted and twisted from his original form. The two of them gave birth to this world millenia ago, before he discovered some ancient elder being who corrupted him and gave rise to evil. She could not stand before him in his twisted state, for he was her exact opposite, and he would have corrupted her own power eventually, which is why she planted the seeds to bring together my group to see if the mortal children she cared for could stop him.
As a reward for my actions, she is bestowing upon me a single Unlimited Wish as in "rule-breakingly powerful can do literally anything I write down on the piece of paper and hand to the DM" kind of Wish. There is also a HUGE pile of treasure that we had found while searching for the BBEG which we would all split amongst ourselves (I later decline my entire split, telling the group I had my reward, in knowing that the creature was defeated.)
Here is where I am having trouble with thinking of something appropriately in-character. I do not know what to Wish for. My character is not greedy nor does he possess any other vice outside of favoring the Mead hall and feasting like a proper man of the Norse faith. I am the 2nd in command under the High-King of my country, swearing a Blood Oath to follow his word so long as he remains honorable and possesses the Wisdom and Strength of Odin. I am devout in my faith to Thor, willing to follow his word above all else, even my King's if truly told to do so.
I have no family or children of my own, although, I have spent any personal wealth gained in rebuilding several orphanges, shelters, and militairy academy type places across my country, giving homeless children and the poor somewhere to go when they have lost everything. I have even funded large religious temples to the entire Norse Pantheon(that would actually be worshipped by mortal men and women).
Do any of you have a suggestion on what would be "in-character" enough for this Paladin to make such a powerful Wish for? I am at a loss, and dont want to throw it away on "I want to gain a level, and have a really awesome sword" type Wishes.
Character: Human Paladin 14th Level
Diety: Thor (Norse Pantheon)
((Note: There are very many house-rules and DM quirks, innumerable to list fully, taking place throughout this entire game. The DM has been running a persistent world for 35 years never starting over, or denying a player who takes agency with striking out on their own and finding new regions on the world to make their own.))
Had a huge session over the weekend celebrating Halloween with a special event adventure. Through the course of successfully finishing the DMs challenges, I proved myself worthy to Odin and Thor, and was granted the use of Mjolnir for the final fight against the BBEG. Who was basically the living embodiment of the Negative Energy Plane. During the fight, almost all of the other party members and the DMPC were brought to low and/or critical levels, some were on the brink of death, with single digit HP while the BBEG was very obviously almost untouched, and absorbing our life essence to fuel him further, and create minions out of those of us who fell to his powers.
Being the most well of PC left standing, I ask for a DM meeting, where we walked out of the room and discussed what I wanted to do. To put it shortly, I began by attempting to call out for Divine Intervention, as per the DMG rules for it, succeeded, I rolled in-front of him and got a 99 on the d100. For a single combat round, I was granted to full powers of Thor, functionally using his (buffed up because house rules) stat block. Previously in the world several years ago, my character witnessed Thor level a volcano larger than Mt Everest by charging Mjolnir with his deific power, and throwing it into the crater, fusing the tectonic plates or whatever below permanently, and incidentally wiping out almost everything within a 20 mile radius. I tell the DM, I would like to do that same action, charging all of my granted power, all of Thor's Lightning Bolt Dice (as per 1e Deities and Demigods, but better because gods are much stronger in this world) and throw Mjolnir with all of my might, all of my faith in Thor, and very well, all of the hopes of the mortal world behind it at the BBEG.
Before he makes a decision, he has an In Character discussion with me via telepathy with the DMPC, who asks me what I am doing, sensing the amazing surge of power flowing around through and out of me. I tell him not to worry, get the rest of the party to safety, because the immediate area is about to go away. He protests, but I firmly tell him there is no other option at this point, we are almost all dead and the BBEG is going to wear us all down eventually.
