Gregory Ellen |
Hello all!
We are starting the Lords of Oblivion and I have a PC [LE Hexblade level 13] that now wants to claim to be a long lost relative of Surabar. He has the leadership feat and has a cohort along with several followers and a small band of mercenaries. He does not have the Scion of Surabar feat. He has stated from early on in the AP that he wants to take over Cauldron and rule it.
My question is how to have this new rumor circulate with the population along with what else he may need to do to gain some level of popular support. Should I use Diplomacy rolls or is there a better way to do this? Has anyone else gone through this?
Any suggestions or thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks.
Gregory Ellen
Frank Steven Gimenez |
You can use Gather Information in reverse to seed a story to a population, as described in the Complete Adventurer.
His followers will probably swallow this idea without any problems. If he says he is the scion of Surabar, then he is. In addition, they can be the ones who seed the rumor in town, aiding a PC's reverse Gather Information. Add the number of followers to the Gather Info roll since half of them will be able to provide the +2 Aid Another bonus.
Hiring a storyteller can work well also.
The nobles will work against this. Evidence will have to be really strong before they even concede this "fact". Even then, they want to rule Cauldron and will have their own countermeasures working against that rumor.
Basically, he can convince some of the population. His political opponents will call him on it and reject it unless Surabar himself crawls out of his tomb and claims the PC.
My players has just defeated the final encounter of Lords of Orblivion. As they were leaving, I asked them to consider the following question during the week: do you want to be mayor of Cauldron?