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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cor_Malek" data-source="post: 5227930" data-attributes="member: 91608">Whoah, this is fun!First off - establish if they're chaotic or lawful organization, this itself would clear things up a bit. Though just because they're lawful doesn't mean there can;t be a few NE innit ;-)1. Why abduct families <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">they need living humans for experiments, as their process still isn't working. They need related people so that they can make sure their problems aren't connected with certain genom (I guess you didn't specify ie colour of hair of those abducted - how about retconning that to gingers?). Peasants are however dying off mighty fast, so sometimes they need prime material (like the PC's)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">They don't need them alive, but they need to superwise the bodies and their transformation.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Some families will "escape" and pop up in different villages across the border with X, that have garrisons in them. The plague lays dormant until Y, to make the border more vulnerable to attacks</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">They are working with Z, prominent member of guild/gov/church; maybe secret branch of said totalitarian gov. This doesn't necessarily mean the whole gov is BBG, maybe small cell wants to go all in - if they succeed, no one will be asking what the price was if it's kept secret.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Human suits. Think Eddie Gain, but more vivid and monstrous. (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_disguise" target="_blank">other uses</a>)</li> </ul> 2. Why this kingdom <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">because they don't even need gov backing to keep this all quiet - officials keep the public uninformed on their own.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">because they're working with small cell of gov (see pt1)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">because they already tried elsewhere and got busted before everything started to work properly</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">because they know that if they attack border between this and other, peaceful kingdom - the totalitarian overlords will unleash their legions, and ask questions second.</li> </ul> 3.What does the ritual accomplish <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">dormant plague in their victims</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">new plague/undead experiments</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">to open portals to hell in previous editions, one needed to perform a mass act of genocide. A group of 30-50 lowlifes could never dream of destroying a whole city. But snatch 4 people every now and then and given enough time - you could gather hundrets of people that you need to kill to perform the rite</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">they want to reintroduce half-orcs to DnD and they're providing f<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />toys for their orcs.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Every new member has to kill a family to prove worthy (and loyal, as he now has no chance of pardon if he rats others out)</li> </ul>And lastly, my friend - some people just want to watch the world burn.</blockquote>

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