Hi all! This is a workshopping post for a plot that I think will be fun to run long-term: Due to the concerning assertions of the Orlesian play, Diplomacy has been backed into a corner and made to agree to 1-3 Chantry "guests" coming to observe Riftwatch until Divine Beatrix is reassured, Corypheus is dead, or some secret third option. Essentially, with Ser Keen gone and Riftwatch made up of mostly like-minded liberals, these NPCs would serve to add some friction back to the Gallows and encourage a little more circumspection.

There would be lead-up to the plot in order to let Diplomacy play out the process of agreeing to the observation, with the guests themselves arriving in a month or two. These guests would be as much or as little of a day-to-day problem as would be fun to play with—they'd have no authority to issue threats or make any demands of Riftwatch leadership, nor would they have sending crystal or eluvian access, but they'd be in close contact with the main body of the Chantry and would be sending back reports on any concerning activity. Common areas and division offices would be fair game for their observations, and if they were to come across an unattended sending crystal, well, of course they would return it eventually! Each guest would swear up and down they were only in the Gallows to observe and that they had every confidence that their post here was going to be very boring for both them and anyone in Val Royeaux reading their reports.

Below are comments for questions, suggestions, NPC building, and plotting for how their presence might change the Gallows. © tessisamess