tragicThaumaturge
Explorer
So at the end of adventure 6 the PCs decided Pemberton might not be such a bad ruler for Ber (they hated Bruse Shantus). Both they and Pemberton stood to lose if they fought, so it really made sense to make peace, but now I'm facing the dilemma of coming up with an appropriate response from Ber.
They didn't attack the military because they let Pemberton keep Tinker, they only wanted to speak with the gnome. And they're basically just pretending they killed the dragon and destroyed the facility to let Pemberton escape and go back to his original plan of slowly taking over Ber with duplicants (a bit evil, yes, but they figured Ber was already in pretty rough shape with Bruse Shantus at the helm and Pemberton, though evil, was at least a capable and intelligent individual, and the alliance could benefit Risur as well in dealing with the Ob).
I don't want to be too harsh on them regarding Risur's response because they really enjoyed being able to reason and negotiate with a dragon, but I also don't want everything to be neat and tidy because I feel like it wouldn't make sense if there weren't consequences. I'm also at a loss about what to do with adventure 7 because Pemberton tries to get revenge on the PCs at the end exposing them during the schism, but that's probably not going to happen now.
I would appreciate any input about what I could do regarding Risur and Ber's reaction once all this comes to light, and how I could modify the parts where Pemberton plays the role of antagonist in adventute 7 to keep the campaign moving. Thanks in advance.
PS: things I've already though about is using El Extraño as a possible antagonist for them going forward since the Beran government is not going to be happy once they realize Risur basically conspired against the Bruse. I'm not sure if this would work though, I haven't given it much thought. Just throwing it out there.
Edit: spelling. And any info on who's Terakalir's mother? PCs are curious.
They didn't attack the military because they let Pemberton keep Tinker, they only wanted to speak with the gnome. And they're basically just pretending they killed the dragon and destroyed the facility to let Pemberton escape and go back to his original plan of slowly taking over Ber with duplicants (a bit evil, yes, but they figured Ber was already in pretty rough shape with Bruse Shantus at the helm and Pemberton, though evil, was at least a capable and intelligent individual, and the alliance could benefit Risur as well in dealing with the Ob).
I don't want to be too harsh on them regarding Risur's response because they really enjoyed being able to reason and negotiate with a dragon, but I also don't want everything to be neat and tidy because I feel like it wouldn't make sense if there weren't consequences. I'm also at a loss about what to do with adventure 7 because Pemberton tries to get revenge on the PCs at the end exposing them during the schism, but that's probably not going to happen now.
I would appreciate any input about what I could do regarding Risur and Ber's reaction once all this comes to light, and how I could modify the parts where Pemberton plays the role of antagonist in adventute 7 to keep the campaign moving. Thanks in advance.
PS: things I've already though about is using El Extraño as a possible antagonist for them going forward since the Beran government is not going to be happy once they realize Risur basically conspired against the Bruse. I'm not sure if this would work though, I haven't given it much thought. Just throwing it out there.
Edit: spelling. And any info on who's Terakalir's mother? PCs are curious.