A Touch Of Evil:
Setting: Urban/Noir Fantasy
The city of Devil's Hook is an infamous, wretched hive of scum and villainy. So in the beginning, a series of murders of prostitutes and petty criminals do not attract much attention. But then the attacks become more and more troubling as the murders seem to climb the social ladder, killing wealthier courtesans and petty nobles who frequented them. A group of courtesans and licensed brothels have raised a significant bounty for anyone who can bring the killers to justice.
Oddly enough, the killer seems to use two different methods in their killings. Sometimes, they seem to favor some form of magic in draining their victims of life, other times, they favor brutal strangulation after a long period of torture.
GM Notes: There are actually two killers at work here, who have completely opposite motivations in beginning the killing spree. One is an incubus who is working on behalf of his lover, the Duke's son, who desires to cover up his involvement in the "rough trade". Crimson Lust possesses a bonus of +1 hit point per hit dice and uses twin poisoned daggers if pressed to combat. The other is a chain devil who has instigated an even more violent series of murders to draw attention to the "sin" of the Duke's son. The Duke will pay a hefty fee for the adventurer's continued silence if pressed, while Anghazan the chain devil will pledge an act of personal service to the adventurers if they assist him in revealing the Duke's "perversion". The diabolic motivation is to push Devil's Hook towards a coup, in which more directly infernal-aligned forces can take control of the city.
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