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samuraicrab · Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 4:35 pm Post subject: Kidnapping the Princess

So my Dragon needs to do some dragon like activites. I suggested he go and Kidnap a princess to build his rep as a mighty dragon. Any idea how to make that an adventure? I need plot twists to keep a dragon on his toes.

Vinzent · Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 5:03 pm Post subject:

Is the dragon an NPC or a player?
Why does the dragon want the princess? Is it for food, polite company, a forced marriage with a baron that owes his allegiance to the dragon?
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Zadmar · Heroic Joined: 10 Nov 2010 Posts: 1375 Location: Munich

I once ran an adventure where the party were hired by the mayor to rescue his innocent young daughter. She'd been kidnapped by an evil necromancer, who had apparently been terrorising the town with his undead experiments. When party reached the necromancer's tower, they saw the daughter fleeing the scene - she fell sobbing into characters' arms, begging them to take her home before the necromancer discovered she'd escaped. The party insisted on dealing with the necromancer first, however, no matter how much she begged them not to, and they told her to stay hidden while they disposed of him.

When they got past the defences (magical constructs) and explored the tower, they realised the "necromancer" was actually a scholarly artificer, with no hint of any necromantic abilities at all. From the state of his corpse, it was clear he'd been seduced, then tortured to death, then further interrogated with necromantic spells. Someone had then gone through his belongings, clearly looking for something.

By the time they left the tower, the girl had vanished. They tracked her back to the town, where the guards were waiting to deal with the "evil adventurers" who had tried to assault the mayor's daughter.

Plot twists on stereotypical story hooks can be fun, and you don't get much more traditional than the dragon kidnapping the princess. So what could be the twist? Perhaps, like in my example, she's the "bad guy" - maybe the king wants to marry her off as a favour to some nobleman, and now she wants to manipulate the dragon into killing her father so that she can claim the crown for herself?

So the dragon kidnaps the princess, who cowers in fear at his magnificence, and compliments him on the size of his treasure hoard...although she can't help noticing that her father has more treasure than the dragon. But she assures the dragon that his treasure hoard is also impressive, even though it's smaller...

Dirty Ernie · Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 5:48 pm Post subject:

The "Princess" ain't the Princess, she's...

A. A stand-in or decoy that won't particularly be missed, but comes from a long line of dragon-slayers and is quite knowledgable in the art.

B. An assassin in disguise, sent to kill the real princess. Might be willing to work with the dragon, but the dragon may have to sleep with one eye open.

C. A master thief in disguise (or just trying on her clothes Wink

), while looting the princess' room, carriage, etc. Perfectly willing to loot the dragon's hoard as well.

D. The princess' bodyguard in disguise.

Extra points if you cast the character as an insufferable, shrewish woman, or an ugly bearded man in drag.
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VonDan · Legendary Joined: 08 Jul 2008 Posts: 3244

The dragon does fantasy equivalent of inter net cyber stalking the princess, he has been romancing her via crystal ball and when she goes to meet "the mysterious prince" at the coffee casba she goes missing
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samuraicrab · Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 7:08 pm Post subject:

Dirty Ernie · Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 9:02 pm Post subject:

Aww, hell. Forgot option...

E. The princess' pauper paramour, dressed as a handmaiden, hoping to dodge the palace guards for a midnight tryst. He's a whiny crybaby, and will annoy the dragon to no end. The dragon may try to ransom him back to the real princess. No one else cares.

Vinzent · Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 9:34 pm Post subject:

Sadric · Veteran Joined: 10 Jul 2003 Posts: 994

The princess secretly write a letter(?) to the dragons where she ask to be kidnapped. There are some strong evil forces that make it necesarry.
Later the dragons have to fight against the veil forces to help the princess.

ValhallaGH · Legendary Joined: 25 Apr 2010 Posts: 4450

Rohan · Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 8:34 am Post subject:

samuraicrab · Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 10:03 am Post subject:

http://www.rpol.net/game.cgi?gi=52032&date=1343956041

There is a link to my game on rpol.net Sadly I only have one dragon pc and want more. I am toying with the idea of making the princess a dragon as well. Thank you for your feed back you got the creativity gears going. Feel free to add more.

samuraicrab · Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2012 1:12 pm Post subject:

I made the Princess a DRAGON in her own right and now the PCs must compete to be her suitor. Muwhahaha.