Let's talk about Set baybee...

[Random_White_Guy]

As in some ways the cat has been let out of the bag I thought with things advancing into a third phase of activity a recruitment post was in order.

A few weeks ago a project began to undertake the problem faced by many in EFU, specifically the idea that if you are somehow exiled or hunted away from the main hub your choices are to toil away until your supplies dwindle or get bored and retire. So after some brainstorming a route was found. Smuggling goods in and out of Sanctuary, raising contacts on all sides of the server, shady dealings and blackest magic.

The Great Journey of the Exile Collective is known for many things and has all manner of PCs since it's involvement in EFUR. One thing though that has never been fully brought to fruition though is the idea that within this cosmopolitan melting pot of Man, Monster, Desperate, Hungry, Aberrant, Goblin, Kobold, Shaggabeast, H'balan- Religion hasn't been fleshed out too sizably aside from a few key Selunites.

From the Exile Collective "Faction Lore" post.

Necromancy
Necromancy is viewed as a refreshing and positive influence in the Collective. It is, at times, encouraged...

Drugs and substances
Temporary and long term transformative experiences are indulged and sometimes encouraged in the Collective.

Enter The Setites.

A mixture of Criminal Syndicate, Black Magic Cabal, and Evil Cult. I'm thrilled to say there's been a lot of emphasis solely on IC recruitment, deals brokered with shady criminal PCs and evil presences around the Underdark, and similar.  The foreign god Set has found it's way to Dunwarren and alongside a mixture of fanatical worshipers and criminal elements.  Due to IC recruitment elements exist in all three fragments of the Hub: Upper, Lower, and Middle Sanctuary so there's sweeping opportunity for all manner of activity in every feasible shape and form.

However with things going public and word spreading figured now was as good a time as any.

You do not have to be in the Exile Collective to be a member. You do not even have to sell your soul to be an associated ally, however if you wish for the most out of the concept then a PC who is amenable to both is most likely going to find the most opportunity.

- PCs have sold their soul to Set in exchange for relics of power, criminal and political influence, or assistance in the pursuit of PC plots.
- A number of PCs and NPCs have been sacrificed to Set.
- Through tried and true Cult style infiltration, political situations have been pushed and driven towards our ends.
- PC Faction and DM Faction members have been pursued in predatory methods and swayed to a much darker path .
- A legitimate, albeit naturally risky, method to retire your PC to remain free of the clutches of the Dread Empire with a middle finger to the big bad of EFUR.

Many PCs in the Exile Collective have played with the idea of body augmentation, transmutation of form by aberrations, and more but my efforts have been focused in the realm of divine essence and Spirital compromise. What happens to the Knights of the New Path when they perish? What happens to the Thralls of Mur? The Friends of the Pyrimo?

The world has come to an end, countless starve, suffering is monumentally spread, and the gods themselves fall silent or perish. With the future and fate uncertain what good is a soul when you can use it to satisfy any desire you have?

Crime, Black Magic, Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll.

[Random_White_Guy]

Oh and just to highlight: THIS CONCEPT IS 100% PRC AND MONSTER PC FRIENDLY.

Set is a dark god with many angles and avenues to pursue but one of the highest tenants of his faith is Monstrous Creature Worship.

Furthermore avenues to PRC:

Assassin: Individuals IC have already sold their souls and who have pledged to Set are undertaking dark rites and dangerous task for contract or even darker purpose.

Divine Champion: A true and consecrated, regionally recognized and established Temple of Set has been carved in the area with ties to the Holy Land of Adun'Ubis. The opportunity for a PC to serve as Divine Champion to the dark god Set is a possibility for a PC willing to embark on such a treacherous journey.

Palemaster: Among many dark and divine rites and necromantic practices which alone could lead a PC towards the path of palemastery, one could find their calling raiding tombs, embalming methods of mumification, and serving the Dark God Set.

Arcane Archer: The Revenant Prince gains little traction in and around Sanctuary's surroundings but a clear cut avenue of possibility exists for any group such as the Court, the Eldreth Veluuthra, or other organizations to find patronage and a foothold. Humanity's suffering, sacrifice, and more.

Bloodmage: Primal ritual, the workings of blood, many sorcerous bloodlines holding ties to the negative and the serpentine and more. Many potential opportunities to pursue this ritual with a darker twist.

And of course, the big momma.

Blackguard: It won't be easy, it at times won't be fun, but the possibility for a 100% legitimate path to Blackguard can be earned through involvement in the plots that are being undertaken. As it is a massive undertaking in module I don't recommend PCs pursue it lightly but as matters continue there is a very large opportunity for someone to take up a mantle of leadership and march toward becoming a living embodiment of evil.

[Random_White_Guy]

A sort of criminal experiment has been undertaken by my PC from day 1.

How many sending stones with the John Wick style intention of them serving as "Tokens of Favor" could I accumulate through brokering of deals to test the waters of what lengths people are willing to go in pursuit of criminal activity. Some would part with their sending stone for 100 gold, others would be suspicious and refuse, others would freely trade of it, or others would come back wanting "Something".

With a sizable cache of Thirty Three (Set's holy number in our cult is 9, three by three) sending stones to build a buffer I and a few others will be offering an alternative of the slavery of GOLD that has for so long clutched the criminal underworld.

Sometimes a PC wants to do a heist but only has a few gold to rub together and it's hard to hire some thugs for your newly upcoming criminal organization. Sometimes a Bandit steals a lot of gold and suddenly becomes ruthlessly hunted by PCs. Sometimes there's someone hunting you and trying to kill you that you just -really would love to see die- but you don't have the thousands of coins requested by most would be assassins.

So instead I'd like to offer an alternative beg, borrow, steal, bandit, or otherwise secure sending stones by any means necessary.

People have long hunted blood for Magnatz for the occasional boon so our undertaking is to mix things up and see a new "Underworld Currency" introduced through the one thing everyone at all times always has in EFU: sending stones.

This is an experiment mixing crime and faith, with a majority of those perpetrating the crime of the faith but individuals interested in more street-level thuggery and stealing of sending stones or low level crime organization stuff like protection rackets and debt lending and otherwise is something I'd be glad to help out with and pawn off this side of business to another person's PC.

Eventually the idea would be to see them used in things like card games among criminals, used to enhance regular deals to turn them illicit -Those haste potions cost 180 gold but for your sending stone maybe a discount? etc. Or maybe someone sweetens his ask of 5,000 gold to sell his soul in asking for 18 sending stones to sign two enemies death warrants.

This is a bit of a loose notion at the moment and it may not be permanent if the DMs deem it less than desirable but a new twist on things if it works well enough.

[Random_White_Guy]

Victims of the orbulent host are welcomed if anyone is looking for a new PC!

All kinds of mischief underway and a widescale support for your own PC plots and pursuits.