Thursday, December 5, 2024

NUELOW at Christmas: Day Five

Miriam knows in hindsight that she should have realized something was up. She really should have questioned it when a small-time country baron offered her twice the money that the Duke of Holstfel had to perform at his holiday feast last year.


Well... maybe the doppelgängers will let her go when she's done performing. After all, it's clear that the Baron told the truth when he said they were all big fans--everyone in the feast hall has taken on Miriam's appearance and many guests are singing along in perfect harmony with her. It's as if she's performing to a hall full of herselves. (Although she may give that one over there some tips if he/she --what are the preferred pronouns for doppelgängers? -- is going to impersonate her... she's not THAT fat and her hair is not that scraggly!)

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And because it wouldn't be a NUELOW at Christmas post without some d20 System content or a random table,

IS THE OFFER TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE?
The player characters are approached by a trusted contact or someone else who is known for finding lucrative and/or suitable assignments for individuals and groups like the player characters. It's a simple one-night job and they're getting paid five times their normal fee because the client wants to pay for the best performance from the best he knows.
   But is this bit of Christmas season generosity too good to be true? What might be going on behind the facade here? Roll 1d8 to find out and see if you can make a scenario out of the set-up! (Hey, you might even send it NUELOW Games' way, and we might publish it!)

d8         Result
1-2.       The job is legit. The client really wants the best from the best for 
            the assignment. Money is no object.
3-4.       The job is legit, but somewhat morally questionable and probably
            illegal. The extra money is to buy discretion and post-job silence.
5            The job is doing something highly illegal. The whole thing is a 
            set-up concocted by a foe of the player characters. The authorities
            have been tipped off and they are watching and waiting. 
6.           The job is fake. A hidden society of doppelgangers that dwell in
            tunnels beneath the city want the player characters to teach them
            the various things they are good at. The doppelgangers are being
            oppressed by a new evil ruler and they want to overthrow him.
            They also warn the PCs that their evil leader is going to break the
            centuries long peaceful co-existence of the doppelgangers and
            the humans by preying upon the surface dwellers.
7-8.        The job is fake. Santa Claus has been captured by operatives 
             working for the evil alliance of Martians and the "activist group"
             People for the Reduction of Idiotic Christmas Expenses (PRICE).
             Santa's daughter, Sugar Plum, desperately wants the PCs to save
             Santa... and Christmas itself, before time runs out!

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