Hi, I am searching for Ideas and input for my next adventure.
I don’t know how many of you know the Tale of Krabat.
Krabat is a boy in wartorn eastern europe. He wanders around the small villages as a beggar with two outher boys.
One night he has a dream and leave his friends to become a journeyman to a miller.
The miller has 11 other journeyman and after a time Krabat learns that they can do magic and that the miller is a sorcerer who teaches them. Later he becomes one of them and learns magic too.
After he fell in love with a girl from a nearby village and from there, there different endings.
Sometimes the girl saves Krabat, sometimes the girl dies and Krabat takes revenge.
But my idea is to turn it a little bit upside down.
With help from a german community I shaped the Idea, that the Miller is, first of all, a woman, a former Paladin who lives in the mill with 12 journeyman. This kids could transform into demons. But if it doesn’t happen bevor their 18 bithday they transform never.
So the Paladin has this magic sword, witch keeps her alive and infuses her with the Power of the demon. So if their is longer no transformation the Paladin gets older.
My hope is that my players recognize the tale and think, that the miller is evil, especially because she is old by their first meeting and the other day (after she killed a transformed childdemon) you she in the middle of her prime.
Any tipps how I could make the adventure more interesting or better?
In a Sideplot there is a Monster in the nearby village witch collects hearts of people and can controll the heartless puppets. The Monster lives in fear of the Paladin and could send the players after her.
Oh I forgot, the Paladin was, in the past, a man. She changed her gender, via a spell, as reward she got from her Lord after her resign.
Oh I forgot, the Paladin was, in the past, a man. She changed her gender, via a spell, as reward she got from her Lord after her resign.
How developed is the monster? Could you make it a demon responsible for the potential transformation of the children under the paladin’s care?
How developed is the monster? Could you make it a demon responsible for the potential transformation of the children under the paladin’s care?
That would be possible. The Heartstealer is still a work in progress
That would be possible. The Heartstealer is still a work in progress
Krabat! Amazing!
Krabat! Amazing!
I like this twist to the old tale! Maybe leave a few hints about what’s really going on, though.
I like this twist to the old tale! Maybe leave a few hints about what’s really going on, though.
Yeah, there will be some hints. The Charakters can talk to the journeymen or could know something about the Paladin from history. But the Paladin is not very nice and I think the PCs will really dislike her.
Yeah, there will be some hints. The Charakters can talk to the journeymen or could know something about the Paladin from history. But the Paladin is not very nice and I think the PCs will really dislike her.
Do the journeymen know what’s going on with them? Or does the Paladin keep it a secret? Might be better if she has to (or thinks she has to).
Do the journeymen know what’s going on with them? Or does the Paladin keep it a secret? Might be better if she has to (or thinks she has to).
I am not sure about this. I think they musst know that something is going on. The miller gets younger when one of them disapears is just to obvios.
I am not sure about this. I think they musst know that something is going on. The miller gets younger when one of them disapears is just to obvios.
Sure, but do they know they have a demon inside?
Sure, but do they know they have a demon inside?
I think not. Maybe some of them have a clue but none of them knows the truth. Or have you an other idea?
I think not. Maybe some of them have a clue but none of them knows the truth. Or have you an other idea?
No, I was just curious. I fact, I might borrow the idea, if you don’t mind.
No, I was just curious. I fact, I might borrow the idea, if you don’t mind.
Feel free to use it.
Feel free to use it.
I explored the idea a little bit further.
My new angle is, that the midwife of the village is possesed by a demon.
So it can implant the seed of other demons directly into children by birth. It has 12 seeds.
The Paladin is there to fight the evil that lurks in the children.
She takes them into her house/mill and cares for them, if they show demonic traits she kills the child and the seed gets free to be implanted again.
The Paladin can’t kill the demon directly because of a curse/spell/contract (I’m not sure about that part) and the demon can’t kill the Paladin vise versa.
Because of it is a small village at the edge of the swamp there are not much visitors. But Heroes fom the outside could kill the Paladin (or the demon). If that happens and the children become fulldemons this opens a hellhole, a breach in fabric of the worlds and other demons could enter the world.
Opinions??
I explored the idea a little bit further.
My new angle is, that the midwife of the village is possesed by a demon.
So it can implant the seed of other demons directly into children by birth. It has 12 seeds.
The Paladin is there to fight the evil that lurks in the children.
She takes them into her house/mill and cares for them, if they show demonic traits she kills the child and the seed gets free to be implanted again.
The Paladin can’t kill the demon directly because of a curse/spell/contract (I’m not sure about that part) and the demon can’t kill the Paladin vise versa.
Because of it is a small village at the edge of the swamp there are not much visitors. But Heroes fom the outside could kill the Paladin (or the demon). If that happens and the children become fulldemons this opens a hellhole, a breach in fabric of the worlds and other demons could enter the world.
Opinions??