As I mentioned in another thread, my players are convinced they are going to be waylaid by Ragesian agents as they make their way from Seaquen to Bresk at the start of the fourth adventure, so they're putting together Clever Plans to avoid and/or gain advantage over these predicted agents.
Now, while the book has no such agents, I really would like to reward their cleverness and foresight with some sort of interesting encounter -- nothing too difficult (after all, they're trying to avoid battle, not get into one!), but there should be some sort of benefit that comes out of the encounter. Their current plan still seems to have them going through the swamps to get to the plains of Dassen. I don't think a random monster encounter would be useful, so I've been trying to come up with some sort of Ragesian expeditionary force that they just happen to run into in the swamp. Anyone have any clever ideas on what such an expedition might be doing, and what they might know?
Of course, their alternate clever idea has them going by sea. Not clear what they might encounter out there -- maybe one of the Shahalesti ships limping home after the hurricane, I guess -- or what they might know. Could be a fun excuse for an underwater encounter, though.
So, does anyone have any wild ideas they can share?
Now, while the book has no such agents, I really would like to reward their cleverness and foresight with some sort of interesting encounter -- nothing too difficult (after all, they're trying to avoid battle, not get into one!), but there should be some sort of benefit that comes out of the encounter. Their current plan still seems to have them going through the swamps to get to the plains of Dassen. I don't think a random monster encounter would be useful, so I've been trying to come up with some sort of Ragesian expeditionary force that they just happen to run into in the swamp. Anyone have any clever ideas on what such an expedition might be doing, and what they might know?
Of course, their alternate clever idea has them going by sea. Not clear what they might encounter out there -- maybe one of the Shahalesti ships limping home after the hurricane, I guess -- or what they might know. Could be a fun excuse for an underwater encounter, though.
So, does anyone have any wild ideas they can share?