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[ZEITGEIST] The Continuing Adventures of Korrigan & Co.
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<blockquote data-quote="gideonpepys" data-source="post: 6095878" data-attributes="member: 79141"><p><strong>Session 64a - Unit B</strong></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit">Looking ahead to <em>Cauldron Born</em>, I have a couple of issues with the Unit B concept:</span></p><p> </p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><span style="font-family: inherit">A couple of DMs on these boards have said their players were not wholly engaged during these cut-scenes.</span> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><span style="font-family: inherit">Unit A leader, Marshal Korrigan, newly promoted to Chief Inspector, disbanded 'unit B' after they sided with Margaret Saxby. He had Carlao and Serena shipped out of Flint, though he installed Dima as his assistant.</span> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><span style="font-family: inherit">I have already had Lorcan Kell massacre a group of characters created by my players, so I don't plan to do that again. They hate him enough already.</span> </li> </ol><p> <span style="font-family: inherit"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit">There was also the practical matter of generating material enough to fill the void between each official adventure, without over-complicating the main plot. And I plan to flesh out the Cauldron Born threads and provide more than enough material to allow a full-blown second unit to have a viable function within the adventure.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit">So I asked my players to generate brand new first level characters to form a unit that had been hand-picked by Korrigan himself. The idea is that Korrigan has chosen officers he considers 'incorruptible'. This was back when we had seven full-time players, and at that point the roster looked like this:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit"><strong>Captain Theren Silverspire</strong> - <em>grounded </em>elven lifespirit warden (guardian theme). Has been running a small unit out in the Cloudwood, dealing with local goblinoid and fey threats. Level-headed and loyal. His marks and attacks cause roots and vines to entwine his enemies. Very thoughtful, and down-to-earth, in marked contrast with...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit"></span><strong><span style="font-family: inherit">चमकीला</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: inherit">पक्षति</span></strong><span style="font-family: inherit"> - <em>decadent</em> elven fire elementalist (skyseer). Theren's brother. He changed his orginal elven name to an ancient eladrin one (based on Sanskrit and a translation of 'Resplendent Plumage'). First name pronounced 'Brajham'. Wears colourful robes and lots of gold. Flighty and impetuous, but beguiling despite his strangeness, it was Brajham who encouraged his brother to request a transfer to Flint around the time Korrigan was looking for fresh blood. Brajham sensed that the city would play an important part in the future of Risur and Lanjyr. His 'fire' attacks take the form of fire flowers and rainbows of light, often bursting from the roots and vines created by his brother.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit"><strong>Fenwig</strong> - female bugbear slayer (gunsmith). The Silverspires' scout. Player absent. The RHC has taken a long time to clear her for duty (so she does not appear in this first session). I have no idea what she'll turn out like at the table. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit"><strong>Niniel Erendis</strong> - <em>enthusiastic </em>female 'half-elf' cunning bard (docker). A longtime RHC associate. She is half-fey, not half-elf and is actually a reskinned changeling (as many fey can alter their appearance and appear as alluring humans). Used to be a dancer - not a lapdancer, but a traditional dancer. Glad to have been embraced as a full-time member of the RHC who she hero-worships.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit"><strong>the Badger</strong> - <em>surly</em> halfling tempest fighter (unspecified theme). Niniel's partner. (Dockers sometimes refer to them as ‘Honey & the Badger’.) Together they have been taking down various small gangs throughout Parity Lake, proving their trustworthiness and incorruptibility. Fights with whip and short sword. Player absent, so we decided he was not brought in as a unit member initially. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit"><strong>Sevitar Anrathi</strong> – <em>ruthless</em> revenant assassin (martial scientist). A real loner who no-one wants to work with, and the feeling is mutual. Decades ago (around the time of the RHC’s inception) one of the first Flint units chased a powerful necromancy into the Bleak Gate around Cauldron Hill. None of them returned, until two years ago, when Sevitar Anrathi walked out of the Bleak Gate. At first it was assumed he was a ghost, but spirit mediums determined he was still the real Sevitar, though his form had been drastically altered by years in the Bleak Gate. Sevitar despises modern Flint, and works relentlessly to bring unscrupulous factory owners and landlords to book.</span></p><p></p><p> <strong><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></strong><span style="font-family: inherit"><strong>Doctor William Stanmore</strong>– human wizard (technologist). (Another absent player.) </span>Will is a veteran of the war and has never really let go of the military mindset. Its not so much about enforcing the law as it about destroying the enemy. He is unconcerned with morality or ethics as long as the mission is achieved. Will is fiercely loyal to the King and adheres to a strict command structure, He is supports the industrialization of the nation and views people who oppose it as idiots or traitors. Not much of a talker and uninterested in debating the mission at hand. He requested to transfer to Flint from the capital as he believes the nations future is Flint. He knows a Few people in the military but other than that has very few contacts in the city. I have a feeling he and Sevitar will get on famously.