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I liked what i read about the soulbound dolls and Prestico's daughters in the beastiary and the guide to korvosa and I was wondering, will they be featured later on in the adventure path? I'm curious because I want to make up a short side adventure for my PCs that takes place during the riotting in Edge of Anarchy and wouldn't want to step on the adventure path's toes later on.
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Alrighty, this is what I'm thinking. Any feedback is welcome.
Citizens are roving the Midland distict in disorganized packs hoping to met out some mob justice on the man who's brutally tearing up women in back alleys. So far 5 have been killed and mutilated and folks are mad at the Korvosan Guard for not being able to catch the guy. But who can blame them, they have their hands more than full and the vigilante mobs are only making things harder.
The actualy culprit is, of course, Prestico's missing daughter. Though i'm having trouble trying to think up exactly what her motivation is. Possibly the Derro have a hand in this somehow. Maybe forshadow their presense in the city with some four fingered handprints in the dolls lair located in the sewers.
The PCs could be introduced to the quest in a number of ways. They could be approached by Commander Kroft with the problem. Or they could come across a mob clashing with hell knights in the streets of Krovosa as a "random encounter" when traveling aroud the city on some other errand. The mob shouting for the " 'ead of the brute what did them unspeakable acts to those poor girls." The mob turns violent and they start prying up stones from the street and hurling them pushing the Hell Knights into a retreat. PCs could get more information from members of the mob or even the retreating Hell Knights.
If the PCs don't bite the adventure hook at first, more murders could crop up. They might even stumble upon the grisly scene of a fresh murder.
Women have been getting violently killed at night in the midlands at night while the streets have been in chaos. The final victim, Mari Kell, has become something of a martyr despite (if the PCs follow up on information gathering) her old reputation of dubious morality.
Once they've defeated the murderous doll, theres still the problem of convincing the mob that the murders were actually committed by an animated doll! And perhaps even after convincing the mob it was the doll, the mobs will want to turn their rage against the old doll maker and his remaining creations. How will the PCs convince the mob not to string up the old, harmless man?
What i'd like is some help brainstorming the Doll's motivation and ideas on how the PCs can track the Doll back to it's lair in the Sewers. Anyone have any ideas?