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[ZEITGEIST] The Continuing Adventures of Korrigan & Co.
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<blockquote data-quote="gideonpepys" data-source="post: 5732803" data-attributes="member: 79141"><p><strong>Contacts</strong></p><p></p><p>Thought it was about time I added to my previous (unfinished) post about contacts. My fears that players wouldn't co-operate were soon assuaged (so no need to fret, N'Raac! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />) when I received a number of detailed emails on the subject - particularly after the first couple of players benefited from having their contacts play a role in our buffer sessions.</p><p></p><p>We had already fleshed out each character with close family, places of residence and that sort of thing and in some cases they helped to provide contacts too. </p><p></p><p>Leon, for example, the Danoran warlock, was holed up in the bayou when he was caught and recruited. He was living in a brothel run by Lilly - another tiefling with a troubled background. Leon was heavily scarred on his right side by a Danoran bombardment during the Yerasol War; Lilly is covered in self-inflicted knife-wounds. Lilly loves Leon, but he is too besotted with the memory of the eladrin maiden who healed him to truly love her back.</p><p> </p><p>Lilly is a fantastic contact, and her brothel serves as a crossroads for the seedier elements of Pine Island.</p><p></p><p>Leon also knows Adele, a spirited tiefling orphan whose parents were killed during an anti-Danoran riot many years ago. She survived on her own by running errands, petty larceny, and by collecting and selling hallucinogenic mushrooms. Leon first met her through Lilly (who buys her shrooms). Adele has recently become involved with higher level drug smuggling.</p><p></p><p>His other contacts are Xat - an elderly dwarven loan shark. Ex Kell Guilder. Here's the player's email about him:</p><p></p><p>Xat grew up on Pine Island and is well known (if not well-liked) in the area and was hired as muscle in his younger days. He eventually become a loan shark and has been operating for many years, in the last few decades he has been depending on hired help for collections. Recently he has expanding into money laundering. Leon first met Xat shortly after his arrival in Flint, short on money Leon borrowed money to set himself up. After the loan was paid Leon briefly worked for Xat collecting debts. Xat is merciless when it comes to collecting money owed but he is honest and straight forward.</p><p>They respect and trust each other on a professional level but each knows they are far too ruthless to be close.</p><p>Physical description:</p><p>Tall for a dwarf, Xat was once quite well built but now looks pudgy; the only remaining signs of his violent past are the scars on his knuckles. Xat wears loose fitting silk and favours dark green colours.</p><p></p><p>Leon rounded out his contacts with the Vekeshi Mystics of Flint. (He didn't take that as his theme, but is interested in them politically. Needless to say they are wary of a Danoran tiefling, no matter that he is a fey pact warlock.) I also fleshed out the entity from whence he derives his fey powers - a creature named Avagdu that dwells in the marshes and bends many local fey to its will. Avagdu derives its own power from the Voice of Rot. I figure that Leon may be able to call on Avagdu for aid when it comes to lore related to the waterways of the locale.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gideonpepys, post: 5732803, member: 79141"] [b]Contacts[/b] Thought it was about time I added to my previous (unfinished) post about contacts. My fears that players wouldn't co-operate were soon assuaged (so no need to fret, N'Raac! ;)) when I received a number of detailed emails on the subject - particularly after the first couple of players benefited from having their contacts play a role in our buffer sessions. We had already fleshed out each character with close family, places of residence and that sort of thing and in some cases they helped to provide contacts too. Leon, for example, the Danoran warlock, was holed up in the bayou when he was caught and recruited. He was living in a brothel run by Lilly - another tiefling with a troubled background. Leon was heavily scarred on his right side by a Danoran bombardment during the Yerasol War; Lilly is covered in self-inflicted knife-wounds. Lilly loves Leon, but he is too besotted with the memory of the eladrin maiden who healed him to truly love her back. Lilly is a fantastic contact, and her brothel serves as a crossroads for the seedier elements of Pine Island. Leon also knows Adele, a spirited tiefling orphan whose parents were killed during an anti-Danoran riot many years ago. She survived on her own by running errands, petty larceny, and by collecting and selling hallucinogenic mushrooms. Leon first met her through Lilly (who buys her shrooms). Adele has recently become involved with higher level drug smuggling. His other contacts are Xat - an elderly dwarven loan shark. Ex Kell Guilder. Here's the player's email about him: Xat grew up on Pine Island and is well known (if not well-liked) in the area and was hired as muscle in his younger days. He eventually become a loan shark and has been operating for many years, in the last few decades he has been depending on hired help for collections. Recently he has expanding into money laundering. Leon first met Xat shortly after his arrival in Flint, short on money Leon borrowed money to set himself up. After the loan was paid Leon briefly worked for Xat collecting debts. Xat is merciless when it comes to collecting money owed but he is honest and straight forward. They respect and trust each other on a professional level but each knows they are far too ruthless to be close. Physical description: Tall for a dwarf, Xat was once quite well built but now looks pudgy; the only remaining signs of his violent past are the scars on his knuckles. Xat wears loose fitting silk and favours dark green colours. Leon rounded out his contacts with the Vekeshi Mystics of Flint. (He didn't take that as his theme, but is interested in them politically. Needless to say they are wary of a Danoran tiefling, no matter that he is a fey pact warlock.) I also fleshed out the entity from whence he derives his fey powers - a creature named Avagdu that dwells in the marshes and bends many local fey to its will. Avagdu derives its own power from the Voice of Rot. I figure that Leon may be able to call on Avagdu for aid when it comes to lore related to the waterways of the locale. [/QUOTE]
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