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Message: <blockquote data-quote="emeraldbeacon" data-source="post: 8655917" data-attributes="member: 7032019">A question... How would you recommend toeing the line between making Lee Sidoneth seem like a threat, while still making him appear likeable and believable as an ally?  I'm trying to throw some bait-and-switch tactics in there, including making Shalosha seem more antagonistic than she really is, making Giorgio seem more like a pompus jerk than an actual threat, and so on.  My current plan for Sidoneth is threefold...<ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Create a rift between Torrent and Lee.  If Torrent is finding her mentor becoming more and more distant, she may be worried about what he's keeping from her, and make the party start to become suspicious.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Get Simeon to point a finger at Lee.  Maybe he has divined that the growing, perpetual storm over the city is somehow being held and controlled artificially, and that he's becoming increasingly frustrated at Lee's inability to deal with the problem, prompting Simeon to ask the heroes to demand an update from Lee.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Have Lee to ask the party to get Torrent out of town.  A the storm gets really bad - probably with only about a week until the big performance - Lee would summon the heroes, specifically without Torrent present, and explain that something is going on that he's not sure he can stop.  He asks the heroes to collect Torrent and just leave town, get out before things get worse, because he couldn't bear for her to get caught up in his failure to stop this storm.  (This is, of course, a thin coating of truth covering a massive lie, as he himself is orchestrating the storm, and only wants the party to leave as they might discover his plans.  Getting Torrent to safety is a minor boon, because he does genuinely care for her safety.)</li> </ol></blockquote>

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