Soon my players have finished Pythoness house, and are likely to be beaten by Wuntad & pals. I figured that it would be a great opportunity for Helmut to contact them; They have already raised Helmut's interest by warning him of assassination attempt (from Balcazars) - Helmut also knows where they keep Phon safe, and it is fine with him for now. I've been thinking that unconscious players will be carried to the temple, where Helmut questions them about their motives, tells about grave danged that is facing the city and shows and explains the starmaps, where runechildren will be the final catalyst for coming darkness. He tells he's ready to do anything to save the city, but doesn't tell any details - and he tells he's trying to make people that may have potential to do something about it aware of the situation.
There's also Succubus in disguise around, one who aided Helmut and which the players rescued after a collapsed mountain-top at Dragonborn mountains; Succubus wants to make sure Helmut is pushed over the edge. (Another thing I'm not sure how I'll pull it off - Helmut doesn't feel to have much close ones, so pushing Lothian church or some other faction stronger against Republican movement is be the best way I can think of)
I'm wondering whether this contact by Helmut is a good element in the game or not, and I'd like to hear some thoughts about it. Something feels to be missing from this scene, but as the players are already involved in Helmut's affairs and he knows about them, he will make a move before or later. What do you think, is this something I should do or not? Is there something else Helmut would want of them? If you don't think this is the right way for Helmut to act, what would be?
Balcazars are involved as they learned that Helmut was behind Dullin's assassination attempt. Players eliminated the first Vai assassins sent after Helmut, but they don't know about it - on the contrary, players helped Arkhall fight Killraven assassins and Arkhall is about to send players to join Old town's Balcazar section, in hopes for finding proof for treachery of the leader - I haven't got much ideas for this part either, so any ideas about it are welcome too! Oh, and one of Helmut's servants is a Balcazar spy, which is likely to put players into difficult situation later...
Thanks for any comments & ideas!
