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[Oct. 14th, 2011|07:52 am] |
Weekend coming up = greater chance of people having time to read spiel. So here I am, trawling for plot.
So here's my thinking; I figure the beauty of Zac is in having a (seemingly) human character who can be killed and killed again in an rpg full of gods and goddesses, who enjoy the odd bit o' smiting, no? Even benevolent gods smite people on occasion but in the usual run of an rp day, your fellow players get kind of frowny if you start smiting their peeps. (I will admit to having a bit of fun here using the word 'smite'. Not one I get to use all that often.)
Zac was created specifically because I wanted to see what interesting things could be made to happen to a guy who dies (frequently), yet who doesn't go quietly, or indeed at all, into the hereafter. So essentially what I'm offering is the absolute beauty of that moment when your god or goddess spots him across the street, does a double-take and thinks, 'Wait a minute! Is that...? Didn't I just smite that little #%$&#?!"
Perhaps a scenario where an acquaintanceship/friendship of some kind is formed, work-related or social, Zac somehow manages to give offense (not difficult) and--here comes that delicious word again-- gets his ass smote.
Coming back, Zac would not be happy. Zac might even try and get his own back, his inability to do so alerting him to the fact that his intended victim may not be as human as he/she appears. But too late to run, his murderous attentions having alerted his intended victim to the return of their victim from the dead. Either that, or you do spot the not-so-late Zac across the street and a bit of research among your fellow deities turns up the relevant tidbits of info required to have you hunting out bondage spells.
Zac's been the plaything of gods before, which also opens the possibility of backstory and of Zac running into someone he's met (and served?) in the past. Zac can be bound by spelled items which survive any rebirth. So he makes a handy spy or assassin or anything else that might result in death because in Zac's case, that's only a temporary setback.
I also have no problem envisioning him serving more than one master in all different kinds of capacities, whatever is required at the time. He's a beautiful idiot, smart, mercenary, carnal and vengeful, and hard-wired to keep on wiggling even though utterly ensnared.
So hit me up at tarnishedraven at gmail dot com or give me a wee while and I'll stick up one of those ole IJ favourites, the screened post-thingy. |
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