Hey guys, I've GM'd a couple of games in the past with stuff like Free world council and tri-galactic military service but nothing epic concerning the cosmic forge. Well I started a new one and when I asked what they wanted in a game they said a save the galaxy, Magyver wanabe style game.
so either your players want to be munchkin, or they intend to build a working starship out of dirt and chewing gum.
Well I got a great storyline bunch of plot twists ect. but I have one problem. During the game I have to have the Main bad dude steal the forge for himself, and the players need to take it back. so my question is how do I get the evil guy to take the forge.
easy. it isn't the real forge. the "cosmic forge" the bad guy stole was actually some other uber-powerful relic/location (perhaps even like the "starforge" from KOTOR, or "the galactic ley line" from Outlaw star). then he just needs to discover the location, and the way to bring it under his control/use its power.
the real cosmic forge was probably never intended to be found in game. it always seemed more of a "we were loking for the CF, but found...." type plot hook.
Because The cosmic forge is sentient couldn't it just stop the guy or blow him away after he makes his wish like what happened to the one? I want to leave the forge as a sentient thing but if a do that a bunch of holes open up. Any help would be great.
who says he has to actually make his wish? perhaps the ritual that would allow him to use the power takes forever, and the players manage to stop him just in the nick of time, just seconds before he finishes, causing the ritual to fail and for the magic to feed back on the badguy.
or perhaps the "forge" sucks in the PC's and the villans, and the PC's have to reason with the badguy to stop, causing the CF to force the badguy to relive the deaths of every being caused by the last time it was used for evil (think Obi-wan sensing alderaan, only infinately stronger.....), thus shattering his mind. of course, the CF should fade away, to find a new hiding spot.