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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 4331468" data-attributes="member: 7006">I also think a wizard would be a good idea.  As far as how to introduce them... at this stage in the game I think the easiest thing to do would be to come up with the basic plotline for the character ourselves, then open up recruitment to whomever is willing to play said character (but allow them to build the character's crunch themselves).  So we say something like "this spellcaster was a member of Madam Eva's band of gypsies but decided to leave when he/she discovered that many of his/her gypsy fellows led the double life as witches".  Then the player who gets selected can take that premise and build the character.  So it's almost like taking over an NPC, but without having a full background plotted already (like Ashlyn was for example).  And stonegod could even come up with a couple different character concepts for potential wizards in the area to give a bit more selection.  Whatever would work best for him.As far as what the party should do now that we've left the castle... the negative levels and such will be fixed after a night's rest I imagine (ad Tessa and Jarrith can pray for the right spells).  I do think that we may not want to return to the village straight away, if for no other reason that if we arrive and Ochem discovered we did get the tome, he may demand it from us before we've had a chance to read and examine it.  I have a feeling the caravan is looking to get the hell out of Dodge as soon as possible, and excuses for not giving the tome over right away will probably fall on deaf ears.So my thought is to perhaps camp out for at least one night (perhaps in the same place on the long road that Khensu and Marot did when they were both still NPCs).  We take as much time as we need to read the tome and find out what the three fanes are that we need to destroy.  When we think we've wrung the book out of all pertinent information, then we return to the village to hand it over, plus fix our equipment, wash up, etc. etc.  Then we can decide where we go from there after that.Other thoughts?</blockquote>

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