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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TheSword" data-source="post: 9594360" data-attributes="member: 6879661">Had some thoughts on the Arach-Tirilith training montage.StudentsA selection of students that take part in lessons alongside the student PC. Potential for rivals jealousy and even the need to have lost the favour of Lolth and need killing. It’s likely one might be a romantic interest as well or contacts for later in the campaign.The Mean Girl - petite and sweet seeming but enjoys inflicting pain.The Dupe - strong and straight talking, trusting. Destined for betrayal, inclined to wrath when trust is lost.The Swot - smart and educated, knowing all the theory but struggling to put it into practice. Frustrated when blindsided.The Braggart - Snide,  cocky and arrogant. Regularly makes fun of others. A poweful house to back her up but not that powerful. Likely to get in over her head.The First Girl - Part of a high house. In the absence of the PC priestess likely to be the head of the year. May still be if the PC priestess doesn’t pull some tricks.The TeachersMistress of Arch Tirilith - Probably Triel Baenre, only used for the most significant lessons.Aunrae Fey Branche. A sultry and confident high priestess. Who teaches about the role of priestesses and their relationship to males.Vondrill Tuin’Tarl - slightly mad high priestess but clearly favoured by Lolth. Teaches magic and faith.LocationsDormitories. (Rooms designed for 8 students (2 have died already in previous years). Simple beds and writing tables which a chest for each student.Grand temple of Lolth. The heart of Arach-Tirilith. When the mistress holds her lessons and the most serious rituals take place.Shrine of Lolth. A small shrine in one of the legs, used for worship for normal lessons.Training hall. A tiered lecture room with a space for demonstrations. One per teacher.Streets of Menzoberranzan. Backstreets suitable for an ambush.Deserted corridor/storeroom. A quiet part of the temple where students can gather in secret and conduct clandestine activities.EncountersCast a spell despite distraction. The students must cast a spell successfully while being swarmed by spiders. When they start to bite one of the students the PC must decide what to do.Read a males mind. A male for each student his bound in the training hall. The instructor tells each student that the male has a secret. They have to discover the secret by any means possible. The PCs captive has a deeper secret - they are secretly a follower of Vhaeraun. If the PC finds this out they can use the knowledge.Combat Training. Students are paired off, and made to fight each other to bloodied (half hp) the PC has the opportunity to rig the draw.Favor of Lolth. One of the students has acquired a scroll of divination and wants to use it to see if they have the favour of Lolth. The summoning reveals that one of the students has lost the favour of Lolth but they don’t know which.Make a sacrifice. The PC priestess is invited to make a sacrifice to Lolth. A lesser creature captured in a raid and unsuitable as a slave. If the ritual is performed well the priestess can ask for a boon.Summon a Yochlol. The students are invited to be part of a ritual to craft a whip of fangs. It involves summoning a Yochlol, which will test the students learnings of Lolth and punish them if they do badly.Assassination attempt. There is an attempt on the PC priestesses life in an out of way place. A summoned creature would make the most sense or an animated dead - zombie or skeleton.Capture a male. A male is identified for capture and testing. If the PC priestess revealed the Vhaeraun worshipers identity it is them. The party must apprehend the male and return him to the temple. The mistress of the academy turns the male into a drider who is then taken to the cavern of outcasts.</blockquote>

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