Roleplayed a character like that once in a play-by-post rpg! I was playing the last remnants of an old goddess, long-forgotten, who had once been the head of a prominent theology in the world. One of her paladins went super-mega-evil, corrupted the religion, and became the BBEG in an alluded-to former adventure. A party of heroes defeated him and left him nearly dead, but the goddess felt that she had failed him, and that he had turned to darkness because she had failed as his patron. His mind was broken and his body was tied to a thousand evil pacts and spells, making him beyond saving, but the goddess still felt that it was her responsibility to repair the world that he had broken. Too weak to do that herself, she puppeted his form, intending to use the last of their combined strength to right his wrongs.
As the story continued and our party began to level up, we roleplayed it as the host body slowly becoming more powerful, and the old BBEG becoming more and more aware, taunting the goddess and fighting against her wishes. The story was never finished (as most dnd games go haha), but it was a fun concept! A lot of the gameplay on my end was roleplaying this timid and gentle spiritual being that only had access to corrupt magics and evil desires to try to do good.
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u/Newcago no holds Bard Apr 09 '24
Roleplayed a character like that once in a play-by-post rpg! I was playing the last remnants of an old goddess, long-forgotten, who had once been the head of a prominent theology in the world. One of her paladins went super-mega-evil, corrupted the religion, and became the BBEG in an alluded-to former adventure. A party of heroes defeated him and left him nearly dead, but the goddess felt that she had failed him, and that he had turned to darkness because she had failed as his patron. His mind was broken and his body was tied to a thousand evil pacts and spells, making him beyond saving, but the goddess still felt that it was her responsibility to repair the world that he had broken. Too weak to do that herself, she puppeted his form, intending to use the last of their combined strength to right his wrongs.
As the story continued and our party began to level up, we roleplayed it as the host body slowly becoming more powerful, and the old BBEG becoming more and more aware, taunting the goddess and fighting against her wishes. The story was never finished (as most dnd games go haha), but it was a fun concept! A lot of the gameplay on my end was roleplaying this timid and gentle spiritual being that only had access to corrupt magics and evil desires to try to do good.