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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ravingdork" data-source="post: 4457658" data-attributes="member: 12084">Actually, I think now would be a good time to mention exactly what his orders were. *Digs up GM notes*Church Superiors: "This heretic has been roaming the countryside for weeks, openly speaking out against our church, our faith, and our ideals. He has publicly and brutally put to death anyone who would dare refute his claims. He must be stopped. We leave that in your hands. Do not fail us in this. Bahamut go with you."It was left kind of open ended. This is why he would get a slap on the wrist I am thinking, and also......I was kind of hoping the paladin or one of the other party members (also servents of the church, but in vastly different capacities) would question their superior or at least ask for evidence of their bounty's crimes. Being blindly loyal, apparently, they never once suspected that their patron is corrupt and is using them as a tool to rid himself of political rivals (they all failed passive Insight checks). Once they have outlived their usefulness, he intends to dispose of them like he does with all things that may threaten his personal power.Make no mistake, the man they captured WAS comitting a great many foul deeds against their church, but was he truly evil and worthy of being "stopped?" <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/devil.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":devil:" title="Devil    :devil:" data-shortname=":devil:" />I can't wait to see the party's reaction once they find out they are being used for "less than devout" purposes. For all I know they will just shrug their shoulders in the end and continue following their patron anyways (perhaps they really are that blindly loyal?). On the other hand, they may seek to displace their patron by seeking aid from other church leaders and making an active stand against their former patron. If they try to kill their patron in the end (which, given their history, they may well attempt) the church will not take kindly to the "heretical assassins who committed foul deeds in the name of Bahamut and then tried to implicate/assassinate devout and honorable church leaders." <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/devious.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":]" title="Devious    :]" data-shortname=":]" />Just awesome plot hooks and story angles all around, no matter what the characters do from here. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

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