I like Aeons. I think they are a pretty cool take on a neutral outsider but I'm having a hard time finding extensive use for them in a game. I mean, I can see them appearing if the PC are abusing something or, in some way, putting the fabric of the universe in danger. That's pretty limited use imo. Maybe I should look to others for ideas. Have they been used in any of the Paizo's adventures so far? Come to think of it, an AP centered around the actions of crazed and/or single-minded Aeon(s) could be pretty cool.
i soon may be using them for the "powerful good" force after my great evil blocked the good outer planes from helping the mortal world. i have found them to be a bet limited, but i fill like that is the point some thing has to be eschew for them to want to come out in play.
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Well, as beings of pure balance, you can pretty much use them whenever. Someone being too evil? Aeons. Too good? Aeons. Too lawful? Aeons. Too chaotic? Aeons. Seriously, they are the perfect critters to toss out whenever your PCs become rather well known.
I just ran my players through a mini-plane hoping adventure and I used the CR 20 aeon to both help them get to their goal as well as murder them in their sleep. Basically, I put them in miniature recursive planes where they could see themselves about 60 feet away in every direction. However, when they ended up on our true neutral plane, the plane and the PCs recursed as normal but there was only one outsider. After interacting with it for a while, they concluded that it wanted to help them so they felt safe to rest. While on watch, one of the PCs saw the aeon float over to one of the recursed groups and violently murder them in their sleep. It then floated back and offered to aid the party in their quest.
The players' reactions were awesome.