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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Graf" data-source="post: 4477990" data-attributes="member: 3087">hafrogman,I took a look at your character background. Very flavorful. In some ways you'd have fit perfectly into the other game I was planning (currently on indefinite hiatus).Lets see if I can square the circle a bit. (this is not my best work it sort of short-circuits your agency so let me know if you don't like it...)[sblock=Just when I thought I was out...]The services of a trained bodyguard are quite difficult to come by. A discrete master swordsman who's served for a generation...?You were certain to receive interested requests. But one was particularly rapid.Within an hour of Alandria accepting your request Consensco, the acting governor, requested your assistance. He met you in his parlor, pale but sober though whether it was because of reports of his drunkenness are exaturated or the early hour of the day you could not say.You were aware, he was sure, of the "temporary difficulties". And with the news of your current availability he hoped he could prevail upon you for a your assistance.In the name of the Imperium, of course.There was a wizard, on the nearby island of Daunton; despite his absurd name he was apparently "quite bright for a provincial". Would you be kind enough to accompany his lieutenant governor to the isle, and assist him as necessary to secure the wizards assistance?The Imperium, or at least Consensco, would, you were assured, be in your debt.<<presuming Tristan says yes>>And so you found yourself, traveling with a most loathsome toady. Lentesco is the sort of <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/index.php/L4W:Character_Creation#Half-Elves" target="_blank">temperavir</a> that gives the whole lot a bad name; it's almost impossible to imagine the man is descended from an eladrin, or anything else that walks upright.The visit to the wizard turned out to bear out every one of Tristan's bad impressions about the half-elf. It quickly became apparent that Lentesco had no money or anything of value with which to bargain (bearing out rumors that the Imperial Outpost is virtually destitute); the temperavir proceeded to assert that Tristan's services should suffice as payment.The wizard gestured to a <a href="http://www.enworld.org/wiki/index.php/L4W:PC:Woe_Chinua_%28Dunamin%29" target="_blank">muscular dark skinned human man</a> standing nearby and suggested that he already had a "a man of more-than-sufficient marital skills" at his disposal.Lentesco, apparently quite desperate to not return home empty handed, promptly asserted that this was an offence to Tristan's martial skills and honor. Tristan could easily defeat "this poor fellow" and suggested that you "forthwith to the nearest colosseum or other suitable arena that this honorable warrior be given the chance to demonstrate his skills and clear his name".The wizard, whose name was Doddoddod, grew quite flustered and assured you that, in fact, he had not intended to insult the gentleman's (i.e. Tristan's) honor. Lentesco pounced on the opportunity and before anyone, including Doddoddod, really seemed to realize what was going on the wizard had agreed to accept your service as payment for looking into the outpost's "temporary difficulties".[/sblock]Again, that's just a rough draft suggestion. I could set up a more random-encounter type thing, but this has a few advantages for me in terms of requiring less "pressure". (I.e. I don't have to brute force a random encounter between Tristan the party to ensure that you wind up working together).If we want a more emotionally charged and tightly knit hook we could go with "when you ask Alandria to release you she agrees but begs you to offer your services to assist Consensco so she can get married and go home (not that she says that, exactly, but that's what she means)".[d]--[/d]Incidentally, I see Dod*3 as being less slick socially than Nero Wolfe (NW is pretty slick, no?).</blockquote>

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