My group is about to finish Legacy of Fire; having only roughly two sessions left until the campaign is over. So I'm getting my next campaign ready...and I thought I'd base it on one of my favorite Super Nintendo games: Actraiser. If you don't know what it is, I'll give you a brief summary: You're a god in the world who gets his butt kicked, and then you wake up hundreds of years later to find your world gone and ruled by your enemy; the Devil (or Tanzra).
Now the quest I want to start will be based on this game. It features a group of players trying to survive in the apocalypse of this world far away from Golarion as deamons, devils, and demons have their way with the destitute ruins of the world. The campaign begins with the players in a thorpe that is hidden deep within the forests of Fillmore, trying to stay hidden from the evil that is now running rampant on the world. I'm going to give the players a couple quests to start them off, and then I will trigger the main plot by having the outsiders destroy their home. They will eventually be defeated and then rescued by the angels of the God (who is named the same title of the game: Actraiser). The players will awaken as this deity awakens, only to find that most of his power is gone. Feeling regret for losing years ago, the deity and the players are supposed to ally in this regard to retake the world from this Archdevil.
Most of the campaign involves traveling to clear holy sites, destroying monster encampments for Tanzra's forces, rebuilding the ruined world through Kingmaker, and trying to restore Actraiser's power to bring him back to being a true deity again. Actraiser will mostly remain in his domain, as he doesn't want an evil deity; or chaotic one that he knows would jump on the chance to slay a deity to increase their power...choosing to take on a human form to keep his power suppressed, or merely helping the party indirectly.
Now I have quite a bit for this campaign, as I have played the game and know how I can incorporate elements from the story from there; as well as expand on everything. I even included a few new mechanics to allow players their own freedom (such as in the beginning, giving the option to them to let them express who they believe Actraiser is from stuff they "supposedly" heard about them through various resources when they are doing one of the side quests for an old man who possesses the canon information, and then incorporating some of what they say into his lore. I kind of styled it like a Create a Character option from other games like Soul Calibur and Star Wars: KOTOR) If anyone has any good ideas for this campaign, I'd like other suggestions for interesting things to make this campaign much more fun.I also would like a way to tie the lore from this campaign with Golarion lore (though the world is completely different from Golarion, a place called Gaia). Actraiser is this neutral good deity who is supposedly the youngest of the deities, and is supposedly good friends with the other good deities. Interactions between other gods here is supposed to be a common thing for the players here. If you all have any good ideas, I'd like to hear some.
I'd watch some flicks for inspiration like Clash of the Titans (original not crapboots) and Jason and the Argonauts. I think the themes of those flicks are slightly similar and many provide some cool ideas to use.
/thumbs up for loving Actrasier!
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Old Heavy Metal magazines can be found pretty easily online now, and about a third of their stories fit your concept. Ralph Bakshi's Wizards is fairly on-point for you.
What kind of lore could I tie into this campaign from Golarion? I know it's not on the same world...I'm more or less referring to lore from the pantheon of Pathfinder? I don't know all of the lore, or debates about the lore that goes on on the forums...I'm pretty new to everything on here.