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<blockquote data-quote="David Argall" data-source="post: 833275" data-attributes="member: 4481">additionsUrdas can use a little expansion.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; He needs a job besides executions.&nbsp; At 10,000, our city suffers about 200 adult deaths a year.&nbsp; [The figures of average lifespan of 20 years count the frequent deaths of babies and small children.&nbsp; Those who made it past childhood had a very good chance of reaching 50, tho 65 was originally chosen for government pensions because so few reached it.]&nbsp; We want to reserve as many of those deaths as we can for PC action, and that means there won't be many executions.&nbsp; &nbsp; Generally the executioner was also the torturer, so we can put Urdas in charge of interrogations as well as executions.&nbsp; That gives him considerably more work, and more plot hooks.&nbsp; [Particularly in clearing the innocent.&nbsp; urdas can become convinced any of his 'clients' is being accused by overeager or corrupt superiors and call in the PC, who also has a deadline for success since Urdas will eventually force the victim to confess.]&nbsp; &nbsp; Urdas actually finds a woman who finds his job a lure.&nbsp; PCs are called in to aid his attempts to court her, investigate her for any motive at Gurkus' insistance, or protect her from Gurkus who deems her future children as a threat to his ever being chief executioner.&nbsp; &nbsp; Urdas has been living quite well ever since the death of one of his clients.&nbsp; Did he torture the treasure location out of him and kill him?&nbsp; Did he take a bribe to fake the death?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="David Argall, post: 833275, member: 4481"] [b]additions[/b] Urdas can use a little expansion. He needs a job besides executions. At 10,000, our city suffers about 200 adult deaths a year. [The figures of average lifespan of 20 years count the frequent deaths of babies and small children. Those who made it past childhood had a very good chance of reaching 50, tho 65 was originally chosen for government pensions because so few reached it.] We want to reserve as many of those deaths as we can for PC action, and that means there won't be many executions. Generally the executioner was also the torturer, so we can put Urdas in charge of interrogations as well as executions. That gives him considerably more work, and more plot hooks. [Particularly in clearing the innocent. urdas can become convinced any of his 'clients' is being accused by overeager or corrupt superiors and call in the PC, who also has a deadline for success since Urdas will eventually force the victim to confess.] Urdas actually finds a woman who finds his job a lure. PCs are called in to aid his attempts to court her, investigate her for any motive at Gurkus' insistance, or protect her from Gurkus who deems her future children as a threat to his ever being chief executioner. Urdas has been living quite well ever since the death of one of his clients. Did he torture the treasure location out of him and kill him? Did he take a bribe to fake the death? [/QUOTE]

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