Fantasy mafia. Are we talking d20 Modern/Spycraft like or a D&D mafia varient (thieves guild)?
You can go with the usual currier job for the suitcase (don't tell them what is in the suitcase, of course). Intercept currier of rival crimelord job. There is the collect protection money job. Track down erstwhile employee job. Eliminate erstwhile employee job. Eliminate employee of competition job. Convince witnesses of crimes by employer's business to see things differently job.
That's what I could think of in about 5 minutes. I'm sure there are more.
sounds good, thats exactly what I was talking about. let me elaborate: the charaters are to be working for the "kaiser soze" of my gameworld ( fantasy in the style of "brotherhood of the wolf")
One of the missions they will get is the "elimination" of a high priest (lvl 9), the kicker is that the crimeboss is actually the kings spymaster, so they are unfittingly working for the crown and culling the priesthood is a "standard" practise, the divine may not grow to be powerfull, and because of that lvl 9 and higher clerics are killed.
sounds interesting. The priesthood probably has some notion of these things happening. After all, you can only kill so many 9th level clerics before they notice a trend. So, expect an opposing force trying to protect said clerics (assassins for the assassins?)
Clerics and the gods are not trusted in my homebrew. They might notice but I doubt clerics have even seen one of them advancing over lvl9. the gods are a bit shizofrenic as well, so the god of war is also the god of peace, chivalry is also the god of wanton murder, and the god of family is also the god of adultary.
What players dont know is that the divinty/pantean is about to shift, as a new god will enter the planes in a few years, and the gods that reign now will perish. As the campaign concludes there will be only three gods left, and the char will be in the centre of the shitstorm
When I get home, and Ill find you online, ill send yousome stuff on it, the "grand campaign "is rather interestin (if I do say so myself), and I would love some input
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