Ideas Are Easy

[Johan Larson]

Originally Posted by ericthered

Where would you put the PC's?

The PCs are agents of the crown, affiliated with the College of Magic. They may be mages, scholars of magic, soldiers who protect the mages, or various sorts of "fixers" the crown keeps on hand (i.e. "rogues", in FRP terms).

Their first task would be to investigate the disappearance of a major magical researcher, who was working on alternatives to death-mana, specifically pain.

The problem the PCs will run into is that magic and everyone associated with it have a really terrible reputation. Most people with clout will refuse to deal with them, and those who can't avoid it will tend to tell the PCs whatever will get them out the door quickest.