[V:tM] PCs cooperating with Pentex subsidiary
Feb 4, 2018 14:01:09 GMT -8
Post by Linus on Feb 4, 2018 14:01:09 GMT -8
My players bit the hook and will partake in research led by a Pentex subsidiary, established in secret within the domain. This is more or less a faustian bargain and I'd like to brainstorm some fun consequences and possible plot developments.
For reference, the player characters are: a Gangrel cult-leader and a Giovanni scholar, both keeping the project secret in exchange for insight and participation in the research; and finally a Brujah sheriff, keeping the project secret from his prince in exchange for considerable monetary resources or a major boon.
The reason for the Pentex subsideary establishing themselves within the domain is reoccuring supernatural events featuring an unknown spirit entity acting from within the Shadowlands/Prenumbra. I've given out allusions to this entity being connected to the occult symbol of the black sun, Itzpapalotl of Aztec mythology, and the Abyss as known by clan Lasombra. I'll leave out my own "truth". All this might've been reliable clues or merely red herrings.
The PCs has encountered both living and undead NPCs that have acted to enable this entity's manifestation in the Skinlands, ie. IRL or "meatspace", to borrow a bit o' cyberpunk terminology. They've thus far avoided to ask clan Tremere for help with this troublesome entity, obviously preferring to deal with the devil they don't know; IC that is, I'm very proud of them!
So, what exciting developments can I throw at them when I need to spice up a slow-moving session? Everything is on the table! A pack of Garou crashing through the door, eager to rip and tear everything Wyrm-tainted to pieces? Uncovering damning secret lore that shake their foundations to the core? Throw and trap them in the Umbra?
(Feel free to ask me for more details regarding the characters, the domain and its politics etc. I've purpusly left most of it out for brevity.)
For reference, the player characters are: a Gangrel cult-leader and a Giovanni scholar, both keeping the project secret in exchange for insight and participation in the research; and finally a Brujah sheriff, keeping the project secret from his prince in exchange for considerable monetary resources or a major boon.
The reason for the Pentex subsideary establishing themselves within the domain is reoccuring supernatural events featuring an unknown spirit entity acting from within the Shadowlands/Prenumbra. I've given out allusions to this entity being connected to the occult symbol of the black sun, Itzpapalotl of Aztec mythology, and the Abyss as known by clan Lasombra. I'll leave out my own "truth". All this might've been reliable clues or merely red herrings.
The PCs has encountered both living and undead NPCs that have acted to enable this entity's manifestation in the Skinlands, ie. IRL or "meatspace", to borrow a bit o' cyberpunk terminology. They've thus far avoided to ask clan Tremere for help with this troublesome entity, obviously preferring to deal with the devil they don't know; IC that is, I'm very proud of them!
So, what exciting developments can I throw at them when I need to spice up a slow-moving session? Everything is on the table! A pack of Garou crashing through the door, eager to rip and tear everything Wyrm-tainted to pieces? Uncovering damning secret lore that shake their foundations to the core? Throw and trap them in the Umbra?
(Feel free to ask me for more details regarding the characters, the domain and its politics etc. I've purpusly left most of it out for brevity.)