PLTPNT - The Grinch Steals Christmas
Summary
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What is the summary of the events of this plot point?
The Grinch wishes to capture Santa Claus and take control of Christmas. He intends to achieve this by tormenting one of the most devout followers of The Church of Christmas; Fill.
The Grinch has managed to cloud the connection between Santa Claus and his acolytes to allow him sow dissent amongst those he wishes to corrupt.
What is the narrative focus of this plot point?
Exploring the Divinity and the possible stories about The Grinch.
Giving Fill a goal to work towards stopping
Relevant Entities
Section titled Relevant EntitiesWhich entities are involved in this plot point? What are their goals and desired outcomes?
Drivers
Section titled DriversWho is actively pushing this Plot Point forwards?
Accomplices
Section titled AccomplicesWho is helping the Drivers of this Plot Point?
- Valda Faye
- Corrupted by The Grinch after her faith in Santa Claus wavered.
Resistors
Section titled ResistorsWho is actively working against this Plot Point forwards?
- Fill
- Jorah Jollygood
- A Paladin of Santa Claus from The Councilands who is searching for The North Pole - a suspected location of The Heart Of Christmas.
Friction
Section titled FrictionWho is helping the Resistors of this Plot Point?
Implications
Section titled ImplicationsWhat does this Plot Point rely/hinge upon?
The Grinch needs to acquire a handful of magical items that contain Santa Claus’ own Divine Magic to permanently lock him in a pocket dimension with little chance of returning.
Various Clerics and Paladins of Santa Claus carry Arcane Focuses with them that better allow the channelling of their magics and is a solid starting place.
The penultimate goal of The Grinch is to steal The Heart Of Christmas which is a moniker for a particularly large concentration of Santa Claus’ Divine Magic. It was hidden a long time ago and is the main reason why Santa Claus has been able to resist being seal for so long.
Twisting Teammates
Section titled Twisting TeammatesThe Grinch has seen Wu Tang’s share its’ distaste for the Gods and could try to entice him to attempt to steal items from Fill that would aid itself in sealing Santa Claus.
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Connected Plot Points
Section titled Connected Plot PointsPossible Outcomes/Consequences
Section titled Possible Outcomes/ConsequencesWhat does this Plot Point affect?
- Santa is sealed
- Grinch is stopped but The Heart Of Christmas is discovered by the party
- The party stop the grinch before they find the heart of Christmas
- The heart of Christmas isn’t tangible - it’s just the belief in Santa.
- It was a clever ruse