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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RangerWickett" data-source="post: 9454179" data-attributes="member: 63">The party arrives in a riverside town in tonight's session. They're getting a ride from as river pirate who's also a popular bard, because criminals have street cred. Their long term goal is to ambush and heist a royal treasure barge coming this way in a few months. They're here to lay the groundwork for that. I've thought to various factions who might help, but what are some interesting inciting incidents to get the party in contact with these people? The head of the Temple of the river goddess thinks the royal family is tyrannical, but her second in command wants to depose the temple head and take over, so is seeking royal help to do it. A respected city judge is an uncle of the king who also thinks the royals are abusing their power, but he feels he can't criticize without looking like he's seeking the throne for his family line. Also, a more powerful judge on the city is a Lawful Neutral absolutist, who serves the legal order even if he thinks those in power are unworthy.There's a bunch of pirates on the river who vandalize the royal docks to make it harder for the river patrol boats to be serviced. The pirates have ties to a local temple of the goddess of art, since the royal family has put a tax on tavern performances. And the temple also makes counterfeit jewelry, which recently were discovered by the local temple of the god of death, because they used to steal jewelry that people got buried with, but now it's all junk. There's a radical cult of the healing god who've turned to banditry and cannibalism in the woods. Alchemists are hoping to steal a magic tablet from any of the temples, so they can do magical experiments. In three days there is a Halloween esque festival where ghosts will roam and people celebrate in the streets wearing masks. But like, what should the party run into right as they arrive to link them into any of this?</blockquote>

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