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How to write a domain based around prophecy?
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As the title says, I have an idea for a domain based around the idea of prophecy. The premise is the darklord is a once great Cloud Giant oracle who's visions, in her world, led to the Cloud Giants' uncontested supremecy, until of course she foresaw the end of her people, the visions that once led to her and her people's triumph now just as plain in sight as she saw the desolation of their empire with nothing she could do about it.

I think there's certainly potential here, there's clear images in my mind of her fortress atop a mountain, overlooking a sleepy little village bathing the valley in hues of pink and purple as she burns magic roots and plants to induce her visions, the shadow of her mad dancing casting shadows across the plains and her twisted, fanged smile enwreathed in smoke, ominously peering down from the clouds.

My main quandries are in how to make the concept of prophecy actually scary. The idea of oracular visions is already kinda difficult to run in a game like D&D with nigh infinite possibilities ahead and my mind can only really conjure story paths that are more depressing than scary, like the fruitlessness of fighting fate.

On a side note I was thinking of a semi-ancient Greek inspired aesthetic for this domain given the nature of oracles, that and I have something in mind with the Satyrs of this world (feel free to ask I'm more than happy to gush lol).

So yeah, any help workshopping this would be much appreciated.

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