<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=278585.msg13705753#msg13705753">Quote from: eBadger on 27-11-2017, 06:59:24</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Could be fun as a quickie, especially if anyone is still finishing their character.  I wouldn't want the whole group wait much on a solo, though.  But it would be good to know what exactly the king asked for.  <br/><br/>How does the princess come into our <del>clutches</del> care?  I imagine we're keeping it secret that the king has hired us; at least until <del>there's no escape anyway</del> she's settled in.  <br/><br/>The handmaiden seems like the obvious in.  Either she points us out to the princess as an accomplished and respected group; or the handmaiden leads Livia into a trap where we capture her and force her to come along; or (my preference) the handmaiden says she's negotiated with us to take the princess along as an apprentice.  The last means we can get the adventure underway and also that, right from the start, there's an implication that Livia owes us and is expected to be in a subservient role, taking orders and doing more work, but without any antagonism. <br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>I too like the last one.  Are the rest of the PCs an established adventuring company, or one pulled together for this job (and the job of dealing with the princess)?  In either case, they'd present it to Livia as "This is our company and our rules, you're the new fish and what we say goes, or you go home."<br/><br/>It'd also be useful to know who's intimate or friends-with-benefits with each other in the party if they've been together before.