How did you reintroduce Rowyn in Sea Wyvern's Wake?
My party is getting ready to search the ship, and when they search the hold I want to give Rowyn a chance to dance and charm someone before combat. I'm thinking of having her pretend to be a plaything Avner smuggled in with the hay for his horse. She'll say that she's why Avner argued so strongly for his own room.
Anyway, when discovered, she'll explain in a thick accent that she's here to "shake it for Avner. Like this..."
It should give them another reason to be chapped at Avner.
*lol* That would be neat, in our game, she kidnapped one of the NPC's and impersonated them. Until the young woman was found by one of the party, below deck, when her insomnia made her wander around the, ship, realizing something was wrong, the party went to confront the kidnapper, and found she'd already charmed Avner, and she managed to sway the groups Paladin, which was terriable as he is concerned that he's done wrong, and seeking to atone.
It was alot of party drama!
I haven't officially started SWW yet, but I've already reintroduced Rowyn to the party....as Lirith Veldirose :)
She is using both magical and mundane methods to pull this ruse off (Lirith is an alias of Rowyn's in my version, so she is well-versed in the role). The party so far is none the wiser.
I've changed my Rowyn around a bit, as noted in some previous posts of mine (she became a friend of the party leader, and is coming back to try things her way and maybe redeem herself; the final encounter in TINH was a battle of words and ideals more than blade and spell - very tough decisions for all involved, but fantastic roleplaying).
I plan on her making the 'Big Reveal' well after they have left Sasserine. I expect some lively roleplaying indeed when that happens!! ;P
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One thing I've noticed about Rowyn is she only has Perform (dance), it seems odd then that, those ranks qualify her for using Bardic Music, which must use sound to be effective. Is she a tap dancer?
Well my group just finished with the Hydra and still haven't encountered her yet. They knew something was up with the mephit attack but didn't search the ship. The two failed poison attempts have raised their eyebrows a bit but still no search. I may have her attack one of them at the village but they mostly stuck together. She may take the opportunity when the ship gets stuck and are first attacked by the All-Mother. I'm pretty much playing her by the module with only one change. I'm gonna give her a Wand of Lightningbolt with a couple of charges on it. One of my players is going for the Stormlord PrC and they need to be hit by lightning to qualify so I figured it was a good way to give her a bit more damage potential and help storywise to more the player on.
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One thing I've noticed about Rowyn is she only has Perform (dance), it seems odd then that, those ranks qualify her for using Bardic Music, which must use sound to be effective. Is she a tap dancer?
This is an area where the bard needed more clarification than it got in the PHB, alas. In my campaign, Perform (dance) allows use of bardic music but does not require sound, it only requires line of sight. Darkness and fog ruin it, but it works fine in silenced areas.
In a perfect world, each form of Perform would have advantages and disadvantages like this.