It was very subtle I guess:
To the Silver Crusade, Chesed is a dark place where predatory merchants wait in ambush to extract every last copper from crusaders heading north to Mendev. Faction PCs make the most of their time in Chesed if they further convince Brissa Klygvauther to revise the city’s trade regulations to prevent this exploitation. This earns each Silver Crusade faction PC the Crusader Star boon on her Chronicle sheet.
I'm not really sure. It's vaguely related to the season faction mission I guess? I agree, it was perhaps poorly implemented in this scenario.
Unfortunately I think you missed your chance. I went back and double-checked though to make sure I didn't miss a faction handout or something but no, they just expect you notice this opportunity I guess.
Silver Crusade faction PCs also have the ear of Chesed’s highest spiritual authority, and they can use this opportunity to address the injustice of predatory merchants overcharging crusaders bound for Mendev. A member of the faction can attempt a DC 25 Diplomacy or DC 20 Knowledge (religion) check to earn Brissa’s approval (in place of the Diplomacy or Profession check accompanying a business plan) so long as the PC provides good reasons why she should favor the crusaders’ welfare over the interests of the business community. In truth, Brissa already wants to revise some of these policies and simply lacks the political support, yet the faction PC’s words can encourage the high priest to renew her efforts and put an end to the practice.
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I guess it's just one of those things in PbPs. :)
I honestly don't even remember crusaders being mentioned at all. It also, (and I'm just commenting here), doesn't seem to make a lot of sense. Both Mendev and the Worldwound are north. What crusader would go through Numeria? Only the River Kingdoms and Brevory would need to travel through Numeria to Mendev, and neither are really known crusading. Maybe Brevory, but they would be much more likely to go the quicker route by ship through the Lake of Mists and Veils, and probably would not be destitute.
Poor choice on the author's part.
But, I enjoyed it a lot, and again, thanks for running. You did a great job. Part of me wishes I would have stepped into that gravity trap, just to see what would happen.