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<blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 9094941" data-attributes="member: 6790260">Provide strong allies who are chained by their other responsibilities, but who value the PCs enough to save them. E.g., I have a gold dragon on a secret mission (not secret to the PCs, though) which requires that his identity as a dragon remain hidden. He cannot act openly. But he can help the heroes, and most importantly he can save them if something goes horribly wrong. They carry a small piece of him with them, Vorlon-style, so his power is never totally cut off, no matter where they go. (But if they go very far away it may be harder to pull off/cost him more.)Have a secret benefactor who wants the PCs to live. Could be good, bad, or in between. You can drop subtle hints that things are not all they seem, that fortune favors them in subtle ways. Perhaps the gods, playing their Great Game with the loom of time, have by will or by whim decided that these heroes will be important pieces.Maybe have an event the players need to deal with where death isn't claiming people the way it should. They deal with that event early on, but unknowingly, this marks them as allies of Death Herself. And the Lady repays her debts.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="EzekielRaiden, post: 9094941, member: 6790260"] Provide strong allies who are chained by their other responsibilities, but who value the PCs enough to save them. E.g., I have a gold dragon on a secret mission (not secret to the PCs, though) which requires that his identity as a dragon remain hidden. He cannot act openly. But he can help the heroes, and most importantly he can save them if something goes horribly wrong. They carry a small piece of him with them, Vorlon-style, so his power is never totally cut off, no matter where they go. (But if they go very far away it may be harder to pull off/cost him more.) Have a secret benefactor who wants the PCs to live. Could be good, bad, or in between. You can drop subtle hints that things are not all they seem, that fortune favors them in subtle ways. Perhaps the gods, playing their Great Game with the loom of time, have by will or by whim decided that these heroes will be important pieces. Maybe have an event the players need to deal with where death isn't claiming people the way it should. They deal with that event early on, but unknowingly, this marks them as allies of Death Herself. And the Lady repays her debts. [/QUOTE]

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