I have really enjoyed reading the wealth of knowledge over the years here and finally have a group to run through this AP. Thus I am finally coming out of lurk mode and posting.
I want to tie the PCs into the story and the festival, but I do not want them to be from Sandpoint. Thus I was going to use the oldest gag in the book and have the character guard a transport that was carrying something of importance to the festival and the rededication ceremony at the church.
I was thinking of having the caravan ambushed by Bruthazmus, Lyrie and the obligatory goblins. The PCs would survive (with possibly Shalelu saving the day), but the item they were bringing to the ceremony gets stolen because Nualia needs it for her offerings to Malfeshnekor.
What kind of item would she need?
Any thoughts or ideas would be of great assistance and appreaciated.
Steve
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I have really enjoyed reading the wealth of knowledge over the years here and finally have a group to run through this AP. Thus I am finally coming out of lurk mode and posting.
I want to tie the PCs into the story and the festival, but I do not want them to be from Sandpoint. Thus I was going to use the oldest gag in the book and have the character guard a transport that was carrying something of importance to the festival and the rededication ceremony at the church.
I was thinking of having the caravan ambushed by Bruthazmus, Lyrie and the obligatory goblins. The PCs would survive (with possibly Shalelu saving the day), but the item they were bringing to the ceremony gets stolen because Nualia needs it for her offerings to Malfeshnekor.
What kind of item would she need?
Any thoughts or ideas would be of great assistance and appreaciated.
Steve
I think Lamashtu would enjoy the opportunity to despoil anything that goodly folk care about but as the mother of monsters might I suggest a sacred animal?
The sacred goat/bull/tiger/whatever is taken by Nualia and in a strange and elaborate ritual it either:A - becomes spontaneously pregnant with some obscene hybrid beast.
B - is corrupted by dark magics into a fearsome beast (perhaps replace one of the Yeth Hounds with it)
And so the boxes of swallowtail butterflies the caravan of Desna worshipping (are there any other kind ;) Varisians are carrying gets ambushed that your party just happens to be helping guard...
The festival is sacred to the Varisians and they are going to pay homage to the Goddess Desna as well as to the old Green Faith / Desna worshipping Druid Madam Mvashti :) before going to visit sacred ground at Magnimar :)
So, taken together, the butterflies get turned into nightwings.
Later that day, a hole in the ground was found where Sandpoint used to be. =)
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I have really enjoyed reading the wealth of knowledge over the years here and finally have a group to run through this AP. Thus I am finally coming out of lurk mode and posting.
I want to tie the PCs into the story and the festival, but I do not want them to be from Sandpoint. Thus I was going to use the oldest gag in the book and have the character guard a transport that was carrying something of importance to the festival and the rededication ceremony at the church.
I was thinking of having the caravan ambushed by Bruthazmus, Lyrie and the obligatory goblins. The PCs would survive (with possibly Shalelu saving the day), but the item they were bringing to the ceremony gets stolen because Nualia needs it for her offerings to Malfeshnekor.
What kind of item would she need?
Any thoughts or ideas would be of great assistance and appreaciated.
Steve
In my game:
The monk PC was sent to Sandpoint to help build things for the church and festival.
The fighter was sent because of guarding a caravan through town.
The cleric was sent to attend the re-opening of the church.
The sorcerer was sent to find a rare herb that only seems to grow around Sandpoint...