buddhafrog
First Post
that's awesome! I need to find a way to point towards the end of this campaign b/c the school year is ending in Feb b/c this is for a school class... but this idea is good enough that I might try to find a way to do it.
Assassination of the Prince
- Thread starter buddhafrog
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that's awesome! I need to find a way to point towards the end of this campaign b/c the school year is ending in Feb b/c this is for a school class... but this idea is good enough that I might try to find a way to do it.
Piratecat
Sesquipedalian
It might solve those problems up-thread where a real prince would be too well protected for a low level group to slay. A doppelganger duplicate could easily be over-confident due to his telepathy, and you could give your group a fun, challenging, memorable fight without feeling like you were making it too easy.
Heh. Imagine the hilarity after they kill the "prince." the guard rushes in. "these heroes have slain a pretender! They have killed the prince's abductor! Long live the heroes!" And then the group is given a celebratory banquet and parade, hailed as heroes, and sent off to rescue the REAL prince from where the doppelgangers are holding him.
Uh oh. Do they rescue him to great acclaim, or assassinate him? Or both? Fun, tough choice!
-- o --
My rule of thumb in game design:
1. Take a trope ("assassinate the prince")
2. Say "yes, and..." as you twist it in an unexpected way ("what if it's not really the prince, but hints at a much deeper plot?")
3. Say "yes, and..." as you figure out the consequences (does a new dopp arrive, thwarting their plans? do they get hailed as heroes when they really really aren't?)
Keeps the players on their toes.
Heh. Imagine the hilarity after they kill the "prince." the guard rushes in. "these heroes have slain a pretender! They have killed the prince's abductor! Long live the heroes!" And then the group is given a celebratory banquet and parade, hailed as heroes, and sent off to rescue the REAL prince from where the doppelgangers are holding him.
Uh oh. Do they rescue him to great acclaim, or assassinate him? Or both? Fun, tough choice!
-- o --
My rule of thumb in game design:
1. Take a trope ("assassinate the prince")
2. Say "yes, and..." as you twist it in an unexpected way ("what if it's not really the prince, but hints at a much deeper plot?")
3. Say "yes, and..." as you figure out the consequences (does a new dopp arrive, thwarting their plans? do they get hailed as heroes when they really really aren't?)
Keeps the players on their toes.
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Celebrim
Legend
Yes, it does; it is a very inspired stroke. I'm definately going to file it away for future exploitation if the time comes.
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