He asks me to roll a d% to see how much power I am able to channel into the hammer, I get an 88 which is the percentage of the Lightning Dice I am able to call upon, iirc the buffed Thor has 250 d6 worth of Lightning he can throw, so I get somewhere near 185d6, plus the Deific bonuses to damage and everything on top of Mjolnir's stats. He has me make an attack roll, and a Nat 20, which causes him to utter "Oh my god..." and slowly walk out of the room and back to the rest of the group.
Catching up in time to the rest of the battle, the DM explains what we discussed, and lets the group know that as they about to succumb to their wounds or the overwhelming negative power from the BBEG, the DMPC casts a spell, teleporting them all back to the city we initially met up in, before setting off to stop this thing, a few hundred miles away. They look around, confused, not knowing why they retreated, then they realize that the Paladin (me) isnt with them. They begin asking worried questions, to which the DMPC merely shakes his head, and tells them "it was his idea to leave, he sacrificed himself so that we all could live."
Back to the battle, sensing that all of his "food" disappeared except for my Paladin, the BBEG looks at me and wonders why I stayed behind, he begins mocking me as I just stand there, when I simply stare back at him, transform into Thor for a breif moment, and make a massive two-handed wind-up throw with Mjolnir, fully charges with a massive burst of lightning. The BBEG doesnt know what he is seeing, and cannot react in time to defend against it, catching the Hammer and all of the surging lightning squarely in the chest, obliterating his physical form, causing a massive explosion almost on par with an A-Bomb, and ripping the land all around us apart for MILES. The rest of the party, several hundred miles away at this point, actually feel the earth tremble under their feet, hear dishes and glass shatter from the tremors, and then the bright flash of light on the horizon in the direction we set out earlier in the weekend.
I return to my mortal form as soon as the explosion happens, and am sent hurtling away through the rubble and cacophany of lightning, fully expecting to die in th blast, but I have accepted my fate, knowing it was worth it. But, as I am about to be torn apart by the force of the blast and crushed by the rubble swirling around me, a dozen Valyries appear around me, shielding me with their bodies, absorbing most of it themselves, only causing my Paladin to fall unconcious and suffer minor injuries.
As I lay unconcious for several days, I am met in a strange dream-state by a being who appears as a human female, clad in the purest white silk gown, platinum blond hair, and pale milky white skin. The room we are in is the brightest light I have ever seen, almost blinding if not for the being standing before me shielding the light from my face. The woman tells me that what I have done was a feat she thought impossible. The BBEG I slew with my faith in the gods and belief in myself was her "husband" although, tainted and twisted from his original form. The two of them gave birth to this world millenia ago, before he discovered some ancient elder being who corrupted him and gave rise to evil. She could not stand before him in his twisted state, for he was her exact opposite, and he would have corrupted her own power eventually, which is why she planted the seeds to bring together my group to see if the mortal children she cared for could stop him.
As a reward for my actions, she is bestowing upon me a single Unlimited Wish as in "rule-breakingly powerful can do literally anything I write down on the piece of paper and hand to the DM" kind of Wish. There is also a HUGE pile of treasure that we had found while searching for the BBEG which we would all split amongst ourselves (I later decline my entire split, telling the group I had my reward, in knowing that the creature was defeated.)
Here is where I am having trouble with thinking of something appropriately in-character. I do not know what to Wish for. My character is not greedy nor does he possess any other vice outside of favoring the Mead hall and feasting like a proper man of the Norse faith. I am the 2nd in command under the High-King of my country, swearing a Blood Oath to follow his word so long as he remains honorable and possesses the Wisdom and Strength of Odin. I am devout in my faith to Thor, willing to follow his word above all else, even my King's if truly told to do so.
I have no family or children of my own, although, I have spent any personal wealth gained in rebuilding several orphanges, shelters, and militairy academy type places across my country, giving homeless children and the poor somewhere to go when they have lost everything. I have even funded large religious temples to the entire Norse Pantheon(that would actually be worshipped by mortal men and women).
Do any of you have a suggestion on what would be "in-character" enough for this Paladin to make such a powerful Wish for? I am at a loss, and dont want to throw it away on "I want to gain a level, and have a really awesome sword" type Wishes.