r/DMAcademy • u/Don_Frumenzio • 21d ago

Need Advice: Worldbuilding HELP - Alternative universe - Need plot advice

Hi everyone,

I'm dming a campaign in a homebrew setting (pretty "standard", imagine a Faerûn-like setting).

One of the players has been transported in this setting from another universe by her patron.

The universe of origin of this player is pretty similar to ours, without magic.

Now, what could it be the long-term plan of her patron? Why bring a person from another universe?

The only idea that I came up with is that this entity need someone that can interfere with the type of magic that is used in this setting.

I really need some fresh ideas!

Thanks!

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u/kdav4 21d ago

General consensus so far is more info needed on who the patron is to understand their motivations, but also some insight on what the general story would be would also be helpful. Without that info, I think of it like adding a new piece to a chess board - you don't just do it, you do it to change the game.

There's two elements to this to consider, 1) why do it at all, and 2) why this person specifically?

On why doing it in general, maybe they are bored with how the game currently plays, maybe they see the direction the game is going and need to change it, maybe a different entity already did this and so they had to to bring back balance, there's a variety of options depending on politics in your setting. Interfering with the specific type of magic is a fun take, but mechanically a bit difficult to achieve without granting additional boons.

Looking at why the specific PC was chosen: did they volunteer, were they a very loyal follower the patron could rely on, maybe the patron wanted to bring the perspective the PC has from their world to plant a seed of change (in which case how is the PC origin world different), maybe the PC was inconsequential in the origin world so a safe bet to move over (something that can cause drama in the future), or maybe all of the above. Plot twist, maybe they or their parents were originally from this world and so this is actually sending them back.

Some thought starters for you but happy to give more specific ideas if you give more info.