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How to manage a party that doesn't retrieve the case
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<blockquote data-quote="emeraldbeacon" data-source="post: 8991659" data-attributes="member: 7032019"><p>Precisely. "We need to parlay," is a simple message for the party. When they meet, Kazyk explains that Ragesia believes there is too much knowledge among the party, and he has explicit instructions: ensure the heroes never leave the burning wood, but return Haddin (who knows details about the Scourge Prison from Chapter 8) and his daughter (who might have learned something about it) to Ragesian forces in Gate Pass... both alive if possible.</p><p></p><p>This also lets you create more of a sense that these two seemingly unimportant individuals are actually more integral to the plot than expected, and hopefully drives the party to protect them. Kazyk probably only knows that these two are desired by Ragesia, not the reason they're wanted... he has no reason to know, after all. On the flip side, he might have been told (or otherwise found out) why they're important, and is hoping to use them as leverage or a bargaining chip over his own contract.</p><p></p><p>Either way, Kazyk explains the terms of his mission, and how he hopes to circumvent it... help to extinguish the forest, and the heroes may leave; because he is compelled to bring the two mages back alive and unharmed, he has no desire for a fight that could end with collateral damage.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="emeraldbeacon, post: 8991659, member: 7032019"] Precisely. "We need to parlay," is a simple message for the party. When they meet, Kazyk explains that Ragesia believes there is too much knowledge among the party, and he has explicit instructions: ensure the heroes never leave the burning wood, but return Haddin (who knows details about the Scourge Prison from Chapter 8) and his daughter (who might have learned something about it) to Ragesian forces in Gate Pass... both alive if possible. This also lets you create more of a sense that these two seemingly unimportant individuals are actually more integral to the plot than expected, and hopefully drives the party to protect them. Kazyk probably only knows that these two are desired by Ragesia, not the reason they're wanted... he has no reason to know, after all. On the flip side, he might have been told (or otherwise found out) why they're important, and is hoping to use them as leverage or a bargaining chip over his own contract. Either way, Kazyk explains the terms of his mission, and how he hopes to circumvent it... help to extinguish the forest, and the heroes may leave; because he is compelled to bring the two mages back alive and unharmed, he has no desire for a fight that could end with collateral damage. [/QUOTE]
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