Obviously, certain NPCs (Plugg, Harrigan, etc.) are intended to be the focus of player ire.
But what about those NPCs that could have been allies, but instead your group ended up despising them. From what I've seen on other posts, there are a few of these...
For instance, in our S&S game Plugg survives his mutinous encounter w/my players, becoming a recurring villain - and although his ultimate fate is 50% creepy/50% hilariously awesome (I'll be posting a campaign recap after our next and final session), it isn't quite what we want here.
No, we're looking for those NPCs your group loved to hate (I'm looking at you, Choncobar...) or hated to love (Old ManRickety).The ones they set up, double crossed, or straight out Shang-haied.
Example, in book 3, I totally set up the good Doctor to become the Doc McCoy for my players. I even got to use "I'm a doctor, not a necromancer." Instead, they tricked him into a watery grave by convincing him to play a drinking game on deck at night. In a storm. On purpose.
"Because he wasn't 'Piratey' enough." -Cpt. East Clintwood.
let me see
Conchobar (quite obvious)
Tsadok ( though it was a brief encounter ) : After the masthead incident Tsadok was warned that cheaters aboard our ship would die, unless they swore allegiance to our captain. who actually was wearing our trusty talisman of proof vs. poison.
was caught cheating twice. protested too loudly, but under an Evil Eye, touch of idiocy he immediately failed his will save against persistent witch-sleep hex and was CdG'd.... man, that pixxed off the hurricane king !
(and overall, what a stupid railroadish encounter.. char is immune to drinks... lol )
never much liked Tessa goody-twoshoes either ( she seemed to e the MonMotha of the AP)
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never much liked Tessa goody-twoshoes either ( she seemed to e the MonMotha of the AP)
Hah! "Many halflings died to bring us this information..."
"But it's just the menu for the inn, Tessa!"
My players hated Conchobhar on top of Scourge and Plugg. He was instrumental in tricking the players into coup-de-gracing Owlbear during the mutiny.
They ended up ripping his ears off, beating him within an inch of his life, disabling his voicebox, shoving his flacming sword-cane up his parrot familiar's butt, roasting it from the inside and eating it in front of him, then tying him to the front of the ship until he died of thirst.
As you can see, he was slightly changed in my campaign, but he was the same ol' womanizer. He had plans on using his oil of animate rope and his love potion to.. "woo" Rosie Cusswell after him and his allies, Scourge and Plugg, took care of the rest of the crew.
Scourge got away with not a scratch during the mutiny, but was captured and waterboarded to death.
Plugg got mutilated extremely bad.. but survived the mutiny and is now the ship's 'mascot'.
They had no beef with Harrigan, honestly. Not yet.
Oh and they also hate anything that has climbed, or will climb, up on their ship at night or uninvited in general. As per quoted from the captain: "GET THESE MOTHER F@@@ING SAHUAGIN OFF MY MOTHER F$%~ING BOAT!". We got a good laugh at that.
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Chumley. Hate that fat bastard. Might just eat his face after I eat Plugg's. Definitely making a drinking goblet out of his empty skull.
Chumley. Hate that fat bastard. Might just eat his face after I eat Plugg's. Definitely making a drinking goblet out of his empty skull.
Outside of Plugg and scourge, Chumlett is probably the NPC my players dislike the most, although it takes the form of ridicule more than anything else.