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<blockquote data-quote="ajanders" data-source="post: 5094050" data-attributes="member: 3271"><p>See if any of these help...</p><p></p><p>1. The governor really doesn't like kidnappers. He sent the kidnapper a cursed magical item as part of the ransom. Alternately, there's a big evil thing bound to the chest that's going to leap out and kill everyone in the room when the chest is opened.</p><p>Potential issues include:</p><p>a. Once the demon is loose, what happens? The governor didn't think this through, and now the demon is loose to wreak havoc on the world.</p><p>b. "OK, who taught the governor a demon-summoning ritual?"</p><p>c. Is demon-summoning an impeachable offense? Even if it's in a good cause?</p><p></p><p>2. A powerful evil magic item is the ransom: these magically sophisticated kidnappers aren't going to be satisfied with mere gold and silver. Issues include:</p><p>a. What kind of bad guys want the Rod of Asmodeus?</p><p>b. Should we keep the Rod of Asmodeus away from the bad guys, even if it means sacrificing the life of the governor's daughter?</p><p>c. If we do sacrifice the governor's daughter to keep the Rod of Asmodeus away from the bad guys, how much trouble are we in with the governor?</p><p>As a variant, perhaps the governor isn't aware this item is powerful evil magic: the bandits just said "Send us 5000 gp and your gold bookends." Who knew one of the bookends contained a seal of the Abyss?</p><p></p><p>3. The magical bomb has been discussed, as the kidnappers and the governor are in cahoots...and that's very traditional. Governor plots evil with hirelings for profit, governor kills hirelings to avoid splitting the money, governor hires adventuring patsies to move money, governor kills adventuring patsies for operational security, patsies escape and bring governor to justice.</p><p>However, you can run a variation on this...the bomb fails to kill all the kidnappers, too, as well as the party. Can the party overthrow the governor by themselves? Can they get the kidnappers to help? Do they trust the kidnappers to help? Is there a clever way they can get both sides to destroy each other and take all the money?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ajanders, post: 5094050, member: 3271"] See if any of these help... 1. The governor really doesn't like kidnappers. He sent the kidnapper a cursed magical item as part of the ransom. Alternately, there's a big evil thing bound to the chest that's going to leap out and kill everyone in the room when the chest is opened. Potential issues include: a. Once the demon is loose, what happens? The governor didn't think this through, and now the demon is loose to wreak havoc on the world. b. "OK, who taught the governor a demon-summoning ritual?" c. Is demon-summoning an impeachable offense? Even if it's in a good cause? 2. A powerful evil magic item is the ransom: these magically sophisticated kidnappers aren't going to be satisfied with mere gold and silver. Issues include: a. What kind of bad guys want the Rod of Asmodeus? b. Should we keep the Rod of Asmodeus away from the bad guys, even if it means sacrificing the life of the governor's daughter? c. If we do sacrifice the governor's daughter to keep the Rod of Asmodeus away from the bad guys, how much trouble are we in with the governor? As a variant, perhaps the governor isn't aware this item is powerful evil magic: the bandits just said "Send us 5000 gp and your gold bookends." Who knew one of the bookends contained a seal of the Abyss? 3. The magical bomb has been discussed, as the kidnappers and the governor are in cahoots...and that's very traditional. Governor plots evil with hirelings for profit, governor kills hirelings to avoid splitting the money, governor hires adventuring patsies to move money, governor kills adventuring patsies for operational security, patsies escape and bring governor to justice. However, you can run a variation on this...the bomb fails to kill all the kidnappers, too, as well as the party. Can the party overthrow the governor by themselves? Can they get the kidnappers to help? Do they trust the kidnappers to help? Is there a clever way they can get both sides to destroy each other and take all the money? [/QUOTE]
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