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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Erywin" data-source="post: 3545944" data-attributes="member: 28794">Ok just finished DMing an amazing session so I thought I would spend a few minutes telling you all about it <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":P" title="Stick out tongue    :P"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":P" />  Plus I wanted feedback on if anybody else had tried something like this and have it work out.  Note:  All the players LOVED it, even the player getting grilled <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Background:  The main player this revolves around plays a Human Fighter/Wizard that had the Mark of Making (House Cannith), now I say had cause about 5 sessions ago I gave them the chance to rebuild thier characters (ala PHB2 with a few changes).  Now the player decided to get rid of her Dragonmarked feats and take some different ones that added more blasting power.  Now this player has been playing for over a year but is generally a casual player, but I always thought she had the ability to become an awesome roleplayer if given the proper chance.  So I decided to ambush her with a roleplaying heavy session focused on her but with a really odd twist.  Now I know this could've backfired on me badly, possibly turning the player off D&D all together, but I had to take the chance <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />What happened:  After the rebuild session they dropped by Stormreach on thier way to a Giant Ziggurat deep in Zen'dric.  Word started spreading that somebody had noticed her and the loss of her dragonmark, something that had NEVER happened during the course of history.  While the party was off in the middle of the jungle fighting Blood of Vol and other bad guys (Grasp of the Emerald Claw adjusted for 6 lvl 8-11 gestalted PCs) word got back to Sharn about the loss of the Mark, an Inquiry was formed and they started looking for her to ask a bunch of questions.  Representatives of House Tharashk, House Medani, House Sivis, Arcanix and the Korranberg Chronicles were all involved.  They knew approx. what day the PCs were due back in Sharn and after the party had a chance to get some chores done, I sent House Tharashk to track them down and "request" her audience at the inquiry.  Now here comes the fun part <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />  I gave each of the other Players a short discription on one of the Representatives that they would play in the Inquiry, with a quirk and goal for each one.  They would be asking all the questions and I would be at the players side to help with some of the finer details.  I gave the other players an outline of questions to ask and appointed Blarg (who had helped me with the list of ideas/questions) as the leader of the Inquiry.Things got off to a great start, with all the players getting into thier new roles quickly and asking some awesome questions that weren't on the sheet I gave them, they all worked at the goals as well <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />  Zev, the PC who was getting grilled held up VERY well and managed to answer all the questions and provided TONNES of more plot hooks <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" />  This had the added benefit of getting the two newer PCs up to speed as well as revisiting a bunch of old plots for the older PCs as well, the PCs were in the front row of the audience, basically told to sit down and be quite <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":P" title="Stick out tongue    :P"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":P" />  I gotta say it was one of the funnest sessions for me to run as a DM, plus it marks the start of me stepping away from running Adventure Path type campaigns, going freeform now, wish me luck <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" />  It was great sitting back and watching the players do all the work as I just sat back and smiled, had to clear up a few things for Zev but not as much as I thought I was going to have to <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Anybodyelse tried anything along these lines?  I have been thinking outside of the box alot lately to keep things interesting in this campaign as we are reaching a stage that none of us have reached (Post 10th level).  I hope atleast it might help other DMs try something similar <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />  Got any questions, just ask.Cheers,E</blockquote>

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