kevintheradioguy
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So, I am narrating a game, and there's a small subplot of a town on a lockdown.
Originally it had to do with an accidental murder of a visiting noble's daughter the paranoid father took for assassination, and demanded the lockdown until the killer is found... it was an ironic one, seeing how said father grew her to be a fiery big-headed lass, who only dressed up in working clothes, and started challenging people in a tavern that eventually got her stabbed to death, and the body dumped into a river... However, as I thought of it, this was a perfect backstory to one of important NPCs I was introducing, so the idea was scrapped in favor to the NPC.
But since then, I have been struggling with a small plot for this lockdown. Anything I came up with was whether dull, and I didn't like it; or it was a force the players cannot fight, and I'd like for them to have a chance on taking this 'quest' and finishing it. Since the appearance of the town is no more than five posts away, I am beginning to panic a little, as the lockdown was established at this point, and I don't want to go back. Therefore, I wanted to ask for any ideas/inspirations you had yourself, or directions to take you think might do best.
Few things about the town/universe that might help:
- Post-fantasy. No magic left, neither a lot of races, gunpowder was invented, steam power is at its beginning, no oil is present (or discovered anyway) in the world.
- God was real, it is dead now, thus religions aren't as dire and "theoretical" in this world. They mostly just try to theorise and figure out what had happened to their god instead of promising salvation or keeping people in check. The town in question is under the religious goverment.
- Medicine, literature, and culture are extremely developed in the world.
- Routes for travels, safety outside the city walls, etc. are extremely undeveloped in this world.
Originally it had to do with an accidental murder of a visiting noble's daughter the paranoid father took for assassination, and demanded the lockdown until the killer is found... it was an ironic one, seeing how said father grew her to be a fiery big-headed lass, who only dressed up in working clothes, and started challenging people in a tavern that eventually got her stabbed to death, and the body dumped into a river... However, as I thought of it, this was a perfect backstory to one of important NPCs I was introducing, so the idea was scrapped in favor to the NPC.
But since then, I have been struggling with a small plot for this lockdown. Anything I came up with was whether dull, and I didn't like it; or it was a force the players cannot fight, and I'd like for them to have a chance on taking this 'quest' and finishing it. Since the appearance of the town is no more than five posts away, I am beginning to panic a little, as the lockdown was established at this point, and I don't want to go back. Therefore, I wanted to ask for any ideas/inspirations you had yourself, or directions to take you think might do best.
Few things about the town/universe that might help:
- Post-fantasy. No magic left, neither a lot of races, gunpowder was invented, steam power is at its beginning, no oil is present (or discovered anyway) in the world.
- God was real, it is dead now, thus religions aren't as dire and "theoretical" in this world. They mostly just try to theorise and figure out what had happened to their god instead of promising salvation or keeping people in check. The town in question is under the religious goverment.
- Medicine, literature, and culture are extremely developed in the world.
- Routes for travels, safety outside the city walls, etc. are extremely undeveloped in this world.
