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Message no. 1
From: elventear@***********.net.pe (Pepe Barbe)
Subject: Hand of Satan
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 17:39:53 -0500
Hello everyone,

Once again things the players on my group started with the old habit of
throwing drek at a fan. Things were looking very grim for everyone in the
group, and it seemed that all the PC would die together.

Plotwise, this was going to cut two campaigns that we were playing
intertwined (Brainscan being one of them), so I thought of the idea of
allowing them to save themselves by selling their soul to a dark spirit
involved with the second campaign. Still, I haven't told them what exactly
happend, they just know they agreed to get help from some kind of being.

The fact that they have sold their to this being has changed them, in game
terms I am going to give them the flaws distinctive aura, hunted and maybe
borrowed time. The last being because they are part of the evil and in the
end they will face an epic battle against the forces of good, and will
mostly assured die.

Also I plan to give them some kind of awakened powers they will start to
discover over time. The first one of them is telepathy amongs the ones in
the group that sold their souls.

What I am looking is for ideas how to expand this. Also some
recommendations on how they could shed their current status of evil minions
and get their souls back.

Pepe
Message no. 2
From: ra002585@**.unicamp.br (Bira)
Subject: Hand of Satan
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 00:35:08 -0100
> What I am looking is for ideas how to expand this. Also some
> recommendations on how they could shed their current status of evil minions
> and get their souls back.

You have to let them slowly discover what they got themselves into. Drop
a few clues during otherwise "standard" runs, and encourage them to
investigate. When realization strikes, listen closely to any suggestions
they make among themselves for possible ways to get their souls back,
and use them :).

In any case, the solution should probably involve contacting the forces
of good at some point, and seeking guidance from them. You could also
pull a "Harlequin's Back" - the only way out is accepting the ultimate
sacrifice for the cause of good. If the characters willingly forfeit
their lives so that the "good guys" can win, they get their souls back
and come out of it unscathed. The alternative is accepting villany and
losing everything. Of course, they won't know it beforehand.

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Bira <ra002585@**.unicamp.br>
Message no. 3
From: danturek@*******.com (Dan Turek)
Subject: Hand of Satan
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 15:16:46 -0400
Evil GM Pepe said:

>>What I am looking is for ideas how to expand this. Also some
>>recommendations on how they could shed their current status of evil
>>minions and get their souls back.

It might have been Bira that responded

>In any case, the solution should probably involve contacting the forces
of good at some point, and seeking guidance from them. You could also
pull a "Harlequin's Back" - the only way out is accepting the ultimate
sacrifice for the cause of good. If the characters willingly forfeit
their lives so that the "good guys" can win, they get their souls back
and come out of it unscathed. The alternative is accepting villany and
losing everything. Of course, they won't know it beforehand.

If using the Harlequin option I think at least one of them should have to
sacrifice everything and buy it. It's kinda cheap feeling otherwise.

I'd assume they have funky dreams and anyone that can see astrally will
notice their auras are sort of changed.

What do you define a soul as?

Another popular idea is to sell your soul to multiple parties since they
hardly ever bother with title insurance. Of course, this means multiple
people will fight over your soul, and one really should end up with it, but
players that do so can probably go down in a blaze of glory that should
scream in the headlines for a week. At least as long as C-Dreams doesn't
tour.

So what do their souls get sold for? Will they possessed, or just their
afterlife is a tad hellish? Is there a deadline or they get 3 or 7 wishes
and with the last one WHOOSH?

I'm kind of curious how you're working it since it might work for an NPC
(alas, I am not as evil ).

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