Re: [DL] Plot help. . . PLEASE!!!

[Ghoull@aol.com]

In a message dated 1/4/00 3:07:48 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
deadbeatgames@yahoo.com writes:

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 Okay, Jake, you should really stop reading now. . .
 
 
 
 Okay, don't say I didn't warn you . . .
 
 
 I have long been a proponent of the master theif as a good mentally 
challanging villian, and my origionalplan revolved around this.  But the make 
up of the posse makes this idea prohibitive.  Within the party, we have only 
one "normal" human character.  We have blessed, a huckster, a harrowed, a ms, 
and an enlightened martial artist.  It's hard to make the part work towards 
finding and catching a thief when our blessed can simply role his 7d12 faith 
and Guide his way to whatever has been stolen.

     What's the Guide power do? *****

 The second problem I have is that with the exception of our MS, none of the 
characters are particularly "item" driven.  Sure, stealing Mark VIII (the 
MS's robot) would motivate him . . . (sorry, got distracted there for a 
minute, the news anchorman for the local FOX station just walked past my 
cubical with a camera crew.  No good can come from this.) but would the 
others be particularly interested in helping to chase Mark 8 down?  Also the 
MS only plays on occasion, so I'd hate to hing the adventure on his 
involvment and then have him no-show.  

     If the thief can't steal anything that the players would want, have him 
steal something that they would fear. (I've always felt that just telling 
players "Your most valuable gear was stolen while you slept" is unfair, 
anyway) Perhaps he could swipe a relic containing an imprisoned demon, which 
he incorrectly thinks would heal a sick friend or raise a dead family member 
from the hereafter if freed from its jail. Even if the characters don't want 
the relic for themselves, they could still rally behind the cause of not 
letting the abomination go free. Or, if you'd prefer to keep the supernatural 
out of the picture altogether, he could steal a vial of smallpox or some 
hideous alchemical poison mistakenly labelled as medicine. 

                    ---Ghoull