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Ascalaphus' flavor handouts

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  • Ascalaphus
    Ascalaphus


    9 years ago
    While prepping the adventure I grew concerned that players would have trouble following the story. The Elemental Lords are rather obscure Golarion lore, not many players would be aware of them. In addition, Sorrina is pretty new herself.

    The Speech file is meant as an IC inaugural address for Sorrina as new Master of Spells. We circulated this among players as they were mustering before play began. It contains some name-dropping of Elemental Lords hidden between references to past scenarios and some vague speculation about upcoming scenarios (of which I have no special knowledge). It also serves to introduce her as a more positive personality than Aram Zey. I tried to capture her tone from box text in Captive in Crystal and Cosmic Captive.

    The Clues file contains text handouts for the NPCs who the players can coax into handing over clues during the scenario. I tried to dole out the information in small bits so that by pooling several clues, the players can see the big picture emerge. If your Special day involves a lunch break in the middle, it's okay if players compare handouts with other tables - encouraged even! The information is spread out among the different paths through the scenario. Ideally, by the time Sorrina announced who is going to be rescued, players will be nodding along thinking "yes, we found that out for you".
    speech.pdf
    clues.pdf
     
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