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Here is a general outline. Any advice or collaboration is welcome
I'm thinking of having the big bad guy be modified mythic dragon. His motivations are to gather up all the Orbs of Dragonkind and destroy them. He will have a cult following and part of his mythic ability is controlling dragons of all Neutral and Evil alignments. At low levels it will be a lot of kobolds, lizard men, half draconic creatures and drakes. As the PCs advance, obviously lots of dragon fights. I thought something cool would be to have each PC unlock certain powers against a specific type of dragon as they increased in level. Either a kind of bloodline power or by giving them to opposite domain powers and spells to the type dragon they are keyed. The players need to recover, but not use the Orbs, before the BBED can get to them, of course, they will fail occasionally, making for some tough battles.
I'm thinking of making it span a lot of Golarion. Kinda epic in scale.
Any thoughts?
I like it, feels very Dragonlance-like.
Some thoughts:
The question is whether it will become to repetive. If you're familiar with the AP line by Paizo check out some concerns with the Giantslayer AP.
There you fought orcs, ogres, hill giants, fire giants, frost giants, ...
Also, what happens to the orbs, once the PCs have recovered them. How do they keep them save?
Maybe some kind of ritual could be thought of which ties the PCs to the orbs thus gradually transfering some of the powers you mentioned to the PCs.
Ruyan.
The early levels could be a "standard" adventure during which the real quest is gradually revealed through implication, clues, prophecy, etc. You can still throw in some draconic-type foes, but the big reveal should accompany the first actual dragon fight.
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Elminster: Lhaeo we need a party of adventurers!
Lhaeo: I have the list ready, sir.
Elminster: How about the Order of Dragonhunters?
Lhaeo: Deceased, sir.
Elminster: Deceased! What happened to them?
Lhaeo: They met their first dragon.
Is there a way to break the BBED's control over Neutral and Evil types? While fighting might be in self-defense, nonetheless many they'd be fighting and killing would be essentially innocent.