On the aspect of Dahak

[Colette Brunel]

How bad an idea is it to let the aspect of Dahak stick around in a harmless form in the Huntergate waystation? That way, the PCs can effectively chat up an imprisoned dragon god, Dahak can feebly taunt the PCs, and generally be an interesting face whenever the party crosses between Breachill and the Mwangi Expanse. I was thinking of taking this a step further and letting Dahak harmlessly manifest outside the Huntergate waystation, in Breachill, as a tiny little wyrmling, to banter with the PCs in town.

Also, what was stopping the aspect of Dahak from manifesting when the Cinderclaws passed through it?

[James Jacobs]

Colette Brunel wrote:

How bad an idea is it to let the aspect of Dahak stick around in a harmless form in the Huntergate waystation? That way, the PCs can effectively chat up an imprisoned dragon god, Dahak can feebly taunt the PCs, and generally be an interesting face whenever the party crosses between Breachill and the Mwangi Expanse. I was thinking of taking this a step further and letting Dahak harmlessly manifest outside the Huntergate waystation, in Breachill, as a tiny little wyrmling, to banter with the PCs in town.

Also, what was stopping the aspect of Dahak from manifesting when the Cinderclaws passed through it?

Dahak's still Dahak, and there's more to come with his manifestation's relationship with the aiudara in the adventures still ahead–remember there's 4 more waystations to explore!

What was stopping him from manifesting when the Cinderclaws passed through was a combination of it'd been centuries and he didn't notice in time and the fact that they were his cultists so their spiritual vibes weren't as jarring and upsetting to him.

[Colette Brunel]

"Dahak's still Dahak" is not saying much to me.

I am not quite certain what the motivation of this fellow is, or how to characterize Dahak. Is there more to Dahak than simply, "destruction good and fun, papa Apsu bad, want to be finally free so that I can destroy the world"?

I am confused about the metaphysics of Dahak in Huntergate, too. Is Dahak, the god, trapped inside Huntergate? When the Ekujae killed and imprisoned Dahak, did the elves trap a whole god inside Huntergate? Is Dahak providing divine spellcasting from inside Huntergate?

Or is the "main" Dahak still roaming free in the multiverse?

[James Jacobs]

Colette Brunel wrote:

"Dahak's still Dahak" is not saying much to me.

I am not quite certain what the motivation of this fellow is, or how to characterize Dahak. Is there more to Dahak than simply, "destruction good and fun, papa Apsu bad, want to be finally free so that I can destroy the world"?

I am confused about the metaphysics of Dahak in Huntergate, too. Is Dahak, the god, trapped inside Huntergate? When the Ekujae killed and imprisoned Dahak, did the elves trap a whole god inside Huntergate? Is Dahak providing divine spellcasting from inside Huntergate?

Or is the "main" Dahak still roaming free in the multiverse?

The manifestation of Dahak trapped in Alseta's Ring is not the actual Dahak. It's an avatar of the god, in effect, not the god himself.

[ofMars]

I think a shade of the god would be better language than an avatar of the god, an avatar is, after all, a sort of mask still controlled by the god itself. If you've read the Dresden Files, I'm thinking the part of Lasciel that was still in Harry's mind after he gave up the coin.