Hi all,
pcs meet with erin habe and the two tiefling orderlies outside the building. Fighter is hot headed and demands to see his basement. Roll init....one tielfling twin brother dead, one brother ran away, habe beat down begs for life. tells pcs about the necromancer and after they deal with him, the pcs make an alliance/deal to let habe stay there as long as he keeps his nose clean and do a favor later for the pcs.
Question: what repercussions will the surviving tiefling dish out?
would the brotherhood of seven get involved with habe?
Burn it to the ground?
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Seems like a stretch to get the Brotherhood involved with Habe, who seems to me to be very likely to actually go straight (having been a basically decent guy from the beginning who just got greedy). Caizarlu is a powerful object lesson in doing background checks for him, in the future.
Now regarding the tiefling- if they hadn't been brothers I'd just say he'd probably let it go, but depending on what the remaining tiefling knows about the PCs I'm sure he'd try to find SOME way to get back at them. Since they've already demonstrated they're superior physical threat, he's likely looking for an equalizer- allies would be great but I don't honestly see a good connection for involving him in events in Magnimar.
If he knows that the PCs came from Sandpoint, or even flees there and starts looking for info about them, then he runs into the problem of them being local heroes and pretty universally well-liked. However, there's one person in town who is likely quite sympathetic- Ven Vinder. If I were inclined to have the surviving tiefling brother be an actual threat to the party then that's where I'd start- teaming up with Vinder to smear their reputation and gradually turn folk against them. Perhaps while the PCs are in Magnimar, further rumors get spread about them (specific to the PCs- accusations of petty theft or vandalism, or perhaps escalation to rumors that they were working with Tsuto to destroy the town and betrayed him when they saw more profit in appearing to be heroes?)
Seems like a stretch to .
If he knows that the PCs came from Sandpoint, or even flees there and starts looking for info about them, then he runs into the problem of them being local heroes and pretty universally well-liked. However, there's one person in town who is likely quite sympathetic- Ven Vinder. If I were inclined to have the surviving tiefling brother be an actual threat to the party then that's where I'd start- teaming up with Vinder to smear their reputation and gradually turn folk against them. Perhaps while the PCs are in Magnimar, further rumors get spread about them (specific to the PCs- accusations of petty theft or vandalism, or perhaps escalation to rumors that they were working with Tsuto to destroy the town and betrayed him when they saw more profit in appearing to be heroes?)
I like the ven vinder story plot. I might expand on that story...hmmmmmm?!?!?
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Alternatively, ajbaker hit upon Habe's primary motivation here - greed. It seems like a waste not to use that! If they take too long to solve the murder plot, then maybe X hears about Habe, and sends the Skinsaw Man after him. I wouldn't kill him off first - that feels too much like a GM punishing players for success - but if they're absolutely stumped, then they go after Habe.