I imagine that as long as there's some plausible justification for why he'd join a commune of people who worship Gaia and believe that the world is going to end as a result of pollution et al. then I think any concept could easily work.  The fun of a game like this is the sheer variety of characters that are bonded by a single set of beliefs, providing plenty of chances for character development, interesting interactions and even conflicts.<br/><br/>If they were all hippies, it would get boring<em>real</em>fast...and nothing would get done.  They'd just smoke up, sloth out and end up eating everything in a week...which would lead to starvation and bad times. -snickers.-<br/><br/>Edit:  I forgot I'd surrendered the floor!