Hello. I am looking for some suggestions on a plot idea I have.
My group is currently Doing D1 Crown of the Kobold King and last session ended with Two rooms Left. Currently they are level 3 (6 people) and likely will be level 4 when it finishes.
Following some of the 'what to do from here' suggestions at the end of d1 I wanted to give the players a chance to be involved in Local politics either Locally Or some sort of regional thing vs the Lumber Consortium.
I figure they are in a good level range for this, I had planned to do i think its d3? after which is APL 6 and i figure when that is finished they will be too Strong for Falcons Hollow (Ie higher level than everyone in the town)
So this gives me a little bit of l a level range of 4 to part way through 6 to let them be involved in the Area.
Secondly last year on black friday i baught a bunch of the little 3.5 mini encounters for $2 each and i thought i could maybe Use some of these.
So first a Spoiler thingie involving post d1 stuff.
Basically the Two bits for Falcons hollow that i think have room to develop for stuff Is the Mother of one of the Children, and the Sister of one of the children.
The mother is Married to a Elf Ranger who goes away for periods. I was thinking of casting him as a Cross between Davey Croclet and Legolass, but that might be too Much badass in one NPC. This tangent really jus thas Short period Interpersonal stuff and i have no idea if any of my players will Take a liking to her. Ive never tried having an NPc seduce somone before.
The Sister of one of the Other Children i think is the Angle To have the players Involved in Local politics. She is Nice Friendly and Will be Deliberately Trying to Not have the players notice she works as a Prostitute. (It doesnt really say But im going with Financial debt reasons perpetuated by Poverty and Taking care of a younger brother)
Im guessing the Players will take interest In the Sister and This will likely to Lead to investigating Conditions Etc which will lead to Thuldrin Kreed or his Chief Thug ( cannot remember his name off the top of my head, the half-Orc whos nose was smashed in by the sherif)
Two of the Children have the potential to become bad guys. Kimi and Hollin I think depending on the Mother here Kimi can become good or bad But the Hollin Tangent wont play out for several years when he is older.
Anyhow I have Two of these Encounter things i Think i can use in the Area, one of them The Grove of the Mad Druid (where the recently refurbished Corpse golem) was first introduced. This i think i can just use as a 1 off.
The Second is the Ninja Death Cult
Im really just Mining this for Ideas, But Theres Three NPC involved in this.
Feldren Thull The leader, per this Cleric 3/Rogue 2
Kelzern Thought Stealer Dopilganger Monk 2
Eselda Nightstar Rogue 5/assasin 3
Feldren is the Cult Leader and Eseldra is a complete and utter Innocent who is under a Curse with demonic influences.
Anyhow I Dont know wether to Rebrand the Death cult as a Urgathoa Cult being used by the Overboss to do his dirty Work. (when the players start medling in local politics) Do i Remake them as Actual Ninja?
Im also not sure How to Drop hints one of them is Redeamable.
Lastly for the whole Start of this All i have For ideas is a posible Expected initial Conflict at the Brothel. I was thinking of Casting it as something like a fight yod see in a western. This shoul dbe alot of fun thematically.
Final Bit
When the Party was in the Forest The little werewolf girl Got away after killing one of the Players. However One of the players Has her Doll. This Could just be its own side tangent or maybe a Re-werewolfing of the Grove of the mad Druid. But i was thinking she wants her doll back.
But Looking for ideas how to Tie it all together. One of the people id normally Bounce these ideas off of Just left the country and the other is a player.
anyone?
you know looking what I wrote, I really shouldn't type out long posts quickly on my iPad. my spelling is worse than normal and I got names etc wrong. final bump then though I may put converted versions of the ninja cult up later I'n the conversion area.