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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RangerWickett" data-source="post: 6739757" data-attributes="member: 63">Hirou's got it. But if you want to have some Miller writings, you might even make them an item that the folks in the Blasphemous Artwork room want, in exchange for aid. They might be lost in one of the chambers the party otherwise wouldn't want to go into (like where the rust monsters are). As for the content of the text, I'd put something in to highlight that early on Miller was more reasonable than he is as Nicodemus. Maybe the vault has his journal where he records the troubles of instilling in people the right culture of tolerance and inclusion. It was hard work, but without existing power structures to oppose him, he was able to gather many wise thinkers as well as simple idealists from the broader populace, and for half a generation the people of Pala focused on education and conflict resolution.Show a bit of dark side too. He actually had to put on trial and ultimately execute an enchanter who was dominating trouble-makers. Using magic is of course dangerous in the Malice Lands, but more critical is that Miller believed people would choose the right course if they had proper understanding. Forcing people to 'be good' negates any value of morality; people might as well be rocks if they are unable to make their own choices.Also include a mention of how he had a lot of success catering to former adherents of the Clergy who were disillusioned after they saw their system collapse. In times of chaos, people's instinct is to cling to the familiar, but if the familiar has failed their eyes may be open to other paths. You want to hint at his impatience for the slow pace of change, and lay the groundwork for an eventual contrast with the path he takes in the latter end of the campaign. As for the swords of Srasama, I dunno. Sometimes matching sets are lost to history, and if I came up with an answer to everything, GMs would have less leeway.</blockquote>

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