I have a plot where an (unwilling) agent of the Dragon cults are being shaken down by the players for information. Im trying to find a magical ‘leash’ for the cults to yank back to punish the agent for being found out, but the only thing I can think of, having this blast of chaos energies surge from a tattoo on his head that turns him into a Dolgaunt variant doesnt quite fit in with the lore of the dolgaunt that I've been able to find. Would it make sense for a powerful iteration of The cults below to have this kind of failsafe?
— BeskarBear (@Bi_N3rd) September 16, 2020
Which power does this cultist serve? Orlassk might petrify a compromised minion. Kyrzin could have an ooze that consumes them from within. Dyrrn could turn them into something like a dolgaunt, sure. Have you read Exploring Eberron?
— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) September 17, 2020
he’s a artificer being indirectly controlled by the Transcedent Flesh. he’s selling arms and armor to the Warforged of the Cogs who are being threatened and Harassed by Anti-WF factions (also supported by the cult) in order to remove the warforged as obstacles in a larger plot. essentially when the players press this guy for information the Powers that be in the cult are going to trigger something so he attacks the players as this cult specific thing. Like in the old Crime movies when the snitch gets killed just as the detective starts to press him.
— BeskarBear (@Bi_N3rd) September 17, 2020
Yeah, Transcendant Flesh could certainly trigger a transformation. You could use the statistics of a dolgaunt even if he's not an actual dolgaunt, just something similar.
— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) September 17, 2020
