An Epic-Scope Campaign: Any ideas?
Hey guys. I'm thinking about running a huge-scale Pathfinder campaign set in my own custom world. It would be epic in scope, similar to Lord of the Rings, the Wheel of Time, or A Song of Ice and Fire. The players would start out at a very low level, but would eventually grow into world-renowned heroes fighting against some horrific evil.
And here is where I'm stumped.
Epic-scope fantasies tend to have a primary antagonist or faction that serves as the driving force behind the story. The need to defeat this enemy shapes the actions of the heroes and the events of the world. Tolkien's Sauron, Jordan's Shai'tan, and Martin's
Others all serve this purpose. I need something like that, something that will drive the story. I need an antagonist whose desires and goals are opposed to the forces of the world enough to where nations would unite against it/them and destiny itself would have a hand in the outcome.
What do you guys think?
And here is where I'm stumped.
Epic-scope fantasies tend to have a primary antagonist or faction that serves as the driving force behind the story. The need to defeat this enemy shapes the actions of the heroes and the events of the world. Tolkien's Sauron, Jordan's Shai'tan, and Martin's
White Walkers, for those of you who've only watched the show and not read the books |
What do you guys think?