Treachery of Men Discussion/Planning Thread

[Folwren]

I have no one in particular in mind, Elempi. I would like to find somebody and suggestions are welcome. I'll ask those two you mentioned. I'll check how often they're on, too.

Tell you what - let's move the game forward - the hunt, that is - without worrying about Khamir or Jord. Uldor will start the hunt thinking, "The imbecile can catch up in his own precious time." Nogrod and Lalaith, you do what you're planning.

In the mean time, I'll search for someone to play Jord.

How does that sound?

Captain, I'm sorry you were sick. We'll use Brodda as little as possible but as much as necessary so he's not cut out altogether. I hope to see you join us again soon.

-- Foley

[littlemanpoet]

Was not the hunt Khandr's idea? How can he just go wandering off without consequence? Surely this is not in keeping with the way things would have worked? Sorry for bringing this up late, but it's been niggling at me for days.

[Folwren]

It's not in the way of keeping, but if Khandr gets murdered before they even leave the settlement, I don't see a hunt happening at all. I thought we were going to go off and Khandr was going to killed during the hunt - in the heat of it.

I don't know how else to move the game forward, but I don't mind stalling a bit longer (I've been so ill-organized and busy, I feel like a chicken without a head) to figure it out.

Child, what do you think?

-- Folwren

[littlemanpoet]

Originally Posted by Folwren

It's not in the way of keeping, but if Khandr gets murdered before they even leave the settlement, I don't see a hunt happening at all.

Unless his body is found afterward. But why would the hunt go on at all without Khandr since he is its host?

[Lalaith]

Noggie, I'm on the case. There'll be something up at the weekend.

[Nogrod]

Originally Posted by Lalaith

Noggie, I'm on the case. There'll be something up at the weekend.

Great! Do not be afraid to use Fastarr. I think you have a picture already and he's quite a straightforward guy anyway.

[Child of the 7th Age]

Was not the hunt Khandr's idea? How can he just go wandering off without consequence? Surely this is not in keeping with the way things would have worked? Sorry for bringing this up late, but it's been niggling at me for days.

Yes, I see there is a problem. However, my character has a major dilemma. How can Khandr remain where he is when he believes he will be murdered and the hunt would seem to be the easiest way to do something like that? If you had just been told of your own death and you truly believed what the person was saying, perhaps because you had already sensed that things were not right, would you docilely go forward with the hunt when you think there may be an ambush waiting around the next tree? I would not, even if I was the individual who had arranged the event. When I set up the hunt, I had no idea that someone was going to tell Khandr he was about to bite the dust. This was simply presented in the story as a fait accompli and now my character has to react to what happened. (We had initially planned that Khandr's death would drop down out of the blue with Jord as the killer.) Sometimes plans are "rearranged" in real life by things happening out of the blue, and the same holds true for rpgs.

Khandr believes what was said to him. He is certainly not feeling too kindly about Uldor and crew since he thinks one of them is about to murder him. Would you really have him stay and wait to be murdered? That doesn't make sense to me. At the very least, he is going to go back to his first wife and speak with her, just as he has spoken with his second wife.

As to what to do with the hunt, that is up to you. If it's easier to deal with, I will be happy to have Khandr speak with one of his servants to carry a message to his hosts and apologize that something unexpected has occurred so that he is drawn away and will rejoin them later at the after-hunt "brunch" which he will have waiting in the courtyard at the front of his house. I am putting up a save. Let me know if you can live comfortably with that.