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[ZEITGEIST] Ekossigan, Adventure #5 and dark stuff in Zeitgeist (Spoilers. Obviously)
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<blockquote data-quote="Karma Kollapse" data-source="post: 7380280" data-attributes="member: 6693505"><p>Thanks for the replies!</p><p></p><p>The thing is - and this is my hot take of the thread reading it only half way through, not having actually GMed it - I feel like the fact that Ekossigan is able to do something this evil is half the point. The Cloudwood has lost most of its police force, so everything that is happening is a direct result of the chaos that the Obscuriti are (unintentionally) inflicting on the world. Add some really nasty witchy panic to the townspeople and I think it makes for an interesting scenario to parallel with the terrorism and gang war.</p><p></p><p>Toning down Ekossigan himself (making his targets adults or even in-mates) makes the plot less compelling, and I feel it'd be easier just to take it out and give the other two threads more focus. I'd rather not put in lots of work to make a less interesting version of the sub-plot. Asrabey can just show up unannounced later (I can't recall whether there's anything he needs to know or do beforehand). That's if the players veto the idea of running into a dead child as being too dark. Honestly I suspect I'm the sensitive one >.></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yeah souls are pretty abstract - isn't that how the Ob justify their actions too, that they consider souls an abstract thing?</p><p></p><p>The whole thing with the theater is nasty, but it is also a bit of a case of gangsters being gangsters. Carving an NPC's eyes out? Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.....</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yeah there's already suspicions that something bad is going to happen in Cauldron Hill (and I can use a reminder vision for the skyseer to bring the prophecies into focus). Plus Captain Dale shows up at some point to remind the players of what happened in Cauldron Hill last time. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Mass gendercide is pretty horrid (understatement!)... but it doesn't come from out of nowhere, the players have had plenty of time to sit on the concept, by that revelation they'd have been playing for a good 3+ years. But yeah it is definitely downplayed... a horrifying event that just appears as exotic backstory to the players, and not the triggering event of everything they are seeing now. Also I don't know if the gendercide is violently described at all? Where as lynching doesn't need to be described, you know how horrifying a death that is.</p><p></p><p>Maybe that's what I need to change. Ekossigan can just suck the souls from the children with his evil dark powers.</p><p></p><p>That will be much lighter.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Karma Kollapse, post: 7380280, member: 6693505"] Thanks for the replies! The thing is - and this is my hot take of the thread reading it only half way through, not having actually GMed it - I feel like the fact that Ekossigan is able to do something this evil is half the point. The Cloudwood has lost most of its police force, so everything that is happening is a direct result of the chaos that the Obscuriti are (unintentionally) inflicting on the world. Add some really nasty witchy panic to the townspeople and I think it makes for an interesting scenario to parallel with the terrorism and gang war. Toning down Ekossigan himself (making his targets adults or even in-mates) makes the plot less compelling, and I feel it'd be easier just to take it out and give the other two threads more focus. I'd rather not put in lots of work to make a less interesting version of the sub-plot. Asrabey can just show up unannounced later (I can't recall whether there's anything he needs to know or do beforehand). That's if the players veto the idea of running into a dead child as being too dark. Honestly I suspect I'm the sensitive one >.> Yeah souls are pretty abstract - isn't that how the Ob justify their actions too, that they consider souls an abstract thing? The whole thing with the theater is nasty, but it is also a bit of a case of gangsters being gangsters. Carving an NPC's eyes out? Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr..... Yeah there's already suspicions that something bad is going to happen in Cauldron Hill (and I can use a reminder vision for the skyseer to bring the prophecies into focus). Plus Captain Dale shows up at some point to remind the players of what happened in Cauldron Hill last time. Mass gendercide is pretty horrid (understatement!)... but it doesn't come from out of nowhere, the players have had plenty of time to sit on the concept, by that revelation they'd have been playing for a good 3+ years. But yeah it is definitely downplayed... a horrifying event that just appears as exotic backstory to the players, and not the triggering event of everything they are seeing now. Also I don't know if the gendercide is violently described at all? Where as lynching doesn't need to be described, you know how horrifying a death that is. Maybe that's what I need to change. Ekossigan can just suck the souls from the children with his evil dark powers. That will be much lighter. [/QUOTE]
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