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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sunseeker" data-source="post: 7215463">The trick about Manchurian Candidates is that their rise to power always seems suspicious but at the same time pure and untouchable.  Perhaps if the Githyanki seen to corrupt and conquer a nearby kingdom, they will simply aid the party's rise to power.  An important noble who opposed the party will suddenly turn up dead but in a manner that cannot be pinned on the party.  A particularly deadly dungeon is surprisingly easy, as though someone had been though shortly before them to clear it of traps and monsters.  The "Candidate" will see signs of interference in their activities but that interference will generally be to their benefit, but also clearly leading them in a specific path.  A well-established Senator who they run against for local office suddenly goes mad, leaving the Candidate unopposed in the election.  The Candidate should generally accept these events as the actions of some kind of benevolent benefactor.  The Candidate should also of course have some supplicants who constantly remind them that their cause is righteous and that these "strange events" are merely the will of the gods manifesting in the Candidate's favor.You'll really need to determine what the Illithids goals are.  Typically the Illithids seek to conquer lands and then magically terraform them into more Illithid-favorable terrain and infest sentient creatures with tadpoles to make more Illithids.  So if there's a kingdom nearby, I suppose the first order of business is to get their Candidates into a position to make the city more amenable to the Illithids existence and weaken them in various ways.  Perhaps send the Kingdom to fight the Githyanki, while slowly mind-controlling more important members of the leadership.  Maybe infest people more regularly to make more Illithids and then ya know, take the place over, or even present themselves as allies (after they've sent them to fight the Gith) against the Gith.</blockquote>

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