hey guys!
This is a call-back to a concept I ran semi-successfully on the paizo boards ages ago called "horrors of the red cathexus" -- the idea behind it being that instead of creating normal characters for pathfinders, the players create a unique race/type of "body-snatcher" whether it be a possessing spirit, a cursed mind-controlling artifact, or even some form of parasite... players hijack the stat-blocks of creatures at first low in the dungeon hierarchy and attempt to climb up the CR food-chain with better and more powerful monster forms.
I'll post more about char/race creation and other details after getting an initial interest check but it will basically be a chaotic and/or evil based campaign which might be an interesting change of pace for some of us. The parasite characters are supposed to be weak/vulnerable outside of a host -- but losing your host form doesn't mean you have to die, you may even be able to steal the body of the thing that killed you!
Think of it as "The one ring" meets "John carpenter's the thing"
As I said I got enough established to run this game for a while in another forum, so I'll get into mechanics and concrete specifics if there is interest.
Who wants to play pathfinder as the monsters and rise to become the BBGs of their own little corner of the underdark!?
This is a call-back to a concept I ran semi-successfully on the paizo boards ages ago called "horrors of the red cathexus" -- the idea behind it being that instead of creating normal characters for pathfinders, the players create a unique race/type of "body-snatcher" whether it be a possessing spirit, a cursed mind-controlling artifact, or even some form of parasite... players hijack the stat-blocks of creatures at first low in the dungeon hierarchy and attempt to climb up the CR food-chain with better and more powerful monster forms.
I'll post more about char/race creation and other details after getting an initial interest check but it will basically be a chaotic and/or evil based campaign which might be an interesting change of pace for some of us. The parasite characters are supposed to be weak/vulnerable outside of a host -- but losing your host form doesn't mean you have to die, you may even be able to steal the body of the thing that killed you!
Think of it as "The one ring" meets "John carpenter's the thing"
As I said I got enough established to run this game for a while in another forum, so I'll get into mechanics and concrete specifics if there is interest.
Who wants to play pathfinder as the monsters and rise to become the BBGs of their own little corner of the underdark!?