While it's easy for a hoary old lord in a draughty hall or a grizzled innkeeper in the taproom to give out a quest, sometimes an employer might want to keep their identity secret. Here are some mysterious questgivers you can use in your game!
1. Masked Monk: This person wearing the furry robe of a local monastery and a porcelain ritual mask carries a shepherd's crook and several colourful paper lanterns. They intone their request in a sepulchral voice, asking for assistance. 2. Reluctant Thief: The employer meets the players far, far into the darkest corner of the tavern, with doused candles and a drawn curtain. A dark hood conceals their identity as they tell of something they stumbled across during commission of a crime. 3. Helmed Noble: This luxuriously-dressed noble wears a helm with a closed visor, and their guards wear no livery on their coats. They tell of dark secrets of a discreet war between families, and offer payment by way of a small velvet bag, filled with polished rubies. 4. Monstrous Entrepreneur: Meeting under a bridge in the middle of the night, this tall and muscular employer seems oddly hunched under their concealing robe. As they move, there seems to be the swish of a tail behind them. 5. Absent Overseer: A series of notes, left with neatly-packaged envelopes of coin and hand-written instructions, point the way to a mission. 6. Surprising Nemesis: Set up under the guise of an unassuming bystander, the players are met by a powerful enemy- one who explains that a common foe threatens something they both hold dear, and offering a grudging concession to carry out their request. Comments are closed.
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