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<blockquote data-quote="Imaculata" data-source="post: 8046148" data-attributes="member: 6801286">Last sunday we continued our long running (several years now) pirate campaign. In the city of Petite-fort Lucia, the players attended a grand feast helt in their honor by the regent. This regent, father Jean-Michel, is also the head of a fanatical group of paladins. Some of the brutality of several of his members had left a bad impression, so he was eager to regain the confidence of the players. He did his very best to prove his good intentions, by offering the party all manner of help. They would get full access to his grand library, he would help them unravel the mysteries of a local saint, he would allow them to make use of a holy forge, and invited them to join his canoness regular in a baptism of new members. All of these activities left the party conveniently split, so that he could have them arrested. The only party member able to elude his trap was the druid, who was contacted by two familiar faces: one of which was Scurvy Scarlet, a pirate with whom the party had developed an adversarial relation as of late. The other was Ling Goda, the many faced leader of a thieves guild. Local developments had left their enemy in the same boat as them, prompting her to seek the help of the players. All of Scarlet's crew had been arrested and her ship had been put to a chain.I felt a bit insecure as a DM whether I had perhaps sidelined and railroaded two of my players a bit too much in getting to this plot twist. It felt necessary to move the plot forward to a big climax, but it is a sandbox campaign, and I don't usually exercize this much control over the plot. I do however want to give my players the freedom to react however they please to this trap. I expect much chaos and action will result from this.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Imaculata, post: 8046148, member: 6801286"] Last sunday we continued our long running (several years now) pirate campaign. In the city of Petite-fort Lucia, the players attended a grand feast helt in their honor by the regent. This regent, father Jean-Michel, is also the head of a fanatical group of paladins. Some of the brutality of several of his members had left a bad impression, so he was eager to regain the confidence of the players. He did his very best to prove his good intentions, by offering the party all manner of help. They would get full access to his grand library, he would help them unravel the mysteries of a local saint, he would allow them to make use of a holy forge, and invited them to join his canoness regular in a baptism of new members. All of these activities left the party conveniently split, so that he could have them arrested. The only party member able to elude his trap was the druid, who was contacted by two familiar faces: one of which was Scurvy Scarlet, a pirate with whom the party had developed an adversarial relation as of late. The other was Ling Goda, the many faced leader of a thieves guild. Local developments had left their enemy in the same boat as them, prompting her to seek the help of the players. All of Scarlet's crew had been arrested and her ship had been put to a chain. I felt a bit insecure as a DM whether I had perhaps sidelined and railroaded two of my players a bit too much in getting to this plot twist. It felt necessary to move the plot forward to a big climax, but it is a sandbox campaign, and I don't usually exercize this much control over the plot. I do however want to give my players the freedom to react however they please to this trap. I expect much chaos and action will result from this. [/QUOTE]

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