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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Anubis the Doomseer" data-source="post: 1051094" data-attributes="member: 12455">Another dilemma - created from a plot hook in the old Mystara setting of Darokin/Alfheim (where half-elves do not exist except as myth).  A prostitute in the Darokin capital claims to have given birth to a half-elf child.  Said prostitute also claims to be a favourite of the Elven ambassador or his son (or both) to whomever starts to pry about the father.  The party includes an elf, who was raised to believe in the myth of half-elves.  The PC elf is asked (quietly) by members of their clan to recover the child to determine if, indeed it is the legendary half-elf, and to do this discretely (i.e. "don't tell your human allies at all - this is an elveish matter and they would not understand").Kidnapping takes place, accusations fly and the thing escalates into a diplomatic situation.  Anti-elven bigots lynch the mother, the brothel (and local thieves guild) accuse the elves of orchestrating the kidnapping and the murder.  The other PCs are brought in by local (human) authorities to investigate.  Stir and simmer - the rest pretty much writes itself.The twist?  The child is not a half-elf: just a couple of minor illusions placed on the child to alter its features.  The idea was to blackmail the elves for some hush money, nothing more.  The mother did not know how seriously some elves viewed the matter.For an alternate spin on this, I recommend Alan Moore's "From Hell" (comic book or movie).  The moral dilemma is how to defuse the situation, and how to handle the elf PC who did nothing to betray the party and was only acting on order/personal beliefs.  Is it no different than a paladin dragging the less Good/Lawful into some fool crusade?  How do you stop things from sliding into a messy war between the elf kingdom and the humans - who are normally good friends.</blockquote>

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