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<blockquote data-quote="Harmon" data-source="post: 1830734" data-attributes="member: 24357"><p><strong>A different view- I hope</strong></p><p></p><p>Bestow Curse on all of the prisoners (nothing fancy just the -4 to saves, skills, etc.) then Blind them with Blindness/Deafness (less screaming if they can hear), and lastly chain them to a wall barely within reach of one another (don't let them pass things- like possible lock picks).</p><p></p><p>Have a couple guards watching them- both "nice" guys, make them friendly, give the prisoners hope- perhaps have the guards telling them about their plans to help the prisoners escape when the time comes right- "you just need to have faith, we will get you out of here," of course in whispered tones. This will keep the prisoners from coming up with their own plans- after all their friends the guards have a sure fire plan to get them out.</p><p></p><p>Should the prisoners hear a resuce they might even try to alert the guards, thinking the rescue is actually the ritaul people coming for them.</p><p></p><p>In the end remove the blindness from one or two of the prisoners- the guards tell him something like- "you have to pretend you're still blind," then start sneaking the prisoners out a few days later, right into the ritual. The prisoner will feel betrayed, and lose all hope right then.</p><p></p><p>Have the guards they trusted strap them down, laughing and telling them- "oh, we're freeing you- this is part of the escape plan," smiling and laughing the whole time.</p><p></p><p>Bolting the chains makes things difficult for you, breaking hands and feet means you have to feed them (you want them alive and thinking they have a chance at life), expensive gadget magic items are for rich villians and those items can be sold by the PCs later to finance their own activities. </p><p></p><p>Hope this helps, its what I would do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Harmon, post: 1830734, member: 24357"] [b]A different view- I hope[/b] Bestow Curse on all of the prisoners (nothing fancy just the -4 to saves, skills, etc.) then Blind them with Blindness/Deafness (less screaming if they can hear), and lastly chain them to a wall barely within reach of one another (don't let them pass things- like possible lock picks). Have a couple guards watching them- both "nice" guys, make them friendly, give the prisoners hope- perhaps have the guards telling them about their plans to help the prisoners escape when the time comes right- "you just need to have faith, we will get you out of here," of course in whispered tones. This will keep the prisoners from coming up with their own plans- after all their friends the guards have a sure fire plan to get them out. Should the prisoners hear a resuce they might even try to alert the guards, thinking the rescue is actually the ritaul people coming for them. In the end remove the blindness from one or two of the prisoners- the guards tell him something like- "you have to pretend you're still blind," then start sneaking the prisoners out a few days later, right into the ritual. The prisoner will feel betrayed, and lose all hope right then. Have the guards they trusted strap them down, laughing and telling them- "oh, we're freeing you- this is part of the escape plan," smiling and laughing the whole time. Bolting the chains makes things difficult for you, breaking hands and feet means you have to feed them (you want them alive and thinking they have a chance at life), expensive gadget magic items are for rich villians and those items can be sold by the PCs later to finance their own activities. Hope this helps, its what I would do. [/QUOTE]
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