37 lines
1.9 KiB
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37 lines
1.9 KiB
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# Distract Timon
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When the PCs return to the courthouse to find the real Rennick, they are
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met again at the reception desk by Timon Pherenikos, who hands them
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**Form LUV-788 — Request to Enter into Matrimonial Union with Mr. Timon
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Pherenikos**. Timon remarks, with mild puzzlement, "Huh — I don't think
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this form is a figment of Rennick's imagination. Oh, well, I guess this
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is the form I'm supposed to give you." It is not. Timon, the form, and
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everything in the immediate vicinity of his desk are figments of the
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**seducer-PC's** imagination — lingering residue from the party's
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previous visit, when that PC tried to charm him. The chamber latched
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onto the unfinished business and conjured the whole bureaucratic
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romance.
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The form is the trap. While the seducer-PC is being walked through
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deeply uncomfortable questions ("Open Marriage?", "Mr. Pherenikos's
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Eye Color?", "Prior Interactions With Mr. Pherenikos?"), Timon's
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attention is fully occupied — and the other PCs may attempt to slip
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past the reception and into Rennick's office down the hall. The longer
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the form takes, the more time they have. Let the player squirm.
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One question on the form is special: **"Does your foot fit in the
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glass slipper?"** A glass slipper sits on Timon's desk. The
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seducer-PC is a satyr, so his hoof does not fit, and if he is not
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careful he will *break* the slipper. When that happens, Timon politely
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summons an imp, who fetches a replacement from a closet down the hall.
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There are many replacements. The closet has clearly been stocked for
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this exact recurring fantasy.
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The closet is the lever. Clever PCs may sneak away to tamper with it —
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pre-shape a slipper for a hoof, substitute one sized for a different
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party member, swap in a cursed one, or simply smash the whole
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inventory. Emptying the closet is the cleanest win: when the imp
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returns empty-handed, Timon has to leave his desk to investigate, and
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the path to Rennick's office is wide open. Which was the goal all
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along.
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