Ok, So I was thinking of trying this idea out of having one of the characters in my Jade Regent AP show up with the Tattoo that Alias from the Finder Stone trilogy had. For those that don't know the tattoo bound her to 5 different evil power groups, and each group had a task she was to complete for them (but she was unaware of it). Any attempt to remove the tattoo physically or magically caused Alias pain. The novels and the adventure where set in the Forgotten Realms and I'm having trouble finding evil power groups like the ones in the Realms. Below is a list of the groups from the realm if you have an idea of a group that matches in Pathfinder let me know.
- the Fire Knives(a group of assassins seeking the death of a king)
- the Zhentarim (see this as a test in getting people to do things against their nature)
- a Red Wizard of Thay (seeking glory & the destruction of the Dalelands)
- the Cult of Moander (seeking to return their God to the Realms)
- Tyranthraxus (a magical spirit seeking the destruction of items that could banish him forever)
As my Jade regent game has 6 player I'm using subplots from each characters background to make up the EXP diff to keep them on par with the AP & to give them so different adventure choices for when the AP is done. So any help would be great.
I was thinking of using the Five Storms in some way to keep it tied to the AP. I just don't know how I could justify the player not being given the order to just kill Amieko.
So here is what I have come up with.
- Night Heralds: Find a portal to allow the Old Ones back into the world(this ties him to the party sorcerer who is a member of the "old Cults")
- Rune lord of Wrath: Seek out the Sword of Wrath & reawaken Alaznist(this sets up my plan to run the Swords of Sin adventure later)
- Demon Lord Nocticula: Seek the death of the head of the Red Mantis Assassins (this is for my own amusement as the character plans to take his fathers place in the Red Mantis)
- Aspis Consortium: Remove obstacles to consortium agents as it tries to extend its reach.
- Iggwilv: Seeks to usurp control of Irrisen;but Baba Yaga has magics in place to prevent her return.(this links the character to the witch of the party as I have made her grandmother Iggwilv; set up to use the Witch War legacy adventure)
Any feed back would be great