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I'm working on this big dungeon, and as I'm writing encounters I realize that I added a recurring theme. So far, I've come up with 4 big bad demigods worshipped by one group or another.
The first I came up with was a Mythic Elder Fire Elemental that was trapped in a prison made of ice that never melts. The second was a Mythic Theletos trapped in a tesseract by the Modrons it tried to liberate and the Proteans it tried to enslave. The third is a Time Dragon Wyrmling that is worshipped by a kobold tribe and the last is Half-Fiend Dinosaur in an underground jungle that is worshipped by a group of Weredinosaurs that occasionally sacrifice other humanoids.
So yeah, I like the theme. It goes back to Greyhawk with Zuggtmoy and Tharizdun being imprisoned in their own temples. The problem is that this may be a bit too much. Although there are only 2 true demigods, I feel I should focus on other tropes a bit more.
Why not just take the theme and run with it? Like...
How many Bobs are in this dungeon?
A crazy wizard (let's call him Bob) has been researching immortality - and failing spectacularly. First he tried crafting a Simulacrum so he could take over that body, but you can't swap souls with something that has none. The Wax Golem turned out to have the same problem. A Ghoul test subject bit Bob, but even though his body rose as an undead it also reincarnated (contingency, lesser wish) and activated a prepared Soulbound Mannequin. So now there are:
- Reincarnated Bob.
- Ghoul Bob.
- Simulacrum Bob.
- Soulbound Mannequin Bob.
- Bob's lab assistant, who's masquerading as him and trying to take over the lab.
- Sentient Wax Golem Bob.
- A few dormant Bob clones.
- One very confused Familiar of Bob.
@VRMH --
Totally stealing that. Totally.