The player with the special character turned out to be a dungeon crawler, not my kind of player. After the first session he left us since we spent almost all the time roleplaying ( ). So problem solved!DustBunny wrote:Invidia...hmm.Nox wrote:Just 2 problems: My PC actually are in Invidia, One of them is born in it, and all the other went there for different reasons. I need an excuses to bring them to Azzy. I could (and I will) move the campaign to other domains, but i think that my PC will always try to come back to Invidia, since all they have is there.
Okay, instead of Azalin running the show, there is a degree of separation. One of his spies in Invidia decides to use local assets to achieve his lords goals in addition to expanding his network.
Their new 'patron' does the whole venerable sage act and so forth, paying them handsomely to go and retrieve the Hexad scroll in NotWD. They return to Invidia and then the 'sage' sends them off to retrieve the missing verse and once they have done that he sends them off to his fellow sage (aka boss) in Darkon. From here it would be easy to tie it into in 'the concerned king line' learning of the dire prophecy and wanting to discuss their findings. From there continue as before.
You can also use the 'spy patron' as an introduction to other patrons, (ala Van Richten). The spy gives them a letter of introduction from the wise sage Dr NotaVampire to Dr Van Richten.
As for the special character he could be tricky - a party of holy types and a vamp. I wouldn't do it personally but it's his PC so.... hrm..
If he has some minor amnesia, he could remember that Azalin is important for some reason but not why. Also with the line 'dooming all to live with a dreaded curse' line of the Hexad, and 'the devil Strahd' you could apply a strong push for the cause of his condition. The 'patron' can also drop hints how the scroll may reveal the secrets of a cure.
You not lying you're just letting them jump to conclusions from incomplete data.
So when Azalin goes on about 'the evil vampire lord threatening his realm' and mixes it in with a bit of the lycanthropy 'kill the head of the bloodline' lore, the PCs should jump at the chance for a 'cure' by working with the nice king to stop the evil Strahd. Also if the PC does start remembering too much, Az can control all undead in Darkon, so he can easily deflect any concerns by a little memory erasure.
I had an illumination (Ok, maybe i'm exaggerating)!
Actually i'm playing only with one of my players, the paladin. Later on, next week probably, we will start playing all toghether. The paladin needs a good reason for venturing, since he is almost an Ex-paladin, he became alcoholic, he's depressed, and he actually lost most of his interest in helping people and in the church in general (after the facts of our last campaign, in which 90% of the party died in Tomb of Horrors, along with many NPCs). The paladin feel guilty for this, since he thinks it's his fault if they went there.
I was reading about Keith De Lalune. Kargat is involved in this mess. I just had my paladin close to Keith when the assassin tried to kill him, so I'll link them to the Kargat, and then to Azalin.
I have some problem with this:
The assassins tried to kill Keith De Lalune. My paladin will not be happy to work with them. I need to find a reason to justify the fact.
Since the Kargat has some business here (As stated in the Netbook-canon in which Keith is firstly presented) i have a "Netbook-canon" reason for a Kargat spy to be in invidia.
Would you be so kind to help me find out a solution for this?
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What could i do if he decides to tell the truth to someone about Twistle intent? Should i Allow him to go with Keith to wait more killers? Should i let him know that Keith will work for Kargat from now on? If I do, he will know that they are evil, and I dont really want him to find it out yet (I'd like to follow your first idea and make the party work for the Kargat, and then directly for Azalin, at least at the beginning). More in general, how would you arrange this?