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<blockquote data-quote="Benben" data-source="post: 374134" data-attributes="member: 110"><p>When people ask these questions, I prefer to just do a brainstorm dump. Hope you don't mind a lot of possibilites.</p><p></p><p><strong>1) What would the killers motive(s) be?</strong></p><p></p><p>Do you just want one killer or have this be a dark cabal?</p><p></p><p>The symbolic importance of killing along the path of the tarot, would indicate a desire for spiritual or magical power.</p><p></p><p>If each person with a tarot tattoo also had a special ability, the killer might be stealing these supernatural gifts.</p><p></p><p>Now that would be fun. Assigning abilities to each of the tarot...</p><p></p><p><strong>2) Should any of the people be related or have a common factor?</strong></p><p></p><p>How about a list of common factors:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Shared Culture: All of the victims are members of a travelling circus. This would explain the tattoo.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Shared Physical Characteristic: All of the victims have red hair and brown eyes. This will leave the players looking for people with red hair and brown eyes, and lets you drop a bunch of red herrings.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Shared temporal characteristic: All of the victims were born on the same day. The killer started on their 23 birthday, and must kill them all by their 24th birthday.</li> </ul><p></p><p><strong>3) Who (or what) should the killer be? </strong></p><p></p><p>Again are you sure you just want one killer?</p><p></p><p>I love the advanced hags from Ravenloft, but the connection to dark witchcraft and the tarot might be too obvious. </p><p></p><p>I think it would be best to use a generally nonfantastic antagonist. A plain human lusting for power, might be the best bet. A twist that the murder needs the tarot gifts to save his country/family/beloved would be nice too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Benben, post: 374134, member: 110"] When people ask these questions, I prefer to just do a brainstorm dump. Hope you don't mind a lot of possibilites. [B]1) What would the killers motive(s) be?[/b] Do you just want one killer or have this be a dark cabal? The symbolic importance of killing along the path of the tarot, would indicate a desire for spiritual or magical power. If each person with a tarot tattoo also had a special ability, the killer might be stealing these supernatural gifts. Now that would be fun. Assigning abilities to each of the tarot... [b]2) Should any of the people be related or have a common factor?[/b] How about a list of common factors: [list] [*]Shared Culture: All of the victims are members of a travelling circus. This would explain the tattoo. [*]Shared Physical Characteristic: All of the victims have red hair and brown eyes. This will leave the players looking for people with red hair and brown eyes, and lets you drop a bunch of red herrings. [*]Shared temporal characteristic: All of the victims were born on the same day. The killer started on their 23 birthday, and must kill them all by their 24th birthday. [/list] [b]3) Who (or what) should the killer be? [/B] Again are you sure you just want one killer? I love the advanced hags from Ravenloft, but the connection to dark witchcraft and the tarot might be too obvious. I think it would be best to use a generally nonfantastic antagonist. A plain human lusting for power, might be the best bet. A twist that the murder needs the tarot gifts to save his country/family/beloved would be nice too. [/QUOTE]
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