I would like to add the CoT faster in the campaign!

[Lpf]

Hello ! So it's my first text there, and i'm a french guy... So apologize if my english is not that good.

I'm mastering the Council of Thieves in july. I'm working on it actually, and i've read several ppl to get a review on this campaign.

They are all agree that the CoT is not enough present at the start of the campaign and that Childrens of Westcrown are forgotten.

For the Childrens, i found something, but for the CoT... I don't have any ideas.

I've found on reddit: "For example, the party isn't aware of the existence of the main villain until the end of book 4 (I think), which is a glaring mistake, in my opinion. Read about the history of Drovenge family and try to incorporate them into the story, otherwise the villain becomes just some random dude they kill"

Do u have any ideas how to incorporate the Drovenge Family in the story sooner?

Thanks !

[Lord Fyre]

Lpf wrote:

Hello ! So it's my first text there, and i'm a french guy... So apologize if my english is not that good.

I'm mastering the Council of Thieves in july. I'm working on it actually, and i've read several ppl to get a review on this campaign.

They are all agree that the CoT is not enough present at the start of the campaign and that Childrens of Westcrown are forgotten.

For the Childrens, i found something, but for the CoT... I don't have any ideas.

I've found on reddit: "For example, the party isn't aware of the existence of the main villain until the end of book 4 (I think), which is a glaring mistake, in my opinion. Read about the history of Drovenge family and try to incorporate them into the story, otherwise the villain becomes just some random dude they kill"

Do u have any ideas how to incorporate the Drovenge Family in the story sooner?

Thanks !

There are a couple of things I might suggest.

We know that Chammady Drovenge appears in the play after-party. Enlarge her role, and don't have her leave early. If you have a "lothario" in the party, have her seduce him/her, similar to what she has done with Vuiper Ghivel. (Chammandy's goal would be to "pump" him (or her) for information about the PCs. If she succeeds on getting info from the hero, have an appropriately leveled rogue attempt to assassinate the would be "lothario" - and leaving a message about interfering with the Council.)

Give Ecarrdian Drovenge a had of disguise, and have him replace Chammandy in the Devildrome. (He's gotta do something with his abundant spare time.) Have him give reasonable sounding "insider advice" to the heroes, but have that advice be intentionally wrong.

As the heroes move about between adventures, have the character with the best "street smarts" spot someone observing him/her from a distance. (If the player ties to catch the tail, run a chase scene per the Gamemastery Guide, but give the CoT agent a suicide capsule.)

[Lpf]

Hm thx for those tips ! :).

If anyone has more ideas, i take it :D

[Tacticslion]

Dot. Can't promise anything, buuu~uuut maybe!

[Kalindlara]

I did some stuff with them in my own. If I can muster the energy for one of my old lengthy posts, I'll lay some of it down. (I went pretty all-out with the NPCs, so it helped that they could blend in. If you're not doing the same, it might not be as useful.)

My favorite, though, was having an Abadaran priestess named Avahzi Serafian show up (around Book 2) to take over the city's moribund Bank of Abadar. As the city's new Archbanker, she helped the PCs securely store their funds and acquire loans.