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Awesome.
Like your list there Ascension.
If we do end up going with a Caravan idea I was thinking of some adventure hooks that might exist.
For starters we would need some wagon's mapped out I imagine.
So begins my list for entities among the Caravan:
- A Princess who's Uncle assumed the throne after her father died is being escorted under guard to an arranged marriage. She of course does not wish to go through with this. In fact, one of the guardsman (could be a Captain or something) grew up with her family and the two have been in love for years. They plan to escape and make a run for it. Perhaps one day she will return to her homeland and take back the throne. (The story needs built but will the party help them or hunt them?)
- A jeweled Sword is being transported by the Thieves guild (or some other guild). One of the PCs overheard one of the Caravaners saying they saw it being packed up before the trip started but haven't seen it since. It looked valuable, like it might be a King's sword. (Depending on your party they might want to try finding it)
- The sacred Orb of whatchawannacallit, an artifact of some kind, is being relocated to a new temple by a group of silent Monks. What powers does it posses? Perhaps a trader of such baubles will approach the PC's to hire them to steal it? Perhaps the Monks are more than they seem...
- Obviously the ambush:
A Band of orcs/goblins/whatevers attack and manage to make off with something important, maybe one of these items above or even something belonging to the party. Either way this could lead to an underground lair the raiders have fled into.
Ok, that's all I had time to dream up today so if you have more ideas we can add them on. If anyone has another concept by all means toss it out there. My thoughts in kicking these out are so someone can volunteer to work on the backstories for each of the above. That will in turn create characters and plot hooks.
I'm thinking a Caravan could exist for just one of the above but if we think of each entity like chapters in a book, we could have a chapter for each significant group traveling in the Caravan. We could have a pdf called "The Caravan" and Gamemasters could just include as many chapters as they wanted to control the size of the Caravan. Then each night the PC's could mingle around the campfires and pick up details that might pique their interest.
Originally Posted by ravells
