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<blockquote data-quote="Unwise" data-source="post: 5734644" data-attributes="member: 98008"><p>It's late so I can't read over everything, but will chime in while I can with a few brief notes.</p><p></p><p>What about making the stone more specifically linked to Bael Turath? </p><p>- It would explain how a tiefling historian knew about it.</p><p>- Allows for competing tielflings, devils and dragonborn all having a very good reason to stop the PCs gathering the mcguffins.</p><p></p><p>As for the nature of the stone shard, I would probably make it a piece from the original High Throne of Bael Turath. The one the king sat in when he first made the deal with the devils that eventually turned the humans into tieflings and granted the empire immense power.</p><p></p><p>I can imagine that throne as being very very powerful for warlocks. It was likely smashed into peices by the Arkhosians during the war. If enough of it is recovered, whoever sits on the throne can call back into effect the pacts with Asmodeus. The wording of the contract could be "..and the legion will offer all assistance to the one that sits upon the throne of Bael Turath...".</p><p></p><p>Finally, I would suggest against having the bad guy competing for the items, that is over done. Instead, I would have the PCs working for the BBEG unknowingly. This guy keeps sending them on missions to recover these stones and he pays well. </p><p></p><p>Eventually, they start being attacked by evil tieflings and even devils. In PC thinking, this means they are doing something good, they seldom consider that one evil group might be trying to stop another evil group.</p><p></p><p>Then they start getting attacked by Dragonborn who don't seem all that evil. Then Paladins of Bahamut start hunting them down, if they have not twigged by now, they will. By then it is too late, the tiefling gets the last bit he needs, or makes do with an incomplete set. He rises to power and the PCs put him there, they must stop the evil they have unleashed upon the world.</p><p></p><p>Hmm I'm rather taken with this, I might flesh it out into a short campaign some time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Unwise, post: 5734644, member: 98008"] It's late so I can't read over everything, but will chime in while I can with a few brief notes. What about making the stone more specifically linked to Bael Turath? - It would explain how a tiefling historian knew about it. - Allows for competing tielflings, devils and dragonborn all having a very good reason to stop the PCs gathering the mcguffins. As for the nature of the stone shard, I would probably make it a piece from the original High Throne of Bael Turath. The one the king sat in when he first made the deal with the devils that eventually turned the humans into tieflings and granted the empire immense power. I can imagine that throne as being very very powerful for warlocks. It was likely smashed into peices by the Arkhosians during the war. If enough of it is recovered, whoever sits on the throne can call back into effect the pacts with Asmodeus. The wording of the contract could be "..and the legion will offer all assistance to the one that sits upon the throne of Bael Turath...". Finally, I would suggest against having the bad guy competing for the items, that is over done. Instead, I would have the PCs working for the BBEG unknowingly. This guy keeps sending them on missions to recover these stones and he pays well. Eventually, they start being attacked by evil tieflings and even devils. In PC thinking, this means they are doing something good, they seldom consider that one evil group might be trying to stop another evil group. Then they start getting attacked by Dragonborn who don't seem all that evil. Then Paladins of Bahamut start hunting them down, if they have not twigged by now, they will. By then it is too late, the tiefling gets the last bit he needs, or makes do with an incomplete set. He rises to power and the PCs put him there, they must stop the evil they have unleashed upon the world. Hmm I'm rather taken with this, I might flesh it out into a short campaign some time. [/QUOTE]
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