Kesten Garrus; striking back at the scandal

[Renvale999]

So we just started the Kingmaker AP, and my players are loving it.

Slight problem; one of the players(and hence her character) is leaving for three weeks, in which we will continue to game.

The character going to be gone is a drow rogue, female. Kesten's men have taking a shining to her (since she's exotic).

What I'm thinking is having Kesten employ her to help him clear his name regarding the scandal that put him at Oleg's (my idea is that he was framed by the Surtova's). She could gather evidence, spy on folks and such at Restov. This will all happen in solo sessions once she gets back to catch up with the group regarding xp and such.

My question to the gods of the forum is whether or not this will affect the game going forward, especially during the kingdom building stage. I've read everything I can on what happens after Stolen Lands (the second AP is in the mail on its way here) and from everything I've read, Kesten plays as big or as little part in the events as the players want him too.

Any help would be appreciated.

[ChrisO]

Renvale999 wrote:

My question to the gods of the forum is whether or not this will affect the game going forward, especially during the kingdom building stage. I've read everything I can on what happens after Stolen Lands (the second AP is in the mail on its way here) and from everything I've read, Kesten plays as big or as little part in the events as the players want him too.

Any help would be appreciated.

That's pretty much spot-on. Kesten can play as large a role as you or your players would like. By-the-books, he's not integral to the story beyond Book 1. But you can make him so... :)

[tlc_web tlc_web]

Kesten is not critical to the story in the future chapters. Also making him more important will not necessarily ruin the future chapters.

[Brian Bachman]

It's totally up to you. KG has no set role later in the AP, so you can do with him whatever you want, or whatever makes your game cooler for you and your players. That's the beauty of a sandbox game. No two campaigns will end up looking quie the same.

[Valandil Ancalime]

He is presented as a leadership role possiblity, but that's all.

[Renvale999]

Awesome, thanks guys and gals, much appreciated.