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<blockquote data-quote="Gilladian" data-source="post: 4637261" data-attributes="member: 2093">Sounds like fun! I would be careful not to over-use the &quot;call button&quot; feature; if the PCs get yanked out of their own quest too often, they may get resentful or distracted, and either one could be bad.Right now, Tracks sounds like a kind of cool ally, but possibly a bit to &quot;good to be true&quot;. Just because they save his life once, he's being VERY generous. I think he needs to be a bit more mercenery, seeing them as &quot;his&quot; adventurers now and maybe making them feel that they &quot;owe&quot; him for his favors. Nothing is more annoying than feeling in debt to someone for whom you've done a favor!Side missions should have distinct flavor and character all their own. How about having him send them on a &quot;fetch&quot; trip into strange locales in the feywild. A living volcano, an enchanted forest or swamp, the darkest depths of a mysterious cave, or (possibly worse) the High Fey Court... Just having them do a rush delivery, or retrieve a very valuable item on a tight time limit could be very fun and let you stretch your creativity to the max.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Gilladian, post: 4637261, member: 2093"] Sounds like fun! I would be careful not to over-use the "call button" feature; if the PCs get yanked out of their own quest too often, they may get resentful or distracted, and either one could be bad. Right now, Tracks sounds like a kind of cool ally, but possibly a bit to "good to be true". Just because they save his life once, he's being VERY generous. I think he needs to be a bit more mercenery, seeing them as "his" adventurers now and maybe making them feel that they "owe" him for his favors. Nothing is more annoying than feeling in debt to someone for whom you've done a favor! Side missions should have distinct flavor and character all their own. How about having him send them on a "fetch" trip into strange locales in the feywild. A living volcano, an enchanted forest or swamp, the darkest depths of a mysterious cave, or (possibly worse) the High Fey Court... Just having them do a rush delivery, or retrieve a very valuable item on a tight time limit could be very fun and let you stretch your creativity to the max. [/QUOTE]

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