RFLS
2013-03-26, 12:09 PM
First: If you're in an airship pirates game set in Eberron, stay out :smallyuk:
Okay, so, I'm running a game where the players have gotten mixed up with an incredibly powerful crime boss, and already owe him a few favors. He's been made up entirely on the fly, and I wasn't expecting them to fixate on him or attempt to deal with him at all. My problem is that I have no idea what exactly he is, but I ran my mouth and he's definitely not a standard issue humanoid. Here's what I've got so far:
He's incredibly intelligent, a fan of Xanatos Gambits and just generally letting people make fools of themselves. For anyone that reads the Discworld novels, think about Vetinari, but selfish.
He's not given to overt displays of anything. The most he's reacted to the players is a slight smile, which leads me to the last bit.
When he smiled, the players noticed that he had slight fangs. After some gossip-trawling, it became apparent that other people had noticed the fangs, but they'd also noticed other things, some of which are contradictory. Some people said he had no pupils, others said he had slitted pupils. Some people said he had scales, others said his skin was slimy. Etcetera.
So...what is he? Clearly a shape-changer of some sort, but I can't find one that's appropriate. Any monster will do, from any edition, with one restriction: He's not a dragon.
Okay, so, I'm running a game where the players have gotten mixed up with an incredibly powerful crime boss, and already owe him a few favors. He's been made up entirely on the fly, and I wasn't expecting them to fixate on him or attempt to deal with him at all. My problem is that I have no idea what exactly he is, but I ran my mouth and he's definitely not a standard issue humanoid. Here's what I've got so far:
He's incredibly intelligent, a fan of Xanatos Gambits and just generally letting people make fools of themselves. For anyone that reads the Discworld novels, think about Vetinari, but selfish.
He's not given to overt displays of anything. The most he's reacted to the players is a slight smile, which leads me to the last bit.
When he smiled, the players noticed that he had slight fangs. After some gossip-trawling, it became apparent that other people had noticed the fangs, but they'd also noticed other things, some of which are contradictory. Some people said he had no pupils, others said he had slitted pupils. Some people said he had scales, others said his skin was slimy. Etcetera.
So...what is he? Clearly a shape-changer of some sort, but I can't find one that's appropriate. Any monster will do, from any edition, with one restriction: He's not a dragon.