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Blessed Army of Ezra Question

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#1
zombiegleemax
Dec 22, 2004 0:26:37 Whatever became of the conflict that was developing between the Blessed Army of Ezra in Mordent and the Nevuchar Springs sect of the Church of Ezra. It was mentioned in the Heroes of Light sourcebook that a major conflict was brewing between the two sects because of the infiltration of the NS sect by some sort of terrible evil. Were there ever any actual revelations as to what that evil really is/was? It seemed like a great expansion of the material but I never was able to find anything else on it which is why I ask.
#2
zombiegleemax
Dec 22, 2004 11:23:20 I think this plot was left to the DM to develop, but according HoL, the member of the church who had the visions saw a winged creature in a battlefield claiming the souls of the innocents. So, according to his appearance this "evil creature" seems to be some kind of fiend.

But, I don´t think we will see more details to it, I strongly believe this plot is left to individual DMs to develop the way they want to.
#3
Mortepierre
Dec 22, 2004 11:24:00 No. Quite simply, it's a plot hook.

That said, the duo hinted that we would be getting some adventure in the not-too-far future so maybe it will be based on that. Cross your fingers very hard and hope for the best.
#4
zombiegleemax
Dec 22, 2004 17:48:50 I wasn't developed further in the gaz or anywhere else. I personnaly don't like that plot since it's too shallow. It's missing a twist somewhere. And an army would be quite hard to amass in Mordent.
#5
john_w._mangrum
Dec 30, 2004 17:31:33
I wasn't developed further in the gaz or anywhere else. I personnaly don't like that plot since it's too shallow. It's missing a twist somewhere. And an army would be quite hard to amass in Mordent.

I was never a big fan of it because it undercut how I had been and was trying to present Raines and the Nevuchar sect -- as being dangerous and extreme, but not corrupt and possibly as right as any of the other sects.
#6
manindarkness
Dec 30, 2004 20:07:39
I was never a big fan of it because it undercut how I had been and was trying to present Raines and the Nevuchar sect -- as being dangerous and extreme, but not corrupt and possibly as right as any of the other sects.

After reading the Gaz's and HoL, I was left under the impression that those who where acting against the church interests were those on Mordent, trying to raise an army without provocation. Afterall, the main obstacle to Mordent's Darklord is the church...
#7
john_w._mangrum
Dec 31, 2004 11:37:47
After reading the Gaz's and HoL, I was left under the impression that those who where acting against the church interests were those on Mordent, trying to raise an army without provocation. Afterall, the main obstacle to Mordent's Darklord is the church...

In the first draft of that material that I saw, "Ezra's Army" was, as I recall, simply presented as the LG sect of the Church of Ezra -- not a splinter group within it, and it was fairly clear that it really was the LE sect that had been corrupted.

I imposed a few changes. Namely, making it a splinter group (so as not to obliterate the existing LG sect we were already in the process of establishing -- something that ending up very nearly happening anyway), and making it much, much murkier as to who the corrupted party really was.

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#1 zombiegleemax Dec 22, 2004 0:26:37	Whatever became of the conflict that was developing between the Blessed Army of Ezra in Mordent and the Nevuchar Springs sect of the Church of Ezra. It was mentioned in the Heroes of Light sourcebook that a major conflict was brewing between the two sects because of the infiltration of the NS sect by some sort of terrible evil. Were there ever any actual revelations as to what that evil really is/was? It seemed like a great expansion of the material but I never was able to find anything else on it which is why I ask.
#2 zombiegleemax Dec 22, 2004 11:23:20	I think this plot was left to the DM to develop, but according HoL, the member of the church who had the visions saw a winged creature in a battlefield claiming the souls of the innocents. So, according to his appearance this "evil creature" seems to be some kind of fiend. But, I don´t think we will see more details to it, I strongly believe this plot is left to individual DMs to develop the way they want to.
#3 Mortepierre Dec 22, 2004 11:24:00	No. Quite simply, it's a plot hook. That said, the duo hinted that we would be getting some adventure in the not-too-far future so maybe it will be based on that. Cross your fingers very hard and hope for the best.
#4 zombiegleemax Dec 22, 2004 17:48:50	I wasn't developed further in the gaz or anywhere else. I personnaly don't like that plot since it's too shallow. It's missing a twist somewhere. And an army would be quite hard to amass in Mordent.
#5 john_w._mangrum Dec 30, 2004 17:31:33	I wasn't developed further in the gaz or anywhere else. I personnaly don't like that plot since it's too shallow. It's missing a twist somewhere. And an army would be quite hard to amass in Mordent. I was never a big fan of it because it undercut how I had been and was trying to present Raines and the Nevuchar sect -- as being dangerous and extreme, but not corrupt and possibly as right as any of the other sects.
#6 manindarkness Dec 30, 2004 20:07:39	I was never a big fan of it because it undercut how I had been and was trying to present Raines and the Nevuchar sect -- as being dangerous and extreme, but not corrupt and possibly as right as any of the other sects. After reading the Gaz's and HoL, I was left under the impression that those who where acting against the church interests were those on Mordent, trying to raise an army without provocation. Afterall, the main obstacle to Mordent's Darklord is the church...
#7 john_w._mangrum Dec 31, 2004 11:37:47	After reading the Gaz's and HoL, I was left under the impression that those who where acting against the church interests were those on Mordent, trying to raise an army without provocation. Afterall, the main obstacle to Mordent's Darklord is the church... In the first draft of that material that I saw, "Ezra's Army" was, as I recall, simply presented as the LG sect of the Church of Ezra -- not a splinter group within it, and it was fairly clear that it really was the LE sect that had been corrupted. I imposed a few changes. Namely, making it a splinter group (so as not to obliterate the existing LG sect we were already in the process of establishing -- something that ending up very nearly happening anyway), and making it much, much murkier as to who the corrupted party really was.