So who was in those slave holes?


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So the PCs went into Candlestone Caverns and rescued the captive villagers of the small farming community of Alghast from the Kobold slavers. They even managed to capture Zalsus, the Kobold leader, thanks to some nice grappling by the Monk/Cleric. (BTW- the basis for this adventure was inspired by the GREAT resource "Dungeons of Golarion".

Of the 39 captives freed, only 31 are citizens of the village. The other 8 are random travelers (merchants, bandits, adventurers, etc?). I want to place a possible plot twist or adventure hook in with one or a few of these freed captives. I also can do something with the captured slave captain Zalsus as a plot point.

Before I head in any direction however, I'd like to hear some ideas from you guys.


I suppose a plot twist would be difficult to arrange, given I don't know the plot... Actually without knowing much about the campaign all I can really do here is throw out a random adventure idea. Which I suppose I can do!

One of the captives is an adventurer who was hot on the tail of the great wizard and inventor of ancient times, Yeolde MacGuffin. His inventions were renowned for there power an ingenuity. He happens to have a map leading to one of his supposed lairs.

My problem is I don't know what kind of game you are running and I don't know the players. I could give you an entire dungeon based off a MacGuffin (what I did there before was a play on words: a MacGuffin is a literary or film device that drives the plot and his first name was Yeolde, get it YE olde!) but it will be nothing except a distraction from you current main questline unless you are looking for something a little meatier.

Dark Archive

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Some of the more common "the prisoner turns out to be..." examples are:

somebody important (like a prince or princess)
a doppleganger
an assassin, captured on his way to a big hit
a crazy old man who happens to know where X dungeon is
a normally evil monster that turns out to be good

Maybe one of these will spur your imagination...


1- a Pathfinder with a line on valuable magic items, and in need of a favor
2- a dwarf who needs to fence an item of ill repute, but for a good cause
3- a lunatic with a treasure map (see Insanity in the GMG for ideas)
4- a wizard in need of rare spell components but without compensation
5- the illegitimate child of a local scion, wants to claim a birthright
6- the guy/gal who worked with the kobolds and was enslaved anyway
7- the cohort of a renowned NPC adventurer in your game/world, but has gone AWOL
8- a passing dignitary from a far-flung city, down on her luck

All depends on what your meta-plot is, really.


Ubercroz wrote:

I suppose a plot twist would be difficult to arrange, given I don't know the plot... Actually without knowing much about the campaign all I can really do here is throw out a random adventure idea. Which I suppose I can do!

One of the captives is an adventurer who was hot on the tail of the great wizard and inventor of ancient times, Yeolde MacGuffin. His inventions were renowned for there power an ingenuity. He happens to have a map leading to one of his supposed lairs.

My problem is I don't know what kind of game you are running and I don't know the players. I could give you an entire dungeon based off a MacGuffin (what I did there before was a play on words: a MacGuffin is a literary or film device that drives the plot and his first name was Yeolde, get it YE olde!) but it will be nothing except a distraction from you current main questline unless you are looking for something a little meatier.

Is that the same MacGuffin that made the legendary guns to kill gods?


Roanark wrote:


Is that the same MacGuffin that made the legendary guns to kill gods?

Gun is kind of inaccurate, I believe the term is "Arcane Death Ray"

Grand Lodge

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Your title comes off very dirty.


Ubercroz wrote:

I suppose a plot twist would be difficult to arrange, given I don't know the plot... Actually without knowing much about the campaign all I can really do here is throw out a random adventure idea. Which I suppose I can do!

One of the captives is an adventurer who was hot on the tail of the great wizard and inventor of ancient times, Yeolde MacGuffin. His inventions were renowned for there power an ingenuity. He happens to have a map leading to one of his supposed lairs.

My problem is I don't know what kind of game you are running and I don't know the players. I could give you an entire dungeon based off a MacGuffin (what I did there before was a play on words: a MacGuffin is a literary or film device that drives the plot and his first name was Yeolde, get it YE olde!) but it will be nothing except a distraction from you current main questline unless you are looking for something a little meatier.

This was an isolated side adventure. They were on their way to get an item appraised at the Great Andoran Fair. We are in-between campaigns, that's why I didn't include any extra info. Any ideas are welcome.


kikai13 wrote:

Some of the more common "the prisoner turns out to be..." examples are:

somebody important (like a prince or princess)
a doppleganger
an assassin, captured on his way to a big hit
a crazy old man who happens to know where X dungeon is
a normally evil monster that turns out to be good

Maybe one of these will spur your imagination...

Good stuff. Thanks!


B.A. Ironskull wrote:

1- a Pathfinder with a line on valuable magic items, and in need of a favor

2- a dwarf who needs to fence an item of ill repute, but for a good cause
3- a lunatic with a treasure map (see Insanity in the GMG for ideas)
4- a wizard in need of rare spell components but without compensation
5- the illegitimate child of a local scion, wants to claim a birthright
6- the guy/gal who worked with the kobolds and was enslaved anyway
7- the cohort of a renowned NPC adventurer in your game/world, but has gone AWOL
8- a passing dignitary from a far-flung city, down on her luck

All depends on what your meta-plot is, really.

These are great as well, thanks!

I love coming here to get more ideas for plots and side-quests.

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