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<blockquote data-quote="FreeTheSlaves" data-source="post: 2503010" data-attributes="member: 9952"><p>Yeah the guys like them, even Phil has gotten over it from when he rolled rotten scores for Lyla with the classic 4d6dl.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Yeah, maybe I'll make the pc's work for their information about the cause of the riots; also the logical location of the clerics & Demagogue can be moved a bit. The Demagogue packs a mighty +22 diplomacy at level 6; given the poor & weak kingdom environment where there is only a solitary level 10 character, this is pretty powerful. I looked at enthrall but it does not do what I want it to, so I opted to make him pack serious diplomatic power in a desperate social environment.</p><p></p><p>This session will be 1/2 chewed up with roleplaying interactions at the court & it can start a little easy; the CR6 Demagogue, the CR5 riot & his full-plated, reach-weapon-tripper cohort, will smash the pc's if they don't treat them with respect. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Yeah, I left that out in the draft as a bit of an oversight because there are already existing plots to build on:</p><p></p><p>Teleor plot advancement: He somehow learns that one of the envoys deaths is insured by the outlawed assassins’ guild; if the envoy has been killed & if he wants to connect with their organization then he might be able identify the assassin traveling westward to deliver their death attack upon whatever ambushed the envoy.</p><p></p><p>Lyla plot advancement: She needs to improve her lands > wealth > status, if she hopes to be able to marry Prince Eugene.</p><p></p><p>Valam plot advancement: The bandits that struck him senseless & kidnapped his beloved aunt & mother figure from in his youth disappeared heading westward (with their answers) towards the elves.</p><p></p><p>Thadeus plot advancement: His original mentor gave him the “tome of pseudonaturalism” before departing Bordovia for the coastal elven kingdom. This may be a good opportunity to quiz him on its properties without revealing to all that he is actually pursuing forbidden lore.</p><p></p><p>****</p><p></p><p>Related insertions:</p><p></p><p>A dynamic ranger/rogue/assasin sub-plot. This figure might start his/her journey down the mountain path 1 day before the pcs & encounter the strong lairs; then return to Bordovia, travelling down to the fishermen village; gather information about the Dragon; find out about the magic item payment; identify that Valam's holy flail would pay the Dragon (he wields it openly & it is worth 22K in a small kingdom of 4000!); locate & try to steal the flail; [travel to the river delta; then seek to persuade the Dragon to annihilate the lairs in the northern maountain pass] _or_ [join forces with the pc's]. </p><p></p><p>A simple monument to the long dead bandits, killed by elven wardens nearly 3 years ago. The elven scout can explain that the elves have respect for life which extends even to brigands; & that one fled northward into the mountain ranges that separate them from the Orcs & barbaric humans.</p><p></p><p>Thadeus's mentor is on the elven fleet.</p><p></p><p>****</p><p></p><p>[Edit: I will edit my original post with these ideas]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FreeTheSlaves, post: 2503010, member: 9952"] Yeah the guys like them, even Phil has gotten over it from when he rolled rotten scores for Lyla with the classic 4d6dl. Yeah, maybe I'll make the pc's work for their information about the cause of the riots; also the logical location of the clerics & Demagogue can be moved a bit. The Demagogue packs a mighty +22 diplomacy at level 6; given the poor & weak kingdom environment where there is only a solitary level 10 character, this is pretty powerful. I looked at enthrall but it does not do what I want it to, so I opted to make him pack serious diplomatic power in a desperate social environment. This session will be 1/2 chewed up with roleplaying interactions at the court & it can start a little easy; the CR6 Demagogue, the CR5 riot & his full-plated, reach-weapon-tripper cohort, will smash the pc's if they don't treat them with respect. Yeah, I left that out in the draft as a bit of an oversight because there are already existing plots to build on: Teleor plot advancement: He somehow learns that one of the envoys deaths is insured by the outlawed assassins’ guild; if the envoy has been killed & if he wants to connect with their organization then he might be able identify the assassin traveling westward to deliver their death attack upon whatever ambushed the envoy. Lyla plot advancement: She needs to improve her lands > wealth > status, if she hopes to be able to marry Prince Eugene. Valam plot advancement: The bandits that struck him senseless & kidnapped his beloved aunt & mother figure from in his youth disappeared heading westward (with their answers) towards the elves. Thadeus plot advancement: His original mentor gave him the “tome of pseudonaturalism” before departing Bordovia for the coastal elven kingdom. This may be a good opportunity to quiz him on its properties without revealing to all that he is actually pursuing forbidden lore. **** Related insertions: A dynamic ranger/rogue/assasin sub-plot. This figure might start his/her journey down the mountain path 1 day before the pcs & encounter the strong lairs; then return to Bordovia, travelling down to the fishermen village; gather information about the Dragon; find out about the magic item payment; identify that Valam's holy flail would pay the Dragon (he wields it openly & it is worth 22K in a small kingdom of 4000!); locate & try to steal the flail; [travel to the river delta; then seek to persuade the Dragon to annihilate the lairs in the northern maountain pass] _or_ [join forces with the pc's]. A simple monument to the long dead bandits, killed by elven wardens nearly 3 years ago. The elven scout can explain that the elves have respect for life which extends even to brigands; & that one fled northward into the mountain ranges that separate them from the Orcs & barbaric humans. Thadeus's mentor is on the elven fleet. **** [Edit: I will edit my original post with these ideas] [/QUOTE]
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