<span style="font-family: inherit"></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: inherit"></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: inherit"></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: inherit">This week, the main unit was about to undertake the Nalaam Arena encounter, but Leon’s player was out (along with the other two medium-to-long term absentees). I couldn’t very well press ahead with the climax of the Vekeshi Mystic subplot without him (or justify his absence) so we played out the first Unit B session instead, with only Theren, Brajham, Niniel and Sevitar.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></p><p></p><p> <span style="font-family: inherit">Details to follow…</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gideonpepys, post: 6095878, member: 79141"] [b]Session 64a - Unit B[/b] [FONT='inherit']Looking ahead to [I]Cauldron Born[/I], I have a couple of issues with the Unit B concept:[/FONT] [LIST=1] [*][FONT='inherit']A couple of DMs on these boards have said their players were not wholly engaged during these cut-scenes.[/FONT] [*][FONT='inherit']Unit A leader, Marshal Korrigan, newly promoted to Chief Inspector, disbanded 'unit B' after they sided with Margaret Saxby. He had Carlao and Serena shipped out of Flint, though he installed Dima as his assistant.[/FONT] [*][FONT='inherit']I have already had Lorcan Kell massacre a group of characters created by my players, so I don't plan to do that again. They hate him enough already.[/FONT] [/LIST] [FONT='inherit'] There was also the practical matter of generating material enough to fill the void between each official adventure, without over-complicating the main plot. And I plan to flesh out the Cauldron Born threads and provide more than enough material to allow a full-blown second unit to have a viable function within the adventure. So I asked my players to generate brand new first level characters to form a unit that had been hand-picked by Korrigan himself. The idea is that Korrigan has chosen officers he considers 'incorruptible'. This was back when we had seven full-time players, and at that point the roster looked like this: [B]Captain Theren Silverspire[/B] - [I]grounded [/I]elven lifespirit warden (guardian theme). Has been running a small unit out in the Cloudwood, dealing with local goblinoid and fey threats. Level-headed and loyal. His marks and attacks cause roots and vines to entwine his enemies. Very thoughtful, and down-to-earth, in marked contrast with... [/FONT][B][FONT='inherit']चमकीला[/FONT][/B][B][FONT='inherit']पक्षति[/FONT][/B][FONT='inherit'] - [I]decadent[/I] elven fire elementalist (skyseer). Theren's brother. He changed his orginal elven name to an ancient eladrin one (based on Sanskrit and a translation of 'Resplendent Plumage'). First name pronounced 'Brajham'. Wears colourful robes and lots of gold. Flighty and impetuous, but beguiling despite his strangeness, it was Brajham who encouraged his brother to request a transfer to Flint around the time Korrigan was looking for fresh blood. Brajham sensed that the city would play an important part in the future of Risur and Lanjyr. His 'fire' attacks take the form of fire flowers and rainbows of light, often bursting from the roots and vines created by his brother. [B]Fenwig[/B] - female bugbear slayer (gunsmith). The Silverspires' scout. Player absent. The RHC has taken a long time to clear her for duty (so she does not appear in this first session). I have no idea what she'll turn out like at the table. [B]Niniel Erendis[/B] - [I]enthusiastic [/I]female 'half-elf' cunning bard (docker). A longtime RHC associate. She is half-fey, not half-elf and is actually a reskinned changeling (as many fey can alter their appearance and appear as alluring humans). Used to be a dancer - not a lapdancer, but a traditional dancer. Glad to have been embraced as a full-time member of the RHC who she hero-worships. [B]the Badger[/B] - [I]surly[/I] halfling tempest fighter (unspecified theme). Niniel's partner. (Dockers sometimes refer to them as ‘Honey & the Badger’.) Together they have been taking down various small gangs throughout Parity Lake, proving their trustworthiness and incorruptibility. Fights with whip and short sword. Player absent, so we decided he was not brought in as a unit member initially. [B]Sevitar Anrathi[/B] – [I]ruthless[/I] revenant assassin (martial scientist). A real loner who no-one wants to work with, and the feeling is mutual. Decades ago (around the time of the RHC’s inception) one of the first Flint units chased a powerful necromancy into the Bleak Gate around Cauldron Hill. None of them returned, until two years ago, when Sevitar Anrathi walked out of the Bleak Gate. At first it was assumed he was a ghost, but spirit mediums determined he was still the real Sevitar, though his form had been drastically altered by years in the Bleak Gate. Sevitar despises modern Flint, and works relentlessly to bring unscrupulous factory owners and landlords to book.[/FONT] [B][FONT='inherit'] [/FONT][/B][FONT='inherit'][B]Doctor William Stanmore[/B]– human wizard (technologist). (Another absent player.) [/FONT]Will is a veteran of the war and has never really let go of the military mindset. Its not so much about enforcing the law as it about destroying the enemy. He is unconcerned with morality or ethics as long as the mission is achieved. Will is fiercely loyal to the King and adheres to a strict command structure, He is supports the industrialization of the nation and views people who oppose it as idiots or traitors. Not much of a talker and uninterested in debating the mission at hand. He requested to transfer to Flint from the capital as he believes the nations future is Flint. He knows a Few people in the military but other than that has very few contacts in the city. I have a feeling he and Sevitar will get on famously.[FONT='inherit'] [/FONT] [FONT='inherit']This week, the main unit was about to undertake the Nalaam Arena encounter, but Leon’s player was out (along with the other two medium-to-long term absentees). I couldn’t very well press ahead with the climax of the Vekeshi Mystic subplot without him (or justify his absence) so we played out the first Unit B session instead, with only Theren, Brajham, Niniel and Sevitar. [/FONT] [FONT='inherit']Details to follow…[/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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