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Message: <blockquote data-quote="touc" data-source="post: 8176255" data-attributes="member: 19270">Being a Kingmaker campaign, the party was tightly-knit during character creation. After all, they have ambitions to form their own barony, and that requires unity. So, losing anyone is rough at this point, and the tightness of the bonds has meant any one of them would take an arrow for the other.The backstory is complex but involves unity behind the idea one of their own is a bastard of a duchal bloodline that mysteriously vanished about 12 years ago, leaving their country without its King and ruling duchy. It has been ruled by a regent since, and it's hard to press his claim since (1) he'd be assassinated pretty quickly, (2) he doesn't have hard proof, and (3) all other known bastards vanished as well, casting doubt on anyone who says they're a bastard. So, instead of pressing a claim, they worked up an opportunity to forge their own path. The Ranger never had a family, and now he sees a chance to leave a legacy, a place where maybe the rules can be a bit different.The beast was a random encounter and it ripped his guts out because that's what they do. I turned it into a local legend (the "nightmare beast" because it is never where it is supposed to be), hated by the "good" fey they encountered as the creatures were so vile they had to be driven from fey realms. I have also dropped the possibility they could do something with its hide one day as a grizzled trapper they had done a big favor for skinned the thing while they were off exploring and told them he heard big wizards in the big city can do wonders with things like this.It sucked, really. The battle was chaotic, messy, and a close call. The player was bummed, off table. However, it's been leading to some great real-life unity. The rest of the players are genuinely concerned with getting him back. We all know he could have simply rolled up a character, jumped back into the game, and at no cost. Instead, they took a 1,000gp IOU, are in debt to a druid who demanded concessions if they settle the lands, and they're happy about it! When one of my other gamers reached out on behalf of the new guy, I said we're in the right place for something like this: a quest to find your original form.How that happens, working on it!</blockquote>

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