You Don’t Have To Leave Wolfy Behind... In 'Pets & Sidekicks' Your Companions Level Up With You!

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Message: <blockquote data-quote="THEMNGMNT" data-source="post: 8486557" data-attributes="member: 6809274">33rd session of my Neverwinter campaign. Three 6th level characters: half-orc vengeance paladin, human genie warlock, drow evoker wizard. The paladin hit 7th level during the session.Previously, the characters were robbing the estate of a nefarious noble named Lady Avaryx during a high society party. They warlock was disguised as Avaryx herself, but that disguise unraveled when she found herself in the same room as the real Avaryx. The warlock was magically charmed by the noble. The wizard saved against the charm, but felt powerless to intervene. The paladin was in disguise and could only do so much without blowing his cover -- although he suspected Avaryx was on to him. Avaryx took the warlock aside and asked her a series of questions:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Who are you?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">What do you really look like?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">What is your friend’s name?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Do you have any other friends here?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">What do you want?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Where do you live?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Who is your family?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Who in your family do you love the most? </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Who are you most afraid of losing?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Do you have anything that belongs to me?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">May I hold it for you so that nothing happens to it while you’re at the party?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">What do you most value?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">What are you most afraid of?</li> </ul>The warlock's player did a great job of roleplaying this scene and giving up a lot of really precious information that compromised her position.After all the questions were answered to her satisfaction, Avaryx told the wizard that the conversation had been magically recorded. If the characters moved against her or her allies, she would expose them to the city watch and they would become Neverwinter's most wanted. Then she sent them home.When the charm ended, the warlock's player shouted: "Now I have a nemesis!"It was great.The players immediately started scheming on how to steal the magical recording from Avaryx and give her a deserved comeuppance.Eventually, their plotting led them to a private club known as the Sunrise Club, a sort of neutral ground in the city where favors are traded and no violence is permitted. The warlock met a contact in the local thieves' guild and picked up a quest to destroy a rival guild of rogue drow. The wizard went looking for other wizards to consort with. And the paladin spotted an old rival.Next session: The skullduggery continues!</blockquote>

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