Introduction
When you become the leaders of a community, known far and wide for your skill in combat and problem solving abilities, many many more problems rear their ugly heads. And when you're busy looking for the missing pieces of an ancient Abyssal artifact that has the potential to make someone a God, well you really can't be expected to deal with everything all at once. No, you need someone to go out in your name and solve these issues for you. You need loyal, capable people to clear the way for you, to gather information, to sabotage the opposition, to reaserch long lost secrets. You need Agents, you need them to go out on Operations for you so you can do what needs to be done without having to be everywhere at once.
Operations
An operation is a agent specific mission that serves to further a specific goal. Most operations are a part of an Operation Chain, however some are standalone. When an operation is started, an agent is assigned to it and the operation is resolved in the following session, the results of the operation have the potential to shake up various plot lines and even major quests.
Operation Structure
At the begining of each session the party will be presented with a number of operations, they can then assign an agent to each operation before normal play begins. The overall objective of the operation is always successful, however in what way the operation is successful will vary. For example you may need to recover some sensative documents from a location, one agent might go in loud and fast, making their pressence known, as well as your involvement. This approach might heavily disrupt the opposition, leading to another operation to capatilaize on the oppening. Another agent might obtain the documents with more discretion, leading to another operation involving espionage now that a successful infiltration has cleared the way for more. Operations always take a single session to complete, no matter how much in game time has elapsed.
Operation Chains
Many operations are a part of an operation chain. An operation chain is a series of operations that are linked together with an overarching goal. While most encounter chains are fairly linear, each one typically has one or more points where a choice needs to be made by the party. This choice changes the tragectory of the operation chain and will impact the approval rating of all agents in the roster.
Agents
An agent is a recuited npc who can be sent out on operations, or be taken along as additional combatants. On your journey you will encounter a multitude of agents who can be recuited to your cause. All of these agents have their own personality, oppinions, goals, fears and desires. When one of them joins your team you can send them out on operations to expand your influence and progress side objectives, or aid in future plotlines. Beware however, agents do not follow blindly, and if you're not careful you could have a mutiny on your hands. Agents ar CR 10 creatures by defult but can be made stronger with certain town upgrades.
Agent Approval
Agents begin with an approval rating of 10, with a maximum of 20 and a minumum of 0. Whenever the party makes an important choice, each agent in the roster will either approve, disaprove, love, or hate the decision. When an agent approves, their approval rating increases by 1, when they love a decision, their approval rating increases by 3. These changes are inverted for when an agent disaproves or hates a decision. Other minor choices can inpact agent approval, such as how the party treats or interacts with them.
Strong agent approval is necissary for the organization to thrive, because if agents reach an approval rating of 0 they will either leave, become hostile, or act against you in other ways. In contrast, a high approval rating will lead to agents who are willing to lay their lives down for you.
Agent Operations
Every agent has something they wish to achive, as a result of this each agent has their own unique operation chain to further their goals and finish their story. Advancing agent operations can provide specific benifits for that agent, increase agent approval, and will allow the party to learn more about the agent in question.
Available Agents
- Calashaan "Razorfang" Zevra
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