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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kenjib" data-source="post: 1414428" data-attributes="member: 530">I thought of an idea to add some interesting vectors into the idea.  Let's just say as an example that the magocracy has an emperor, and a field marshal commands his armies.Now, the field marshal is a rather ambitious sort and will not be happy until he is #1.  So, the field marshal decides that he wants to secretly give aid to the resistance (who he is also fighting in the field) in order to weaken his emperor.  When sufficient damage is done he can launch a military coup against a weak emperor and claim the #1 spot for himself, thereafter winning the war he had been holding back on and coming out a big hero strongly in command of a new empire.Some thoughts on how to play it out:* The players get tips from an anonymous, disguised, stranger that give them really great targets to hit, weaknesses of the invading forces, etc.  They use these tips to go after their arch-nemeses - the Emperor and his trusted Field Marshal, both cruel and uncompromising enemies.* The attacks make the Emperor look bad, and the upper circles of leadership within the invading forces are starting to seriously doubt his competence.* After a time, the party discovers that their informant is actually the Field Marshal - why is he doing this?  Is it all an elaborately cunning trap for the resistance?  Does the field marshal have some strange hidden motivation?* After further adventures, the party finds out that the field marshal is using them as pawns to destroy the Emperor, after which he will crush the resistance (including the party) and create his new empire.  What to do?  Pretend they don't know anything in order to continue getting more intelligence for attacks, all the while preparing to deal with the Field Marshal's gambit after the Emperor is gone?  Sow seeds of doubt in the Emperor's mind by planting evidence and play him off against the Field Marshal such that the invasion is thrown into internal chaos so as to be more easily fought off?* Does the Field Marshal know that the party knows who he is, creating a cloak and dagger game within a game within a game, or does the party have the advantage of him not knowing?The field marshal/emperor titles can be any positions depending on how the invaders are structured.  I'm just using those titles as examples.</blockquote>

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