Marcon
First Post
After one session, my players just retrieved the case. They did it diplomatically, one of them being Lord Shaaladel nephew and successfully convincing Shealis she was misguided in bringing the case back to her homeland, potentially by an infiltrated Shahalesti traitor (Hopefully, I was able to keep this vague enough not to derail anything in the long term).
Still, it was a very tense discussion, with the other characters waiting outside of Gabal's School while the elf sweat it out with Shealis inside. What was funny was that, while the players learned that their elf buddy was in fact a Shahalesti undercover agent very close to the royal family, their characters remain clueless since the elf decided to ask Diogenes to use a major illusion to make it seem like the charming wizard settled his long-time feud with Shealis in a rather spectacular way. What they saw was Shealis dying off a Melf's Acid Arrow in front of the protesting bystanders. Thus, the "official story" was that these two suddenly went at each other while the elf was talking Shealis into giving him the case.
But I digress, my real request here is I'm looking for an encounter I could throw at them just before they leave Gate Pass. I'm not a big fan of having the Black Horse Bounty Hunters stalk them for what would make it 3 fights total (The one at the Poison Apple Pub and the one at the gauntlet being the other 2). They creamed the Bounty Hunters at the pub by the way, to a point where Kathor was forced to ask for mercy so I figured the Gauntlet attack would be Kathor-less and would feature a pretty pissed off Renard.
So the encounter would need to meet the purpose of introducing Rantle and would ideally involve non-human enemies, just to remind them that this is still Dungeons and Dragons after all! A loose Ragesian monstrous ally maybe? (But keep in mind they are a Level 2 party at this point). I was thinking about something assaulting the Councilman Menash manor but then, they already face a "siege" situation in Act 5.
Any suggestions?
-Marcon
Still, it was a very tense discussion, with the other characters waiting outside of Gabal's School while the elf sweat it out with Shealis inside. What was funny was that, while the players learned that their elf buddy was in fact a Shahalesti undercover agent very close to the royal family, their characters remain clueless since the elf decided to ask Diogenes to use a major illusion to make it seem like the charming wizard settled his long-time feud with Shealis in a rather spectacular way. What they saw was Shealis dying off a Melf's Acid Arrow in front of the protesting bystanders. Thus, the "official story" was that these two suddenly went at each other while the elf was talking Shealis into giving him the case.
But I digress, my real request here is I'm looking for an encounter I could throw at them just before they leave Gate Pass. I'm not a big fan of having the Black Horse Bounty Hunters stalk them for what would make it 3 fights total (The one at the Poison Apple Pub and the one at the gauntlet being the other 2). They creamed the Bounty Hunters at the pub by the way, to a point where Kathor was forced to ask for mercy so I figured the Gauntlet attack would be Kathor-less and would feature a pretty pissed off Renard.
So the encounter would need to meet the purpose of introducing Rantle and would ideally involve non-human enemies, just to remind them that this is still Dungeons and Dragons after all! A loose Ragesian monstrous ally maybe? (But keep in mind they are a Level 2 party at this point). I was thinking about something assaulting the Councilman Menash manor but then, they already face a "siege" situation in Act 5.
Any suggestions?
-Marcon
