| asmartalex |
I'm wondering if anyone has done a 'reformed Kaven' thing before?
My players have just retaken Rannick, during which Kaven betrayed them by foiling their sneak-in plan. This lead to a huge brawl in the courtyard, where Vale and a PC died. I had that player play as Jakardos, which was kind of nice because I never really liked how the whole Jakardos/Shalelu story line was me talking to myself. The retaking of Rannick culminated in them confronting Kaven and Lucrecia, and during the battle Lucrecia escapes, abandoning Kaven. Kaven, being the coward that he is, begged for his life, and said anything and everything he thought would get them to spare him (including a successful bluff check that he would help them kill Lucrecia).
At this point, all the players wanted to kill Kaven, but agreed that it was Jakardos' call, who was still being played by a player. I decided this would be a cool way to do the reclamation of Shalelu/Jakardos' relationship, and basically had her ask him for mercy, saying that he had changed from the man her mother loved. While it may have been out of character as written, he ended up sparing Kaven, and all the players really like the whole sequence, joining in on the debate.
Now I'm kind of in a pickle though, because the vindictive GM part of me wants Kaven to escape the party as soon as possible, and go join Mokmurian as the book suggests. At the same time, I can't help but think that's a little unfair to my players and that it might undermine the cool RP moment they had earlier.
If anyone has any ideas, advice, or done something similar, I'm all ears.