NecessaryWeevil
2014-09-04, 01:39 AM
So my party and I have evidence that demonic forces in league with a corrupted Silver Flame official are planning to break someone evil out of a high-security prison. Call that Person A. We don't yet know for sure the exact identity of Person A, but we have a guess. We also don't know if our theoretical Person A is actually in the prison.
We've also been asked to break Person B out of prison by an NPC. All we know about Person B is their cell number, but the NPC swears up and down that this person doesn't belong there. This NPC is not evil (or doesn't ping as evil) but has not told us anything else - apparently because they don't entirely trust us.
My character is an LG Crusader; a Knight Templar of the Silver Flame. The party's plan is for me to demand entrance based on the evidence of the impending jailbreak attempt (our theoretical Person A was put in the jail by the Silver Flame) and demand to see that Person A is still imprisoned.
So far so good.
The party also proposes to nonlethally incapacitate our escort in a way that looks like an accident, sneak away to discover the identity of Person B (and possibly free them) and return in time to "recover" with the escort. The other party members are Good but I think I'm the only Lawful one.
I don't think my character would be thrilled by this. Not only does it endanger what he feels is our most important task (prevent Person A's escape) but he doesn't like the idea of using the authority of the Silver Flame to gain entrance, only to betray that trust and stage a jailbreak. The party has pointed out that not all prisoners are criminals, and that seems to be true, but if the jailbreak is discovered and traced back to us, even if we escape, he feels this will damage the reputation of the Flame and his standing with the Church.
Any ideas for how to make this palatable to my character, either through rationalization or an alteration? I suggested (OOC) that they could just not tell my character about the second part of the plan, but do they want him to be incapacitated if (when) the demons attack? And what happens if he finds out down the road?
Our DM has pointed out that we shouldn't sweat too, too much over our plan since we have no idea what the adventure plot entails, but even so...
We've also been asked to break Person B out of prison by an NPC. All we know about Person B is their cell number, but the NPC swears up and down that this person doesn't belong there. This NPC is not evil (or doesn't ping as evil) but has not told us anything else - apparently because they don't entirely trust us.
My character is an LG Crusader; a Knight Templar of the Silver Flame. The party's plan is for me to demand entrance based on the evidence of the impending jailbreak attempt (our theoretical Person A was put in the jail by the Silver Flame) and demand to see that Person A is still imprisoned.
So far so good.
The party also proposes to nonlethally incapacitate our escort in a way that looks like an accident, sneak away to discover the identity of Person B (and possibly free them) and return in time to "recover" with the escort. The other party members are Good but I think I'm the only Lawful one.
I don't think my character would be thrilled by this. Not only does it endanger what he feels is our most important task (prevent Person A's escape) but he doesn't like the idea of using the authority of the Silver Flame to gain entrance, only to betray that trust and stage a jailbreak. The party has pointed out that not all prisoners are criminals, and that seems to be true, but if the jailbreak is discovered and traced back to us, even if we escape, he feels this will damage the reputation of the Flame and his standing with the Church.
Any ideas for how to make this palatable to my character, either through rationalization or an alteration? I suggested (OOC) that they could just not tell my character about the second part of the plan, but do they want him to be incapacitated if (when) the demons attack? And what happens if he finds out down the road?
Our DM has pointed out that we shouldn't sweat too, too much over our plan since we have no idea what the adventure plot entails, but even so...