Hey community,
Got a player interested in diving into True Names, and after book one and defeating Zoudou, wants to begin researching the true name of Kugaptee. I already got a loose idea for how to do this, which is, using the Research subsystem to give him "pieces" of the true name, which he can slowly piece together by the time we get to book four.
But my question is this:
Q) How many "items" (such as Zoudou's Notes) could function as a "library" for the subsystem?
Q) What / where are they throughout the AP?
Q) Are there ample additional opportunities for significant chunks of downtime outside of book 1 / book 2?
Q) Any suggestions for "themes" which I could incorporate into Kugaptee's true name? (Yes, I am going to create phonemes, etc).
Q) Any ideas for having successive "successes" for these research subsystems give out in-game benefits? (Ex. Being able to use true name spells against direct / essence minions, etc).
Having a blast GMing this.
Cheers!
Creative Director
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Part of this Adventure Path's initial inspiration for me was...
It's one of my favorite movies ever; it's about a series of supernatural events that are investigated and explored in the format of a documentary. It's got a really slow burn of constant building dread, and lots of investigations into the nature of the threat, including the name of the demon involved in the story, so if you're looking for more inspiration in how to expand on researching Kugaptee's name, "Noroi" is a good place to start. (It's also the movie I quoted in Season of Ghosts' hidden stinger at the end of the legal text in the last adventure!)
THAT SAID: While "Noroi" isn't particularly graphic on screen, its story and implications of what's going on are VERY mature-content. Its style is also a mix of found footage and low-fi documentary footage, so that'll bore or annoy some folks. So it's not for everyone.