Johannes replied to me: > Onno gets a cigar for plot divination, since the doughter leading an > expedition to find her brother is scheduled for a later adventure.
Hello Johannes, in case the game hasn't started yet: to foreshadow future events, as a source of red herrings, and as general-purpose "panic button", let the bride start to assemble her own retainers. She lets her more timid or traditionalist ladies-in-waiting and maids go, with a pension and a recommendation if she thinks of it, and gets staff who could go on adventures with her. * In the confusion, you can smuggle any number of real conspirators into the castle. Who can blame a young girl for that error of judgement? * Is there another "tomboy" girl or young woman among the daughters of the Baron's knights? That would be her natural confidante and ally. She invites her into the castle, to practice swordplay instead of embroidery. This girl is probably the least likely conspirator in the lot, but who knows? * While she was a child, she probably had a governess/mentor/tutor, perhaps a nun or elderly noblewoman. She lets her go, and gets an experienced, fortyish mercenary captain as her "majordomo". This woman could easily be retconned into a conspirator -- she is a mercenary, but who paid her first? * As her new "maid", she hires a swordswoman or perhaps a thief. She might have gotten a little sword training before, but that was the master of arms humoring the Baron's daughter, and now the sessions get to a whole new level of realism. If she is a thief posing as a 'legitimate' hired sword, she could be blackmailed into all sorts of conspiracies. Could she get into plots against the groom? * Where did the money come from? Good question. Can the heir apparent draw on some estate funds, while the old Baron is ill? Or can she borrow it, based on her credit rating as the heir to a barony? Was her creditor inspired by usurious interest rates, or are there ulterior motives? Did she get a gift from a "well-meaning" relative, like the priest? Regards, Onno _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
