Hook: While on a pleasure planet, the party is approached by a woman who daims to be the kidnapped daughter of a noble in the sector. Line: She says an enemy of her father had her captured and then sold into slavery on this planet. She begs for the party's help, and says there will be a great reward for them. Any characters who check through news databases will discover that a noble's daughter, appearing to perfectly match the woman's description, disappeared several weeks ago, her starship found badly damaged and looted. The noble has posted a one million credit reward for her safe return. Sinker: Unless the party is filthy rich, the reward should motivate any not swayed by her pleas. However, the woman is not the noble's daughter. She was in his employ as a double for her, and was successful enough to fool her captors. The noble posted the reward since it would have seemed odd for him not to have done so. Getting the woman back to her home planet won't be easy, as the characters will effectively have to steal her, and the noble's enemy will track them down to make sure she is not returned. During this voyage, she will display several skills (combat and spy-related) that don't seem quite appropriate for a noble's daughter. Hook Line and Sinker Damsel In Distress Ghost Ship A Temple in Need Mine, Mine, Mine The Reluctant Tutor If It Looks Like a Duck and Quacks Like a Duck... Back to Shadis #17 Table of Contents Back to Shadis List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master List of Magazines © Copyright 1995 by Alderac Entertainment Group This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com