I am gearing up to run my first game ever and I am looking for some advice. One of my players wanted to have a backstory hes a Goliath Fighter that is looking to go into the Eldritch Knight archetype. He wants to have a character where his town / tribe was infected by a curse or plague and hes in the search for a cure for it. I am looking for some advice of what could of caused this curse or plague
Perhaps look to where the path of an Eldrich Knight leads. They top out at 4the level spells, Evocation and Abjuration. From that list of spells I think Banishment would be a great target. So what needs banishing, and why couldn't a priest handle it? A Fiend of some sort seems the simplest solution. It lives is an accused Valley of Shadows below the mountain where the PCs village lies (they are sworn guardians of that area and usually hunt the fell beasts that emerge from that Valley). This Fiend is new though, is presence casts a shadow over the soul of the whole village and it must be destroyed or all will fade into lifelessness. The warriors of the town have raided and killed the Fiend twice, but it raises again and the shadow returns. The priests have tried their magics, but the Valley is hidden from the eyes of the gods, so to no avail. The beasts of the valley make it too dangerous for the average wizard, so a hero must go forth and study both combat and magics to banish the foul thing once and for all.
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I am gearing up to run my first game ever and I am looking for some advice. One of my players wanted to have a backstory hes a Goliath Fighter that is looking to go into the Eldritch Knight archetype. He wants to have a character where his town / tribe was infected by a curse or plague and hes in the search for a cure for it. I am looking for some advice of what could of caused this curse or plague
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Perhaps look to where the path of an Eldrich Knight leads. They top out at 4the level spells, Evocation and Abjuration. From that list of spells I think Banishment would be a great target. So what needs banishing, and why couldn't a priest handle it? A Fiend of some sort seems the simplest solution. It lives is an accused Valley of Shadows below the mountain where the PCs village lies (they are sworn guardians of that area and usually hunt the fell beasts that emerge from that Valley). This Fiend is new though, is presence casts a shadow over the soul of the whole village and it must be destroyed or all will fade into lifelessness. The warriors of the town have raided and killed the Fiend twice, but it raises again and the shadow returns. The priests have tried their magics, but the Valley is hidden from the eyes of the gods, so to no avail. The beasts of the valley make it too dangerous for the average wizard, so a hero must go forth and study both combat and magics to banish the foul thing once and for all.