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Nah... jh Send a noteboard - 20/11/2009 08:39:26 PM
They are arrested for violating laws on the use of magic or weapons or the spreading of religious beliefs, or are accused of murder (rightly or wrongly). An expendable NPC is actually hanged. Then a man from the Collegium rides up on horseback and says that it invokes the right it was given by the king to use convicted criminals, and places a geas or quest on the surviving PCs and NPCs and forces them to do what the Collegium wants or they will ROT AWAY AND DIE. Then you start naming tasks.


Or, the pirates they are hunting actually sell their goods to someone who lives near those caves, and then a rock slide or something... Players are easily steered if they want to go in the wrong direction, the path has a tendency to bring them where they should be anyway. ;) Threats are not really fun, unless it is to cause dissent within the group, you know, when one player has to do this, or he'll die, and the others just can't seem to care enough about that fact so they'll do the potential dangerous thing. :D
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DMing myself into a corner? - 19/11/2009 09:37:45 PM 833 Views
i actually think that's an excellent idea - 19/11/2009 11:57:21 PM 721 Views
A good DM is never in a corner. - 20/11/2009 01:59:10 AM 983 Views
If only I had the years of experience you do. - 20/11/2009 06:21:27 PM 755 Views
How to get from A to C is usually easy! - 20/11/2009 07:26:42 PM 960 Views
Re: How to get from A to C is usually easy! - 20/11/2009 08:13:42 PM 728 Views
Hmmm - 20/11/2009 02:21:29 AM 730 Views
they're already on one adventure - 20/11/2009 03:42:09 AM 746 Views
There's nothing more interesting than when the PCs decide to ignore the plot hooks. - 20/11/2009 04:34:50 AM 755 Views
I was suggesting it as a way to keep them on track. - 20/11/2009 05:18:45 PM 889 Views
If they ignore plot hooks, you use heavy-handed tactics. - 20/11/2009 07:33:16 PM 990 Views
Nah... - 20/11/2009 08:39:26 PM 755 Views
hmmmm... - 20/11/2009 07:26:04 PM 756 Views

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