Oblationist Inquisitor ideas.
Hello everyone,
Looking for a bit of group think and inspiration on how to handle an oblationist Inquisitor and how he may utilise his acolytes. I have a few story hooks to get them going but looking for more long term inspiration and any advice GMs may have from their experience of running an oblationist themed campaign.
My gut feeling is to not let the players know their Inquisitor is an Oblationist to start with. He is just very unorthodox and secretive. This allows me to make a judgement call later on based on the players actions as to if an Oblationist route is one they'd want to follow or perhaps a different route is more appropriate.
Plots for them to investigate so far:
Illegal drug on Malfi that renders it's users very susceptible to mind control and persuasion. It has a warp taint so the Inquisitor wants the Acolytes to locate and recover a batch for investigation while destroying the rest. Ideally they should also eliminate the local supply chain for the drug on Malfi to prevent it's further spread.
2nd arc is based around a body that's been uncovered that has signs of extensive body modification but more worringly a strange xenos creature was found surgically embedded in the base of the skull. The acolytes are to trace the last movements of the victim and find out where this xenos creature could have been implanted into the victim. They are to then retrieve samples and information, if the surgeon can be apprehended and brought in for interrogation then their Inquisitor will be most pleased, though death is an equally appropriate outcome for the surgeon.
Posted Jan 30, 2018, 10:00 AM UTC
I ran a campaign with an oblationist inquisitor whose plan was to orchestrate the purging of the Calixis Ordos as a whole
I would say aim for a bigger picture- the biggest: why dies he have to be an oblationist? Why is it relevant to your plot?
Maybe the Xenos in the brain has somethings to do with the Children of Twilight? Or Maybe hes into Mind-control because he wants to assassinate a high ranking Inquisitor Lord through the use of unsuspecting inquisitorial aids?
Ultimately- he would want to train and corrupt one of the acolytes- like a sith, and turn him into an oblationist too.
Themes that you want to stress is Self-sacrifice and a monodominant streak that, to those privy of the secret, is tainted with Radicalism!
Thanks, some good points to think about. Especially the self-sacrifice and (radical) monodominant streak.
As for why is he oblationist his plan is to purge the Calixian conclave as he believes it has become corrupt, this also leaves scope for me to flip him to not being oblationist if I feel it wouldn't fit the group later on, to being a more "regular" puritan just wanting to purge radical Inquisitors.
I like the use of the xenos brain slug being a mind control method that he could use to sow death and destruction through the conclave.
As for how to corrupt and train an acolyte I was think of presenting each player with temptation and seeing who bites. Something small to start with, a corrupted weapon or item that is more useful than a regular version but slowly corrupts. Or a shortcut offered to them that will damn them a little but help them a lot. Exactly what form this would take I haven't yet decided.
If youre going with the Xenos theme- You can always start off with some drugs (that are unbeknownst to the players made from Xenos Material)
Later on you discover that what makes the whole thing interesting is the xenos materials resonate with the warp, and this is primarily what allows the drugs to grant its users minor psychic mental control powers
Destroying the conclave is always a great idea- so write up his plan to doing so!
Maybe by framing another Inquisitor for a murder he can cause a political split within the conclave and an Inquisitorial war?
This explains why the Inquisitor is after all of these mind control heretical tools- at first, you believe he is destroying them
But then you realize he is studying them - creating a much subtle and controlled version (through the drugs) that would allow him (or more specially his apprentice, who he has been testing the drugs on) to use their powers in the would-be assassin...
The players at that time get the choice to side with the Inquisitor and help him with the final mission- or turn against him!