Story ideas?
I am GMing a game in person, for six of my friends. They are level 8.
They have been building up to fight a lich, a creature of great power and near immortality.
The lich has gone to great lengths to conceal his identity... however, as his goal gets closer he has become increasingly careless. The players have figured out his true identity.
The story so far: The king was murdered years ago, as was a large portion of his family. The only survivors (that are known about) are the king's brother Auberon, and the king's daughter Ada. Ada is a tomboy, who has always dreamed of being a vagrant, often she would sneak out of the palace to stowaway on a merchant ship, or a wagon... attempting to explore distant lands. She was on one such adventure when her father was assassinated.
Auberon, is now the regent. He is (as you've likely guessed) also the lich. Fearing traitors within her own court Ada has not come back since her father was murdered.
The laws of the land dictate that a regent can only rule as long as the current ruler is under age or incapable. Ada is now of age, and as such Auberon will soon be crowned king.
The PCs did some detective work, and found out that Auberon was the lich. This is not something widely known. They also came to the realization that Ada is in trouble and tracked her down.
They found the boat she was hiding on, coming into the city for the coronation. It was being attacked by Auberon's minions.
A level 12 NPC riding a medium sized dragon landed on the ship. She was attempting to wrest the control of the princess from Auberon. She is not with him, but she certainly wants her for her own benefit. The party fought her. One party member disguised himself as Ada. This party member was then kidnapped instead of Ada.
I'm having some trouble moving on from this point.
The party has found Ada, safe on the boat. No more immediate danger to her. The coronation is in a few hours, and one of the players split from the party.
Now the way I saw it going... is that Ada likely got kidnapped, and they earned a few more levels hunting the person that kidnapped her. However, now they have the opportunity to confront a level 12 lich with an entire kingdom at his disposal. They simply aren't powerful enough.
I'm not entirely sure how to proceed. I have several ideas, but they are all sloppy.
Any suggestions?
They have been building up to fight a lich, a creature of great power and near immortality.
The lich has gone to great lengths to conceal his identity... however, as his goal gets closer he has become increasingly careless. The players have figured out his true identity.
The story so far: The king was murdered years ago, as was a large portion of his family. The only survivors (that are known about) are the king's brother Auberon, and the king's daughter Ada. Ada is a tomboy, who has always dreamed of being a vagrant, often she would sneak out of the palace to stowaway on a merchant ship, or a wagon... attempting to explore distant lands. She was on one such adventure when her father was assassinated.
Auberon, is now the regent. He is (as you've likely guessed) also the lich. Fearing traitors within her own court Ada has not come back since her father was murdered.
The laws of the land dictate that a regent can only rule as long as the current ruler is under age or incapable. Ada is now of age, and as such Auberon will soon be crowned king.
The PCs did some detective work, and found out that Auberon was the lich. This is not something widely known. They also came to the realization that Ada is in trouble and tracked her down.
They found the boat she was hiding on, coming into the city for the coronation. It was being attacked by Auberon's minions.
A level 12 NPC riding a medium sized dragon landed on the ship. She was attempting to wrest the control of the princess from Auberon. She is not with him, but she certainly wants her for her own benefit. The party fought her. One party member disguised himself as Ada. This party member was then kidnapped instead of Ada.
I'm having some trouble moving on from this point.
The party has found Ada, safe on the boat. No more immediate danger to her. The coronation is in a few hours, and one of the players split from the party.
Now the way I saw it going... is that Ada likely got kidnapped, and they earned a few more levels hunting the person that kidnapped her. However, now they have the opportunity to confront a level 12 lich with an entire kingdom at his disposal. They simply aren't powerful enough.
I'm not entirely sure how to proceed. I have several ideas, but they are all sloppy.
Any suggestions?