Avner, Horse and a Big Fat Lie

[Floyd Wesel]

So, they Lady Bard in the group visits Avner's horse daily. She loves horses, and it's a great break from the ship's tedium.

So when she's down there one day, one of Avner's servants is brushing the horse. After several minutes conversation, the servant carefully and queitly tells the Lady Bard that she needs to be careful around his lord, and tells her "the warning":

"You see m'Lady, my Lord, he's a jealous and powerful man, willing to match any insult, don't ya know. Once, he was to be married, to a right beautiful young woman, like yer'self, of some of the finest blood in the city. But one night, a few day's before their wedding, Avner caughts her having a daliance with a young adventurer-type. Well, me Lord Avner, he's right furious...and I'm not saying that he isn't right to be so...but what he did...

Well, it seems the adventurer and the Lady were truly in love for they fled the city together. But I know that's not so. You see, I overheard some things betwixt my Lord and a powerful arcanist he hired. I don't know what fell fate came down upon the adventurer, but for the Lady, well, my Lord had her changed, changed into this here horse that you visit everyday.

This way, as my Lord says, he gets to ride her anytime he wants." So, please, take care around my Lord, for your own good...I don't wish to be caring for two mares, My Lady.

Of course, this is not true, but the Player's bought it whole sale, because they WANT to hate him even more then they do already. The servant was Rowyn Kellani, disguised, messing with the PCs head at the time, hoping they might attack th Noble and get into trouble. Can't wait to see that play out.

[Bryon_Kershaw]

Oh my God that's brilliant.

~ Bryon ~

[PlotyJ]

Floyd Wesel wrote:

Of course, this is not true, but the Player's bought it whole sale, because they WANT to hate him even more then they do already. The servant was Rowyn Kellani, disguised, messing with the PCs head at the time, hoping they might attack th Noble and get into trouble. Can't wait to see that play out.

Great I tink I'll use it in my campaign.

[Richard Pett]

Floyd, that is brilliant:)

[Richard Pett]

Damnation, why didn't I think of that...

[Heathansson]

Oh, what a wench!!!

[Richard Pett]

indeed sir - a fine wench - well said!

[Stebehil]

A great idea and a nasty twist to the story - I can aleary imagine the PCs trying to get them changed "back" and burning a lot of money on that. :-)

Stefan

[carborundum]

Genius! How do I bookmark this? :)

I'll put it in my ever-growing great campaign ideas for later document :)

[savagedave22]

That's freakin' great, do keep us updated how this plays out with your players.
DAve

[Fletch]

Ha! That's brilliant.

My biggest fear is that my players will hate Avner TOO much, but this is a great plot point.

[Floyd Wesel]

One of the PCs, a Ranger, has started to use Animal Empathy to try and discern if the horse is a horse or more then just a horse...hehehe...

[Azzy]

Floyd Wesel wrote:

One of the PCs, a Ranger, has started to use Animal Empathy to try and discern if the horse is a horse or more then just a horse...hehehe...

Well the horse is a horse, of course of course.... Oh, nevermind. ;)

[karossii]

Azzy wrote:

Floyd Wesel wrote:

One of the PCs, a Ranger, has started to use Animal Empathy to try and discern if the horse is a horse or more then just a horse...hehehe...

Well the horse is a horse, of course of course.... Oh, nevermind. ;)

That is, of course, unless the horse is...

[Valegrim]

I do this sort of thing to my players all the time and they STILL do not catch on; it is like every word out a a npc mouth is gospel; even if they know that the guy is a CE bad guy with delusions of godhood; it just goes to show how powerful a lie can be as an evil and destructive force.

[gaborg]

This very good!

Spoiler:

I will throw this in after Avner got sacrificed in Fogmire in front of the PCs and the horse left alone at the same area (coz Olangru and his mates kidnapped everyone but it). The PCs will be shocked when they hear the "tale" later by Meravanchi servants... hehe very cool! They will be so sorry that they left it to perish...

[Cpt_kirstov]

Spoiler:

I did this after the mephit attack... they decided to question avner's servents first, so they found Rowyn at the horse and she spun her tale

my PCs loved it.. and forgot about wht they were looking for, instead looking for Avner. with 2/3 of them getting Nat 20s on thier sense motive checks, they beleived that he was telling the truth when he told them he had no idea what they were talking about and demanded to be let alone. They then searched the ship top to bottom, finding the servent ties in a crate with the rotting carcase of a medium-sized two legged carnivorous reptile... which they havn't put together

[cthulhu_waits]

Oh, boy...that is just too cool! Definitely keep us updated on this! I want to hear how it plays out. I'm currently in the middle of The Bullywug Gambit, I might well do something like this in the next adventure.