>>My game is set during the founding of Pavis and I
have just got to an episode involving the planning of
the Puzzle Canal. The Heroes are agents of Lord Pavis,
while the maze builder, Lord Labrygon, has employed a
cartographer and architect to make magical plans. Lord
Pavis has sent the Heroes to amend, adjust, persuade
to change, the plans slightly so as to subtley make
the maze part of Lord Pavis's plans.<<
IIRC the Puzzle Canal wasn’t constructed until after
Pavis’ time. More precisely, IIRC in P&BR it states
that Labrygon didn’t even arrive in Pavis City until
after Pavis had done to the otherworld.
Of course it might not be quite so precise, so there
is always scope for saying that Labrygon was in the
city (even for a planning visit) whilst Pavis was
around.
IMO Pavis doesn’t cajole or wheedle or persuade. He is
King of the City, worshipped by the citizens, and soon
to be a God! IMO if he wants someone to change their
plans, they bloody change them, bloody quick! :)
I think your game depends on things happening during
the time Pavis is around, otherwise I would suggest
that you set this little debate later so that Labrygon
is negotiating with Pavis’ son Daris. Then some
persuasions etc might happen.
IMO everything that happened (especially at major epic
magic level) in Old Pavis is an intrinsic part of
Pavis Grand Plan. If history suggests differently then
history is wrong. Even at the time people may have
assumed that the Puzzle Canal was just a coincidental
feature. Even Labrygon might have not fully understood
his connection to the mythic fabric of the city.
Nonetheless that connection was there and was huge.
(IMO)
>>Anyway, looking for reasons for the various grottos,
islands, rooms so that their was a basis for the
manipulation I came up with the idea that the Canal
was a minor version of the oceans, with grottos for
some of the majhor deites, parallels between the
different depths of the oceans, and the canals
themselves representing the moving currents of the
oceans.<<
I would suggest more that the Canal was a metaphor for
the whole world, and that it is way bigger inside than
the walls can account for. Therefore the info supplied
in P&BR is woefully incomplete, and within the Canal
are places representing all of the elements, not just
water. If more people got off their boats and headed
along the little windy paths they might find tonnes
more. (If the catoblepas doesn’t zap them first of
course) :(
Ian
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