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<blockquote data-quote="Trihelios" data-source="post: 5044897" data-attributes="member: 86364">I personally agree with Jester's sentiments and would advise just weaving this into the ongoing story and have events work out naturally without any GM interference. However since you may prefer a different style, here are two ideas you might try to keep your plot intact.1) Get him to play the brother. You seem to have not yet decided whether the brother would be evil or not. The player could take over this NPC brother, perhaps the oracle has redeemed him or convinced him that he must join the party in order to accomplish his goals. This way, most of the plot hooks and character relationships will still be intact, all you need to do is create a new evil villain for your series (perhaps someone who hired the brother to do his initial evil actions that the brother can now warn the group about).2) Jump forwards in time. If resurrection is possible within your setting but just not convenient in the current scope of the adventure, then simply skip over the next few months. Start next session with a recap that the brother somehow managed to escape with the oracle, they got their colleague resurrected and now they're trying to track the brother down again.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Trihelios, post: 5044897, member: 86364"] I personally agree with Jester's sentiments and would advise just weaving this into the ongoing story and have events work out naturally without any GM interference. However since you may prefer a different style, here are two ideas you might try to keep your plot intact. 1) Get him to play the brother. You seem to have not yet decided whether the brother would be evil or not. The player could take over this NPC brother, perhaps the oracle has redeemed him or convinced him that he must join the party in order to accomplish his goals. This way, most of the plot hooks and character relationships will still be intact, all you need to do is create a new evil villain for your series (perhaps someone who hired the brother to do his initial evil actions that the brother can now warn the group about). 2) Jump forwards in time. If resurrection is possible within your setting but just not convenient in the current scope of the adventure, then simply skip over the next few months. Start next session with a recap that the brother somehow managed to escape with the oracle, they got their colleague resurrected and now they're trying to track the brother down again. [/QUOTE]

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