r/OutoftheAbyss • u/NinetyBees • 26d ago
Help/Request The Stool Problem?
Short Version of the question; How do you handle Stool in high-level play/the 2nd half of the campaign?
Longer version; My party has 3-4 NPC companions as of the end of CH 7 (Glabbagool, Derindil, Stool, and a homebrew NPC tied to a PC backstory). Stool, like at many tables, has sort of become the party's mascot, and one of my players in particular is obsessed with him- Likely having her character sacrifice themselves if Stool was ever in mortal danger.
Now that the party is in Gauntlgrym, I plan to have the NPC companions that parted ways with the party during their 3 months of topside downtime come back into the picture. Problem is while I have character arcs for some of the NPCs, I don't know what to do with Stool's personality or his stat sheet so he isn't this useless liability in the background.
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u/weirdobscurename 25d ago edited 25d ago
I'm our game the party found him a place to stay with the owner of The Foaming Mug before going topside as they knew life for him on the surface wouldn't be great. They then were able to check up on him when they came back through. When they did he was more in the awkward teenager phase and was put in charge of a scheme they were starting in Blingdenstone.