Hello everyone, this is my first post in the Paizo messageboards although I have been a long time observer:)
You all seem like a great community and my players have informed me of an issue they had with the game and I'm really not sure what to do.
So I came here, to the great community of Paizo to aid me!
My problem: I'm up to the last stretch of Endless night (and thoroughly enjoying it, and my players have said they are too!) but after one session my players informed me that they didn't think the supplied motivation agreed with there characters.
I certainly wouldn't call them mercenary type pc's, but they do like to do stuff that helps them, there favorite adventure so far has been Children of the void where they enjoyed that they had the clear goal and self benefiting aspect of gathering the Noqoul and the two side goals involving there close friends: Kwava, who had asked them to tell him if they found any drow activity on the island. and Samaritha who they enjoyed saving and getting her and the other cypher mages to safety.
A few other aspects they enjoyed were: The blot in Shadow in the sky, they really enjoyed studying it and finding out what it was, and later they also enjoyed figuring out the Armageddon echo.
A few things about the individual pc's and what motivations they have liked,
The fighter: The groups toughy but also an alchemist and scholar with a drug addled past, she liked studying the blot like the others but has really hated her time in the underdark, (the player has enjoyed it but she's roleplaying) to Summarize she likes knowledge, books, killing things, but she is also kind and probably is the only Pc who would really help the elves out of the kindness of there hearts.
The Wizard: The groups crazy spellcasters, she loved studying the blot, and the echo, and finding the noqual, and enchanting everyone's gear, and making scrolls and wands, she was a bit disapointed with the lack of downtime in the later adventures, cause she wants to create stuff (so I'm going to make sure to include a larger rest period in Kyonin)
To summarize with her she likes the whole knowledge aspect and is essentially after learning how to destroy the world in the most ways possible.
The Warlock: she grew up with the wizard (although there not related)
and they are very close, the warlock generally follows around the wizard and is the mature practical one who keeps the wizard's schemes from becoming too crazy.
And finally the Assassin: She hails from the royal courts of Cheliax and is really flirtatious, she generally goes her own way around the city (or wherever they are) and makes her way back to the party after accomplishing whatever it is she wanted to do, she enjoys meeting especially hot npc's and sneaking around in the area she thinks I don't want her to go most.
So that was quite a complicated thing to write (and hence probably hard to read too, which I apologize for) and I also realize I didn't mention the motivation which the pc's didn't agree with, Ie the one your basically following the whole adventure: Save the elves.
The pc's have grown very close to Kwava Shalelu and Kaerishiel, but still they think theyed enjoy it a lot more with a solid motivation that works with there characters, I know this is a rather hard question which is really why I brought it to these boards to see what you have all done to motivate your pc's!
I really really appreciate any help you great people can give me!
Thanks again!
-Feral
