Sandain said:
And while LV crunches up some horrid beasties I could scheme up some more ways to be needlessly cruel to your group.
I think Kayleigh needs to come down a peg or two. Maybe she was an orc baby found iafter a skirmish with a small tribe n the forest. Her parents has recently lost thier baby, so they polymorphed the orc into an Elf baby and called her Kayleigh.
Hehe the Queens Champion - is an Orc!
But seriously, whats next?
Ha. Not likely. Kayleigh's lineage is a pretty important matter of record, and not to be trifled with. Scorch's, however, has always been a point of conjecture. The only real detail that existed was that he was the youngest son of a noble house from Furyondy or Nyrond, and that he had several siblings, including a younger sister. Introducing Ember was like twisting a knife to the character of Scorch (while the player found it vastly amusing).
One of the downsides of our story hour's being written by one PC is that you miss a lot of material that doesn't directly affect Kayleigh. So for example in the most recent session, you never saw Scorch evacuate the Mage's Guild, or the ambassador from Bisel head for the hills.
Part of deciding what comes next depends on the players. I'm not being entirely coy, here. At Epic levels, the PCs push the adventure to the top of the hill, and then control how it rolls down it. If the PCs continue to fail to pay attention to certain threads, those threads will come back to bite them...but they've reached another nexus, where they can push the story wherever they want.
In general, what will be coming up?
Lots of stuff, such as modified Githyanki (red Gith and Black Gith).
The Primals. I planned on using advanced versions of the Prime Elementals from the ELH for the big four elements, but I still need several more. The Poison Elemental, for example, has been implied, but not created. I need to nail down a template for them, somehow.
I expect that sooner or later, the Hunters will strike (the three demons who the party have continually ignored).
Orcus is on the move, but I don't want to push that thread yet, unless the players walk into it, as I've used enough undead, constructs and oozes for a while. Just like I've used enough giant, huge, collosal and gargantuan beasties for some time.
