History VideoGame / TheMaimedGodsSaga

* CosmicPlaything: Tyr's background, described in the opening cinematic, is based directly on Myth/NorseMythology (in fact, he's the same god, copied into the Realms by act of [[TopGod Ao]]), but the second act of the campaign is a WholePlotReference to the Literature/BookOfJob. [[spoiler:Malar, god of savagery, bet Tyr that you would forsake him if he turned his back on you, depowering you so the Tyrran priests Malar had corrupted could declare you a heretic. When you don't, instead embarking on a dangerous ritual trial to prove your faithfulness, Tyr restores your powers and then some, depowers the rogue priests and paladins, and tells Malar that if he ever shows his ugly mug around the church again, he'll kill him.]]

* EasyEvangelism: {{Justified}}. It's well-established that, aside from TheFundamentalist shaman, the Shattered Tusk orc tribe long ago lost their collective faith in Gruumsh after losing a war and their ancestral lands in the Spine of the World. [[spoiler:After witnessing Tyr restore your powers in his secret shrine, the chief's son Gron forswears Gruumsh in favor of Tyr.]]

* ShoutOut: One orc threaten to punish another orc [[VideoGame/{{WarCraft}} by sending him to chop down trees and and work in gold mines]].

* VillainHasAPoint: {{Downplayed}}. Malar's GreenAesop speech would sound nicer if there weren't several other deities in the Realms who protected nature without wanting to totally destroy humanity.

* MostFanficWritersAreGirls: The campaign is pretty much written with a female PC in mind.

* EasyEvangelism: {{Justified}}. It's well-established that, aside from their {{fundamentalist}} shaman, the Shattered Tusk orc tribe long ago lost their collective faith in Gruumsh after losing a war and their ancestral lands in the Spine of the World. [[spoiler:After witnessing Tyr restore your powers in his secret shrine, the chief's son Gron forswears Gruumsh in favor of Tyr.]]

* NotEvilJustMisunderstood: The Shattered Tusk orc tribe is presented as this in act two, more ProudWarriorRaceGuy (along the lines of the Kingdom of Many-Arrows) than AlwaysChaoticEvil. The tribe is LawfulNeutral [[invoked]]at worst, with its chief giving you a fair hearing when his scouts bring you to him to request passage across his lands (over the strenuous objections of his {{fundamentalist}} priest of Gruumsh). [[spoiler:You're even able to convert the orc prince to the worship of Tyr!]]

You play as a cleric of Tyr, the ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'' god of justice, on assignment deep into the hinterlands northwest of Waterdeep to investigate attacks by a mysterious beast. Joined in your adventure by a friendly ranger, Tancred of Calimport, you solve various problems in a TownWithADarkSecret, a secret that eventually brings you into conflict with corruption at the very heart of the Church of Tyr itself.

* HeroProtagonist: While mechanically you can still pick whatever class and race combination you want, the story is very much written with a LawfulGood[[invoked]] cleric of Tyr in mind, and some story events may not be possible to complete without a cleric PC (though a favored soul works equally well if you have ''Mask of the Betrayer'', which was released the year after this mod came out). And while not specifically discouraged, the documentation also recommends you use a human due to the extra feat slot.

* JackOfAllTrades: Clerics are powerful divine casters and good melee fighters in 3.5E anyway. In this campaign in particular, you only get the one companion, the ranger Tancred, so the documentation encourages investing skill points into cross-class skills such as Bluff.

* NotEvilJustMisunderstood: ''An orc tribe'' is presented as this in act two, more ProudWarriorRaceGuy (along the lines of the Kingdom of Many-Arrows) than AlwaysChaoticEvil. The tribe is LawfulNeutral [[invoked]]at worst, with its chief giving you a fair hearing when his scouts bring you to him to request passage across his lands (over the strenuous objections of his {{fundamentalist}} priest of Gruumsh). [[spoiler:If you play your cards right, you're even able to convert the orc prince to the worship of Tyr!]]

* CrystalDragonJesus: Per the source material, the Church of Tyr is very Catholic despite the deity being one from Norse myth. It even extends to the second act being very similar to the Literature/BookOfJob.

* HeroProtagonist: While mechanically you can still pick whatever class and race combination you want, the story is very much written with a LawfulGood cleric of Tyr in mind, and some story events may not be possible to complete without a cleric PC (though a favored soul works equally well if you have ''Mask of the Betrayer'', which was released the year after this mod came out). And while not specifically discouraged, the documentation also recommends you use a human due to the extra feat slot.

* FeaturelessProtagonist: [[invoked]]Averted, unlike the official campaigns and most mods. While mechanically you can still pick whatever you want, the story is very much written with a LawfulGood cleric of Tyr in mind, and some story events may not be possible to complete without a cleric PC (though a favored soul works equally well if you have ''Mask of the Betrayer'', which was released the year after this mod came out).

* RomanceSidequest: You can choose to romance Tancred during the campaign, though it's not a major thing: there are affectionate moments worked into the primary storyline rather than a specific sidequest chain.

* HidingBehindReligion: [[spoiler:According to Tyr himself, Eton Skye clings to the church only for the power it grants him. Normally he would have washed out, but Malar's intervention shielded him.