Sutek
Mongoose
They are starting at 3rd, but I want to get them up to 4th or 5th pretty quickly. My instinct is to just do it completely artificially and out of the blue, but I really would rather come up with something rational and fun too.
What I have in mind is that the Nord Barbarian woman is enslaved and the other players realize they need to free her in order to get to the meat of the adventure. It could be as simple as freeing slaves, but I really don't think I can trust these folks to be that altruistic. (lol). I plan on working them directly into Tower of the Elephant, and with just the four characters it may be tough unless they are 5th or level up while they are there. However, I do want to start them at 3rd so they have some since of the game before they get in the middle of an actual dire adventure.
I suspect a scenario will develop where they have to free some slave, fight with the slaver's henchmen, but I don't know where to go from there to get them into the opening of Tower.
Any seeds?
What I have in mind is that the Nord Barbarian woman is enslaved and the other players realize they need to free her in order to get to the meat of the adventure. It could be as simple as freeing slaves, but I really don't think I can trust these folks to be that altruistic. (lol). I plan on working them directly into Tower of the Elephant, and with just the four characters it may be tough unless they are 5th or level up while they are there. However, I do want to start them at 3rd so they have some since of the game before they get in the middle of an actual dire adventure.
I suspect a scenario will develop where they have to free some slave, fight with the slaver's henchmen, but I don't know where to go from there to get them into the opening of Tower.
Any seeds?