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<blockquote data-quote="Masaryk the Mad" data-source="post: 5375406" data-attributes="member: 99057">This isn't the kind of thing I can solve by looking through a bunch of modules. I'm having some really serious DM writer's block for this situation that one of my players sprung on me. It's kind of out of the scope of what I'm used to creating quests around.&nbsp; Background: I am currently running a low-level 4E campaign. This campaign takes place in a homebrew world that I have been using for the past 12 years. Due to the age of the campaign world, there are numerous 2E throwback NPCs that are still active.&nbsp; The Situation: One of the PCs, I'll use the initials HR, a hopeless romantic, has fallen madly in love with the NPC that was central to the forming of this adventuring group, KV. Being a bit of a traditional lad, HR wants to ask KV's father's permission to court his daughter. The PCs are overwintering in a fortress far to the north of their home town. It is only one week until the New Year's ball. If HR is going do get daddy's permission in time for the ball, he is going to need to enlist the help of KV's older brother to cast the Linked Portal.&nbsp; KV's older brother, KAV, is not the most approachable person. He carries himself with an air of authority that makes even hardy adventurers nervous. He is a veteran commander of the Border Wars, 15 years in the past. He is also an Epic Tier Wizard, that has been known to dabble in Necromancy. He has been a threat to adventuring parties of the past, but also, at times, a strange ally.&nbsp; KAV loves his little sister more than anything. Forget what his father thinks; he is not going to let her go to just any hapless hero that comes along. If HR wants a free trip home to ask for KV's hand, he's going to have to prove himself to KAV first.&nbsp; I need help coming up with a series of challenges that will prove HR's honour, bravery, cunning, and his love for KV to the overly-critical retired war hero turned necromancer.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Masaryk the Mad, post: 5375406, member: 99057"] This isn't the kind of thing I can solve by looking through a bunch of modules. I'm having some really serious DM writer's block for this situation that one of my players sprung on me. It's kind of out of the scope of what I'm used to creating quests around. Background: I am currently running a low-level 4E campaign. This campaign takes place in a homebrew world that I have been using for the past 12 years. Due to the age of the campaign world, there are numerous 2E throwback NPCs that are still active. The Situation: One of the PCs, I'll use the initials HR, a hopeless romantic, has fallen madly in love with the NPC that was central to the forming of this adventuring group, KV. Being a bit of a traditional lad, HR wants to ask KV's father's permission to court his daughter. The PCs are overwintering in a fortress far to the north of their home town. It is only one week until the New Year's ball. If HR is going do get daddy's permission in time for the ball, he is going to need to enlist the help of KV's older brother to cast the [I]Linked Portal[/I]. KV's older brother, KAV, is not the most approachable person. He carries himself with an air of authority that makes even hardy adventurers nervous. He is a veteran commander of the Border Wars, 15 years in the past. He is also an Epic Tier Wizard, that has been known to dabble in Necromancy. He has been a threat to adventuring parties of the past, but also, at times, a strange ally. KAV loves his little sister more than anything. Forget what his father thinks; he is not going to let her go to just any hapless hero that comes along. If HR wants a free trip home to ask for KV's hand, he's going to have to prove himself to KAV first. I need help coming up with a series of challenges that will prove HR's honour, bravery, cunning, and his love for KV to the overly-critical retired war hero turned necromancer. [/QUOTE]

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