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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 1351428" data-attributes="member: 158">Plot Holes/Questions that need to be answered:Why didn't the slaves burn Khaemhat and smash his artifacts?--They did, and scattered his ashes in the desert. (That was the acient Egyptian method of ensuring their ka never found peace. It's also why he can be resurrected.)What is the relationship between Franklin and Cortex?How about instead of Franklin being under Cortex's thumb, they could be old college friends or military buddies? Maybe Cortex used to work in intelligence?Why on earth would the Agency be doing the mission in the first place?Instead of them pulling a covert on Franklin's behalf, maybe Franklin doesn't necessarily trust his old friend, and wants to keep it secret BECAUSE of said weapon contracts? Above the superiors finding out, he doesn't want Cortex finding out, and cutting them off, especially because he's developing a new communications technology that's only WEEKS away from the first prototypes being delivered...Why on earth would Cortex even ask the Agency to do this (instead of sending his own security forces)?If the Agency isn't doing his work, then Cortex's security IS doing the work, and the PC's are investigating (and therefore giving you one MORE minion to pit against them)Why are the PC's flying low enough to be attacked from the ground? Why should the PC's get a plane from an illegal weapons-dealer?  Aren't there legitimate plane-rental places?Yes, and have that one sabotaged by unknown forces. How about: They get to rent a small plane, and find out that the only one they like is due to be rented by the obvious cover name of a rival agent of their branch - A guy they CAN'T stand. If they PC's take the bait, a criminal mastermind, BUT ONE THAT HAS nothing to do with the PC's current story, has sabotaged the plane, forcing them to crash land in a godforsaken desert town, and the ONLY guy running something other than a camel or a jeep is a tour-runner with a Sopwith Camel.Later, in the debriefing, when the adventure is all over, they receive thanks from the rival spy after he gleefully informs them that he nabbed the mastermind he was going after, and how the mastermind was taken off guard that his booby trap didn't work. <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=":)" /> If the Mesah were charged with protecting the tomb, why don't they know where it is?Sorry, brain malfunction here. I'll weigh in later.Sudden sandstorm looms on the horizon, which still doesn't deter the Mesah, who are used to the conditions? They are weatherproofed (goggles, filters, caseless ammo weaponry with mesh screens on the exhaust ports) and they attack anyway. Cover percentages (20% if prepared and 50% if unprepared) will make the fight dramatic as bullets and rpg's whiz out of nowhere, and probably force the PC's to hide or flee unless they are lucky. Good luck, and I hope some of these are useful. Above all, my strongest advice is don't plan so tightly that the PC's MUST take a plane instead of a camel or a car. PC's are sneaky devils. <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=":)" /></blockquote>

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