u/Gatou_

Heya !

I've made session 0 for the Eternal Lies with 3 players, using the Alexandrian remix. We used the pregens and they've chosen Dr Paul Udko, Dr Evelyn Malley and Cora King.

In the book there are ties to the "quest giver" for a few of the pregens, but not all of them.

For those who have run the campaign, how would you link those pregens to the overaul plot ?

For Paul Udko, it's quite easy as he was Mr Winston's therapist for a while, and never cracked the case. The player can totally play that side of "my scientific curiosity will bring to me places I shouldn't go".

For Cora King, I stated that Janet Winston-Rogers has been some sort of benefactor / patron for the young, tough girl. I would love to tie it further, since her parents died and she was sent to an orphenage : what characters from the campaign could be her true parents ? That could be cool reveal.

For Dr Evelyn Malley, the original background is that her infant died of malformation after a couple of weeks, she divorced her housband as she buried herself in studies. What ties to the campaign could she have ? That's the one i'm the most struggling with.

Thanks a lot for your time and help !

My BBEG needs a massive logistics network for his plan, and I'm planning on giving my players a picture of said network at the upcoming end of Act 1 of our campaign.

I was thinking of something such as a magical ledger, maybe the initial work of a joint-venture between Houses Sivis and Orien (since the BBEG already has a renegade member of house Orien in his pocket), but i'd be happy to brainstorm.

The goal of this item lore-wise would be to follow up and manage routes, stocks, shipments etc in semi-real time. Sending stones with other effects maybe ?

The goal as a mcguffin would be to give the player a sense of dread when they'll realise the size of the operation, and give them 3 different spots to go to and investigate in a more open Act 2.