Shakrik would probably meet someone like him acting as a representative of the devils of the Eighth.  He'd be acting as a purchaser for very senior devils rather than on his own behalf but as a disposable tool if he offends.

Sorry for falling behind, y'all.  We hit cutover day for a major transition project at work and it's moderately exciting.  I'm following the discussion, though, and hope to have Topaz' PC creation completed in draft by Friday evening.

That employer is someone I can definitely see Ruin working for. And yeah, I think she might have if nothing else needed help getting out and getting Glimmer to a healer. This is especially true if it's a progressive curse, such as one of the greater curse options which basically causes you to age a year for every day while cursed. Wolves don't have that long of a lifespan, so time would be very much a factor with that, and Ruin isn't great at rapid travel, even before she runs out of resources.

No rush!

Sounds good to me. Perhaps the tomb where Garidan and Topaz met Ruin was somewhere within 1-2 weeks' travel from one of the gate towns.

Phorcys, does this idea (Topaz and Garidan meeting in Sigil, subsequently adventuring together in the Outlands, happening upon Ruin whilst exploring some tomb, and coming to her aid) suit you?

Ruin/Her Serenity — what might have inflicted the curse on Glimmer? Some sort of ghost or undead creature perhaps? It would be cool to flesh this shared past experience out in detail. Hey, maybe we could even play it out in a freeform flashback/flash-cut prologue?


The Count could easily have been the one who previously tasked Garidan (who in turn enlisted Topaz's help) with retrieving some ancient relic from this tomb in the Outlands. Also, if Cauchemar is capable of curing curses, Garidan might have proposed that Ruin come back with him and Topaz to request his help in dispelling Glimmer's curse — and thus Ruin had a reason to help Garidan retrieve what he was sent to obtain.

Then upon their return, Garidan introduced his new companions to the Count as capable adventurers who'd assisted him in completing his task, and Cauchemar took care of Glimmer's curse in exchange for a new task or favor of some kind.

Or, we could use this to tie in Shakrik, as Yonir suggested:


What if Shakrik is the person Ruin knew who could help her cure Glimmer's curse — if she could reach him in time? Then we could have already met Shakrik and had an adventure together fulfilling whatever task or 'price' was exacted for healing Glimmer. This would also mean that Ruin and Shakrik are already reasonably well acquainted friends or contacts.


Depending on your thoughts on the above ideas, we could say Shakrik joined the other three characters mid-way through Garidan's task for Count Cauchemar, and when they returned to him Garidan introduced Shakrik along with his other companions as capable mercenaries.

What does everyone think about all this?
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I'd rather not get too lost in flashbacks.
Though I wouldn't mind starting off something at the present time. Sort of a pre-game while everyone's finishing up their characters.



A fiend would tie in better. Probably a demon. Especially if this event may have future repercussions.

So some clarification. Did we want to start in this gate town (if so, which) after this incident, or back in Sigil?

Demon sounds good to me. I would probably start back in Sigil, myself.

Agreed, I think Sigil works best.

I would go for Sigil.

Still waiting on some final bits, but if you want to start roleplaying, I can set up a dinner party scenario tomorrow.

Sounds fun to me!

Yep, sounds good!


Just checking back on this, Phorcys. I don't want to assume anything involving your character without your agreement.


I'd like to get everyone's input on these ideas as well. Does everyone agree with one of these possibilities or have any preferences or suggestions to add? I'm open to alternatives.
This message was last edited by the player at 03:48, Fri 13 Jan 2023.

That suits me well enough.  Sigil is the place to be, for this group, for sure.  It also makes sense that Topaz would have been in a tavern, maybe remaining after the Argentos' Travelling Circus went on to other things.

He'd adventure actively, if there was anything of interest to the fey court.  Otherwise he'd play the taverns and social gatherings of Sigil trusting to his charm and modest fame to open doors and provide opportunities for gathering and 'sharing' information.  That's truly where is talents lie.  If he doesn't know the Count already, an introduction by Ruin is a fine path to that.

Garidan, that sounds like a fine idea.

I'm not really interested in running this anymore.  Best wishes.

Well, heck.  If we find ourselves another GM, would you be willing to transfer the game over?

Yes.

Is everyone else still interested?

Most definitely!  Thank you for bumping the GM Wanted post, Garidan.

Maybe? Kinda nothing happened so far so I could probably, but it would depend on GM preferences etc.

Undeniably.

No problem, Phorcys. I'm glad to have found other interested players as a starting point. Now to find a GM...

Yonir, are you still with us?

Yes still around

Hello everyone

Hi all your current GM. This is my player character.

Welcome!

For everyone's info, I met Lawpreacher on the Discord RPoL server. She has agreed to take over as GM at least temporarily until we find a GM, since she would like to play. She mentioned that she might run the equivalent of a session 0 for us in the meantime.