Re: Why are quori villains

On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 01:25:41 -0700, Jasin Zujovic hath written thusly
(in article <MPG.2076e7f0aea874d39897a2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>):

I've been reading Secrets of Sarlona these days and, as is the habit of
Eberron books right from the start, it has pleasantly surprised me.

My complaints still stand (too exotic, not enough grounding in myth,
history or pop-culture) but the whole is engaging enough and fits with
the rest of the setting well enough that it got me thinking (in
hypotheticals) of a Sarlona game.

Part and parcel to a unique world/setting. Too exotic? Dude, this is
fantasy ;) But perhaps you crave something more traditional to Earth
mythology and folklore...?

But my biggest problem is something I've already asked myself after
reading the Dragonshards on Sarlona and the Races of Eberron chapter on
kalashtar: what is it that makes the quori villains?

Sure, they're trying to keep the dream of the age from changing, and
that's a Bad Thing (tm) since that dream is a nightmare... but WTF does
that mean?

What is this "dream of the age" of which you speak? I glanced through
the Campaign Setting, but didn't see the reference. Little help,
please?

In a world of crazy flesh-hating construct prophets, of rakshasa rajahs
bound deep underground who want to unmake creation, of creatures of
madness who twist flesh and mind as their playthings, "keeping the dream
of the age from changing" seems a rather abstract sort of villainy.

Of course, it's all in the presentation, and I could probably think of
ways to make Inspired seem truly Evil and in need of killin'. But I'm
wondering what other people's thoughts are? How do you make quori seem
like a real, immediate threat worthy of a high-level D&D game, rather
than just a police state of manipulative diplomats?

My limited exposure leads me to the simple answer for this: the Quori
possess and manipulate other individuals to their own ends, arguably
against the individuals' wills. This looks like evil to me. I haven't
read anything more about them than is printed in the monster entry for
them, and the associated references in the entries for the Inspired and
the Kalashtar, as well as the section about The Dreaming Dark.

On a somewhat related note, I wonder if the Shadowbane Inquisitor and
Shadowbane Stalker PrCs, and their order, would make a good inclusion
in the Eberron setting, as a network of counter-agents to the Inspired
and their Quori masters...thoughts on this?

- E


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