Comments on: Peculiar Places: The Salient Green http://www.encounteraday.com/2008/02/08/hostile-hostels-the-salient-green/ A new RPG encounter, every Monday through Friday! Tue, 06 Dec 2011 07:02:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 <div class=wavatar><img class='wavatar' src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=e128b6065bf535cb3a72a7dd3c14bedf.jpg&s=80&d=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.encounteraday.com%2Fwp-content%2Fcache%2Fwavatars%2Fe128b6065bf535cb3.png' width='80' height='80' alt='Wavatar' /></div>By: Asmor http://www.encounteraday.com/2008/02/08/hostile-hostels-the-salient-green/comment-page-1/#comment-130
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Asmor Sat, 09 Feb 2008 18:17:57 +0000 http://www.encounteraday.com/2008/02/08/hostile-hostels-the-salient-green/#comment-130 I see the innkeeper's motivation as being the greatest motivator of them all: money. People love his brews, and that's good enough. Of course, you could make him a cannibal or something, which would help explain how he discovered his talents, but I don't think that's really necessary. What would be interesting in your hydra poison idea above is if he miscalculated and killed a bunch of people on accident... and then the PCs caught some heat for it. He could lay the blame on them, or the authorities might just find out that they helped him get the poison and go after them on their own. I see the innkeeper’s motivation as being the greatest motivator of them all: money. People love his brews, and that’s good enough. Of course, you could make him a cannibal or something, which would help explain how he discovered his talents, but I don’t think that’s really necessary.

What would be interesting in your hydra poison idea above is if he miscalculated and killed a bunch of people on accident… and then the PCs caught some heat for it. He could lay the blame on them, or the authorities might just find out that they helped him get the poison and go after them on their own.

]]> <div class=wavatar><img class='wavatar' src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=b01fa92934df24841c8fca3f03901498.jpg&s=80&d=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.encounteraday.com%2Fwp-content%2Fcache%2Fwavatars%2Fb01fa92934df24841.png' width='80' height='80' alt='Wavatar' /></div>By: Tommi http://www.encounteraday.com/2008/02/08/hostile-hostels-the-salient-green/comment-page-1/#comment-129
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Tommi Fri, 08 Feb 2008 20:44:45 +0000 http://www.encounteraday.com/2008/02/08/hostile-hostels-the-salient-green/#comment-129 A bit of motivation for the innkeeper wouldn't hurt. I have hard time getting a handle on this one. One possible story hook is that the innkeeper wants something dangerous. Hydra poison, say, of which even a single drop could be used to add flavour to an immense amount of consumables. Maybe the players will do deed. What if the next task is a bit more grissly? How long will they go hunting whatever the innkeeper wants, even if compensated significantly? <em>Tommi's last blog post..<a href='http://thanuir.wordpress.com/2008/02/05/appeasing-the-giant/' rel="nofollow">Appeasing the giant?</a></em> A bit of motivation for the innkeeper wouldn’t hurt. I have hard time getting a handle on this one.

One possible story hook is that the innkeeper wants something dangerous. Hydra poison, say, of which even a single drop could be used to add flavour to an immense amount of consumables.
Maybe the players will do deed. What if the next task is a bit more grissly? How long will they go hunting whatever the innkeeper wants, even if compensated significantly?

Tommi’s last blog post..Appeasing the giant?

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