So, after speaking with Gustav, my players have decided they want to take on the entire defense of the beast, removing Gustav entirely due to the fact that he has been unsuccessful in his last 6 trials. I don't see this as being a major issue, but could there be anything that could make this a major hindrance to my game?
So, after speaking with Gustav, my players have decided they want to take on the entire defense of the beast, removing Gustav entirely due to the fact that he has been unsuccessful in his last 6 trials. I don't see this as being a major issue, but could there be anything that could make this a major hindrance to my game?
They're not real lawyers. None of them have license.
They quite honestly need Gustav Kaple to be there just so they can puppeteer him around.
Unless one of them has Profession (Barrister) or the like, of course. Or possibly a noble title. Either would probably give them enough standing that the judge would allow it.So, after speaking with Gustav, my players have decided they want to take on the entire defense of the beast, removing Gustav entirely due to the fact that he has been unsuccessful in his last 6 trials. I don't see this as being a major issue, but could there be anything that could make this a major hindrance to my game?They're not real lawyers. None of them have license.
They quite honestly need Gustav Kaple to be there just so they can puppeteer him around.
He actually does have that as a trained skill. The moment they found out about the beast being on trial he wanted to defend him, and that was even before speaking with the judge. He guaranteed me that he did not read the AP and didn't even know the title of it when he took the skill, and his character was from Ustalav.
I didn't want to railroad the group too hardcore so I am allowing it, and I will be re-reading everything a couple times trying to make sure nothing major gets messed up by the situation.
Unless one of them has Profession (Barrister) or the like, of course. Or possibly a noble title. Either would probably give them enough standing that the judge would allow it.So, after speaking with Gustav, my players have decided they want to take on the entire defense of the beast, removing Gustav entirely due to the fact that he has been unsuccessful in his last 6 trials. I don't see this as being a major issue, but could there be anything that could make this a major hindrance to my game?They're not real lawyers. None of them have license.
They quite honestly need Gustav Kaple to be there just so they can puppeteer him around.
He actually does have that as a trained skill. The moment they found out about the beast being on trial he wanted to defend him, and that was even before speaking with the judge. He guaranteed me that he did not read the AP and didn't even know the title of it when he took the skill, and his character was from Ustalav.
I didn't want to railroad the group too hardcore so I am allowing it, and I will be re-reading everything a couple times trying to make sure nothing major gets messed up by the situation.
I also have a player who is a Bard with Barrister trained. We made his back story that he is helping with the trial for the possible fame of being part of the defense. The group has not tried to take over the defense, but I could see them trying that angle.