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<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 7505198" data-attributes="member: 6801845">Like [MENTION=6685730]DMMike[/MENTION], I try to avoid &quot;when this happens and the players do X&quot; thinking and instead think of setting, personalities, groups and motivations.So we have the brother.&nbsp; He's war-weary, but I'm not sure surviving for several years would qualify him for higher office.&nbsp; Depending on the campaign and society, rising through the ranks may not be possible if you aren't high born.&nbsp; You know he loves his sister, but what does he think of the townsfolk?&nbsp; Does he plead with old friends and neighbors, or are they relatively new to the area (perhaps refuges)?&nbsp; Or have they just always been on the outs because of some other reason?The sister.&nbsp; You've got a little bit of personality there, but why does she live on the island?&nbsp; What happened to her, or has she always been this way?The villagers.&nbsp; Are they just ignorant?&nbsp; Is there a specific accuser or some other outside force influencing them such as the priest?&nbsp; Is there any possibility of changing their minds?The priest.&nbsp; Yeah, you have to figure out what's going on here.&nbsp; It could be that he's secretly extracting the sister's blood in a dark ritual causing the problems.&nbsp; He could secretly be fighting a coven of hags the best way he knows how - or perhaps he's secretly cursed or unable to confront the hags directly.&nbsp; How convoluted do you want the plot?&nbsp; One of the villagers could actually be a hag, but the priest doesn't know which one and the sister can potentially help him figure it out.For the specific issues- Reincarnate would be a way to stop the bloodline without permanently killing someone.&nbsp; But is the brother also of the same bloodline or is he a half-brother?- Did the brother retire because he took an arrow the knee?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 7505198, member: 6801845"] Like [MENTION=6685730]DMMike[/MENTION], I try to avoid "when this happens and the players do X" thinking and instead think of setting, personalities, groups and motivations. So we have the brother. He's war-weary, but I'm not sure surviving for several years would qualify him for higher office. Depending on the campaign and society, rising through the ranks may not be possible if you aren't high born. You know he loves his sister, but what does he think of the townsfolk? Does he plead with old friends and neighbors, or are they relatively new to the area (perhaps refuges)? Or have they just always been on the outs because of some other reason? The sister. You've got a little bit of personality there, but why does she live on the island? What happened to her, or has she always been this way? The villagers. Are they just ignorant? Is there a specific accuser or some other outside force influencing them such as the priest? Is there any possibility of changing their minds? The priest. Yeah, you have to figure out what's going on here. It could be that he's secretly extracting the sister's blood in a dark ritual causing the problems. He could secretly be fighting a coven of hags the best way he knows how - or perhaps he's secretly cursed or unable to confront the hags directly. How convoluted do you want the plot? One of the villagers could actually be a hag, but the priest doesn't know which one and the sister can potentially help him figure it out. For the specific issues - Reincarnate would be a way to stop the bloodline without permanently killing someone. But is the brother also of the same bloodline or is he a half-brother? - Did the brother retire because he took an arrow the knee? [/QUOTE]

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