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<blockquote data-quote="Baron Opal II" data-source="post: 8790390" data-attributes="member: 6794067"><p>Maybe I'm misinterpreting, but are your players okay with knifing one another over a cursed stone?</p><p></p><p>Anyway...</p><p></p><p>Some of the stakes I would consider is that open strife in the town itself may risk access to the goods and rest the town can afford. Does the enemy know of the PCs? Meeting publicly on the street or in the tavern can ratchet up the tension. Will either risk a "first shot" and thereby also risk alienation of the town? I'm thinking of scenes from Westerns where the two main characters just "circle" each other as they go about their business; the good guy doesn't have the evidence, the bad guy isn't immune to consequences, each waiting for the balance to tip somehow.</p><p></p><p>Does the ranger expect or even hope of rescue? Since the ranger is an elf, would there be a chance that as the elven ranger is being rescued the cursed elfstone may want to leave the PC and go to the elf? Can they prevent the complication of the willful magic item bringing the attention of the bad guy?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Baron Opal II, post: 8790390, member: 6794067"] Maybe I'm misinterpreting, but are your players okay with knifing one another over a cursed stone? Anyway... Some of the stakes I would consider is that open strife in the town itself may risk access to the goods and rest the town can afford. Does the enemy know of the PCs? Meeting publicly on the street or in the tavern can ratchet up the tension. Will either risk a "first shot" and thereby also risk alienation of the town? I'm thinking of scenes from Westerns where the two main characters just "circle" each other as they go about their business; the good guy doesn't have the evidence, the bad guy isn't immune to consequences, each waiting for the balance to tip somehow. Does the ranger expect or even hope of rescue? Since the ranger is an elf, would there be a chance that as the elven ranger is being rescued the cursed elfstone may want to leave the PC and go to the elf? Can they prevent the complication of the willful magic item bringing the attention of the bad guy? [/QUOTE]
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