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<blockquote data-quote="ThaDium" data-source="post: 5944722" data-attributes="member: 10437"><p>Right now, they're set up for what I hope will be a lovely recurring villain. Here's how it went down (I'll recount as briefly as possible, certainly leaving out important details):</p><p></p><p>They were summoned by the head of the City of Three's Thieve's Guild who was looking to buy a magic bastard sword from them. (It came from the horde of the dragon they had killed.) In the course of dealing, the guild master (an ogre mage) took the dwarf ranger/rogue into the hallway only to realize he wasn't going to get anywhere with the bearded warrior. So he cast message and told his medusa assassin muscle to turn the other PCs to stone as a power play. They both made their saves, the hobbit mystic theurge hitting it clean and the elven druid/barbarian dropped a character point for a reroll. What then ensued was a standoff straight out of a Quentin Tarintino flick. </p><p></p><p>The PCs were horribly out powered (a minotaur fighter/scout rounded out the guild reps), but the party had rolled into town with a freshly killed dragon carcass and word had quickly and appropriately spread that they were dragons layers. So the NPCs had no desire to throw down. The PCs would up leaving with a magic helmet in exchange for the sword and the elf barbarian insisted on one of the statues in the hallway as recompense for the guild master's powerplay. </p><p></p><p>The statue is of a petrified elf maiden and the elf barbarian fully intends to turn her back to flesh and keep her as a... I'm not entirely sure. Henchman maybe? Not a slave, he's good aligned.</p><p></p><p>Anyway I don't intend to let that work out. She's going to become an antagonist unless they play their cards very carefully. At the moment, I'm thinking she'll be Rogue 4/Sorcerer 5 ne'er-do-well. </p><p></p><p>I'm trying to flesh her out, though. Why was she petrified by the guild? How long ago did it happen? Has she been aware the whole time? If so, what was she aware of? </p><p></p><p>Any thoughts?</p><p></p><p>(oh, and there will be Beholder mounted Illithids. I'm copying the pic now.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ThaDium, post: 5944722, member: 10437"] Right now, they're set up for what I hope will be a lovely recurring villain. Here's how it went down (I'll recount as briefly as possible, certainly leaving out important details): They were summoned by the head of the City of Three's Thieve's Guild who was looking to buy a magic bastard sword from them. (It came from the horde of the dragon they had killed.) In the course of dealing, the guild master (an ogre mage) took the dwarf ranger/rogue into the hallway only to realize he wasn't going to get anywhere with the bearded warrior. So he cast message and told his medusa assassin muscle to turn the other PCs to stone as a power play. They both made their saves, the hobbit mystic theurge hitting it clean and the elven druid/barbarian dropped a character point for a reroll. What then ensued was a standoff straight out of a Quentin Tarintino flick. The PCs were horribly out powered (a minotaur fighter/scout rounded out the guild reps), but the party had rolled into town with a freshly killed dragon carcass and word had quickly and appropriately spread that they were dragons layers. So the NPCs had no desire to throw down. The PCs would up leaving with a magic helmet in exchange for the sword and the elf barbarian insisted on one of the statues in the hallway as recompense for the guild master's powerplay. The statue is of a petrified elf maiden and the elf barbarian fully intends to turn her back to flesh and keep her as a... I'm not entirely sure. Henchman maybe? Not a slave, he's good aligned. Anyway I don't intend to let that work out. She's going to become an antagonist unless they play their cards very carefully. At the moment, I'm thinking she'll be Rogue 4/Sorcerer 5 ne'er-do-well. I'm trying to flesh her out, though. Why was she petrified by the guild? How long ago did it happen? Has she been aware the whole time? If so, what was she aware of? Any thoughts? (oh, and there will be Beholder mounted Illithids. I'm copying the pic now.) [/QUOTE]
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