Epinephrine
2011-10-07, 08:12 PM
Ok, the story is this - I am running a chapter from the adventure path Scales of War; it's The Lost Mines of Karak. The thing is that I was a player for the first few chapters, and have subbed in as DM. The original DM and I may end up swapping duties from time to time, so I don't want to read ahead too much, in case I go back to playing later; he apparently only prepped about a chapter ahead, so it's not a big deal for him, he doesn't have any plot knowledge spanning the material I'm doing.
I'll spoiler this to ask:
There is a ring at the end of this chapter; it's called the Primordial Ring, and it's a level 14 item. This adventure is for level 6 characters, and they reach level 7 partway through. The ring is obviously too high a level for them, and honestly isn't that great as items go.
So my question is: Is this is a plot item of some sort? I know my players, if they get some expensive piece of crap, they'll hawk it to get useful gear. Even at 1/5 of its value it'd allow them to pick up a decent item.
If it's a plot item, I have to come up with a way to have them want to keep it (or be unable to move it - nobody will pay them for it...); if it isn't a plot item, I could probably replace it with something actually useful.
Thanks,
Epi
I'll spoiler this to ask:
There is a ring at the end of this chapter; it's called the Primordial Ring, and it's a level 14 item. This adventure is for level 6 characters, and they reach level 7 partway through. The ring is obviously too high a level for them, and honestly isn't that great as items go.
So my question is: Is this is a plot item of some sort? I know my players, if they get some expensive piece of crap, they'll hawk it to get useful gear. Even at 1/5 of its value it'd allow them to pick up a decent item.
If it's a plot item, I have to come up with a way to have them want to keep it (or be unable to move it - nobody will pay them for it...); if it isn't a plot item, I could probably replace it with something actually useful.
Thanks,
Epi