Let me become Chemosh's Advocate for a bit, and say that the "death knight curse" could have been much worse. Sure, the character suffers from not enjoying life, can't eat his apples like in Pirates of the Caribbean, etc. Even so, why should such a vile curse give the affected individual so much power that can be used to exact revenge for his situation?
Enter an ambitious player. His character worships Chemosh and aspires to become a death knight, which is rather different than the other DL death knights that have existed as a form of punishment.
Now, the transformation to an undead being is going to affect the character, and he won't like everything that he gets out of the deal. The player is tasked by Chemosh to rid Krynn of the remaining alien dragons (does anyone wonder what will happen to the skull totems), and the character's undeath is just the tool Chemosh needs to force the character along.
Does anyone else use death knights in a "non-standard" fashion?
Originally posted by Shugi
Even so, why should such a vile curse give the affected individual so much power that can be used to exact revenge for his situation?
Personally, I don't think the gods of good have much to do with it. The curse of undeath is pretty nasty thing to be stuck with, and I imagine that much of the innate power of the person himself determines his power after death. I wouldn't be surprised if the price of a curse is the cost of the curser's own soul, given that they cannot be raised or ressurected. Of course, who collects and why is an interesting idea. Chemosh would effectively claim 2 souls with each curse of undeath. Hiddukel is responsible for pacts with the gods of evil, and of course Nuitari is responsible for dark magic.
I have a feeling we are never going to find out which dark god answers curses.
Enter an ambitious player. His character worships Chemosh and aspires to become a death knight, which is rather different than the other DL death knights that have existed as a form of punishment.
Ah! Taking a page from the Book of Lairs I see. In that product, we had a death knight who was ****** about not being allowed to join the order of the Rose. So he invited a bunch of people to dinner, poisoned them in a dark ritual, and prepared to accept his promised power and immortality.
It wasn't quite what he expected. ;)