heavyfuel
2024-04-26, 01:14 PM
This post is technically about PF2e, but no system specific knowledge is necessary.
So, an upcoming campaign will have a BBEG whose second in command is a trickster of sorts. Basically a high level Witch who never confronts the players directly.
Well, one of the players is going to be either a Cleric or a Paladin (he hasn't decided yet), but either way, I'm thinking of having the Witch mess with him by means of some Dream Message spells (basically works like the Dream spell in 3.5, but it doesn't show the caster).
During the course of the adventure, the Which will feed him some vague - but correct - information via DM while sort of pretending to be his deity (nothing too on the nose, just calling him "my champion" or something like that). Eventually, when the party believes the dreams are speaking true, the Witch will misdirect them by saying the BBEG is hidden somewhere they aren't, buying the BBEG time to fulfill an important part of his plan.
When they finally get to confront the Witch directly, she'll mock them for believing her dream lies and then likely be murdered by the party.
I'm thinking of allowing a Religion check for them to know it's against "deific protocol" to message mortals directly, so they'd have a hint that it's either a lie, or a deity breaking protocol. Also going allow the whole Bluff vs Perception since the Witch is pretending to be someone else, even if just by voice.
So, would this be a jerk move on my part?
So, an upcoming campaign will have a BBEG whose second in command is a trickster of sorts. Basically a high level Witch who never confronts the players directly.
Well, one of the players is going to be either a Cleric or a Paladin (he hasn't decided yet), but either way, I'm thinking of having the Witch mess with him by means of some Dream Message spells (basically works like the Dream spell in 3.5, but it doesn't show the caster).
During the course of the adventure, the Which will feed him some vague - but correct - information via DM while sort of pretending to be his deity (nothing too on the nose, just calling him "my champion" or something like that). Eventually, when the party believes the dreams are speaking true, the Witch will misdirect them by saying the BBEG is hidden somewhere they aren't, buying the BBEG time to fulfill an important part of his plan.
When they finally get to confront the Witch directly, she'll mock them for believing her dream lies and then likely be murdered by the party.
I'm thinking of allowing a Religion check for them to know it's against "deific protocol" to message mortals directly, so they'd have a hint that it's either a lie, or a deity breaking protocol. Also going allow the whole Bluff vs Perception since the Witch is pretending to be someone else, even if just by voice.
So, would this be a jerk move on my part?