Venture-Lieutenant, Netherlands—Leiden
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He has always been a total schmuck! You don’t really see it until you’ve done some missions on his behalf. Maybe they thought he had good leadership potential at the beginning, and then didn’t know what to do with him when he started showing his true colors...
He's not the only original faction leader to be a questionable choice of representative. Think back to the late Baron Dalsine. Remember when the Paracountess had a spot of legal trouble in Cheliax. Amenopheus has his own dubious past with Torch an the Shadow Lodge. And the Pasha...
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He has always been a total schmuck! You don’t really see it until you’ve done some missions on his behalf. Maybe they thought he had good leadership potential at the beginning, and then didn’t know what to do with him when he started showing his true colors...He's not the only original faction leader to be a questionable choice of representative. Think back to the late Baron Dalsine. Remember when the Paracountess had a spot of legal trouble in Cheliax. Amenopheus has his own dubious past with Torch an the Shadow Lodge. And the Pasha...
Do Torch and Amenoheus have a tie beyond some pretty rocks?
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You could have just asked me. It would have saved you a lot of time.Why did it take so long for Colson Maldris to “go missing”?
"Do you have any idea how long it takes to check brothel in absolom?"
"I do now...."
It seems like people never listen. Always check the Church of Calistria first.
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It seems like people never listen. Always check the Church of Calistria
first.
"No, you check the temple after 8 hours of searching. If you're going to be tied up for a few hours anyway you may as well get some sleep. Why they even HAD fox sized restraints i have no idea... "
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So... Who would be the person in a position of power in the Society that could effectively bring down punitive action on Maldris?
Do you think they will just sort of bury the story, maybe just delete it, rather than allowing apt retribution?
Do you think that Colson Maldris' blatant abuse of power is something that should be dealt with by a Society authority figure?
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Trust me. It has been handled.
I'm not inclined to trust anyone, in this venue. The only story we are allowed to see is the story that is fed to us with a Sustaining Spoon, washed down with a decanter of Endless [strikethrough=]bull*@^%[/strikethrough] Water.
Geez - even the formatting is limited...
I look forward to when the story moves out of development and is available for purchase. Maybe I'll even read it before I play it...
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You're not even being subtle about it now.
Also,
strikethroughis just 's'.
Damn, my formatting skills suck.
Hey, a good metaphor is a good metaphor.
I have had a serious hate-filled spot in my heart for Colson Maldris for years.
He continues being a total bucket of rotten fish and nobody does anything about it, for years. I found a discussion about him from 2016 dealing with the same issues that just got glossed over.
Colson Maldris deserves to be canned.
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*raises hand*
For someone who's yet to play a lot of scenarios, what are some recommended ones that will give me more insight about this ex-leader of Liberty's Edge? Because when I played
School of Spirits
I was surprised by some of the anger some of the other PCs were showing towards this fellow and I knew I was missing some valuable context.
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"No, you check the temple after 8 hours of searching. If you're going to be tied up for a few hours anyway you may as well get some sleep. Why they even HAD fox sized restraints i have no idea... "It seems like people never listen. Always check the Church of Calistria
first.
I keep restraints in multiple sizes, for a variety of reasons. (Not what you're thinking - I am a redeemer AT paladin, I can smite for nonlethal and bring them in alive.)
Regional Venture-Coordinator, Appalachia
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@Ladile
The great challenge with Colson Maldris is so much of his character was revealed through season 0-5 faction card missions with the various things he asked you to do and why.
So him showing up like that at the end of that one was like INHERENTLY fishy.
Some of the more memorably weird ones are the City of Strangers duo and Breaking Ties. So its one of those strange things where if you arent LE, you have no real reason to hate the guy, but if you are dedicated to his cause his leadership is....REALLY suspect.
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Some of the more memorably weird ones are the City of Strangers duo and Breaking Ties. So its one of those strange things where if you arent LE, you have no real reason to hate the guy, but if you are dedicated to his cause his leadership is....REALLY suspect.
Now couple that with the idea that he never seems to do anything freedomy. I know its hard to write him doing heroics because thats what the PCs are supposed to do but any of his actions or directives are almost swapable with generic venture captain here
Venture-Captain, California—San Francisco Bay Area North & East
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Now couple that with the idea that he never seems to do anything freedomy. I know its hard to write him doing heroics because thats what the PCs are supposed to do but any of his actions or directives are almost swapable with generic venture captain here
Some of the more memorably weird ones are the City of Strangers duo and Breaking Ties. So its one of those strange things where if you arent LE, you have no real reason to hate the guy, but if you are dedicated to his cause his leadership is....REALLY suspect.
He loans you a nice sword while keeping some dinner guests calmed down...
(When I ran that game as a LARP, I added a Kavalakus for those inside the building to fight)|
Venture-Captain, California—San Francisco Bay Area North & East
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Okay, that's what I was wondering - of the scenarios I've played (and GMed) thus far, most of them have been later season scenarios and/or not with Liberty's Edge characters. Thank you for the insight!
Even if you were doing the older scenarios, the faction missions are typically no longer done, so you wouldn't really get much of a feel for him anyways.
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Venture-Agent, Massachusetts—Boston Metro
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*raises hand*
For someone who's yet to play a lot of scenarios, what are some recommended ones that will give me more insight about this ex-leader of Liberty's Edge? Because when I played
** spoiler omitted **
I was surprised by some of the anger some of the other PCs were showing towards this fellow and I knew I was missing some valuable context.
You didn't miss any context. Hilariously and weirdly enough School of Spirits is an old faction mission. One of the more infamously evil ones.