New to Board: Cageright -> Cyricists?

[Chalkboard Sonata]

I've just begun to scratch the surface of all the insightful threads on these message boards. I'm planning on setting SCAP in the Western Heartlands region of Forgotten Realms. I've been toying around with the idea of having the Cagerights be a Cyricist cult, but I'm not sure how exactly to pull this off, or really, what to do with it at all. What major obstacles might I run into? Has anyone tried something similar, or seen a thread about this? Or maybe has any suggestions. I'm still in the brainstorming stage right now.

P.S. I just read through some of delvesdeep's alternative adimarchus and the cagerights thread - I think I may try to incorporate some of this material.

[Darkmeer]

So, the idea of using cyricists is cool. the big question I have is WHEN you do this in the current timeline of the Realms. if you do it when Cyric is mad, you can use the Cagewrights as a Sect that is trying desperately to reach out to help their deity.
Perhaps the Cyricists, in their way, are trying to accomplish part of the planar binding ritual. The monkey-wrench for them is that they are being led by a "servant of the fallen" Bhaal trying to steal some of his former deity's power to either offer it to Cyric or resurrect Bhaal. I have more ideas but that may help you get started.

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[Chalkboard Sonata]

I was definitely playing around with the idea of Adimarchus as an aspect of Cyric. My player's are not big readers of the FR novels, so I have some liberty to play loose with established chronology. Maybe I could set the campaign just after Kelemvor has displaced Cyric as Lord of the Dead, right after Kelemvor becomes dispassionate.

Embril and Ike, Cagerights themselves, would be closet Cyricists working in the temple of Kelemvor (Whom I used to replace Wee Jas). I was thinking of having the Ebon Triad be composed of followers of the Dead Three - Myrkul, Bhaal and Bane. I think Bane would be a good replacement for Graz'zt.

Perhaps, as you suggested, the Cagewrights are working to cure their god of his madness. How do I explain the existence of the Shackleborn then, since Cyric has only been around for ten years?

[Bran 637]

Chalkboard Sonata wrote:

Perhaps, as you suggested, the Cagewrights are working to cure their god of his madness. How do I explain the existence of the Shackleborn then, since Cyric has only been around for ten years?

It could be a fallout of the Times of Troubles, when the Avatars walked the Realms. Some people were imbued with divine energy which could be used during High Magic rituals like the Planar Binding ritual blah blah blah... Perhaps they were imbued while witnessing Avatars fighting or such special occasions.

Bran.

[Chalkboard Sonata]

I've had a few ideas, actually, over the past week. Mind you, they are no where near fully fleshed out, but they might be a starting point.

First of all, I'll give a few details of the things I had trouble on regarding the Cagerights as Cyricists.

1) Many events assume that the shackleborn / cagerights have been around for a respectable amount of time.

2) I didn't want to completely rewrite the last few chapters. I'm a busy man.

3) There was a big logical jump between "We need to free our master from his madness" and "We're trying to link to your realm to release demons into the world and whatnot."

4) I kind of liked Admimarchus.

So, I've been thinking, perhaps the Adimarchus is an ancient, most terrible evil. The Cagerights, led by Dyr'ryd the demon (I'm not too keen on the Demodands) have toiled away, trying to link Adimarchus's realm to the material plane, allowing, quite literally, all hell to break loose. Unfortunately (for them at least), they have not had much success, and after Dyr'ryd and his 13 demon allies were bested following their month-long bloodbath, the cult largely faded. Enter the Cyricists (Who take the place of Fetor, as described in the AP).

Meanwhile, in the depths of the Abyss, Cyric discovers Adimarchus (The Lord of Madness). Cyric takes the place of Graz'zt and imprisons Adimarchus. Cyric departs to take care of other business. Adimarchus's madness leaks out from his prison, however, and slowly and quite deliberately, enters the mind of some of Cyric's key clergy (Cyric is by far too insane at this point to take any notice). The Cyricists, influenced by the whispers of Adimarchus, become convinced that their God is trapped in the Supreme Throne, a prisoner to some rival power, and that only by linking the two realms can he be released. Cyricists thus meet up with Cagerights. Duped by Adimarchus into helping to free him from Cyric's cage, the Cyricists diligently behave as detailed in the AP.

Well, that's what I've got so far. It's still rough, but please leave any input you have.

- Thanks!