[quote=@MelonHead]
He can direct it, to an extent. It only has a short range though, forty feet at most I believe. There are ways Lekh can be of use however, he is a master of disguise and his abilities are very subtle. It wouldn't be hard for him to put himself in range of the heroes or even take one out of the equation on his own, if that was required. [/quote]

Uh, I thought he was more of stay out of the fight completely type of guy. Through that’s a possibility and could be worked in, the fight itself is more of a winging it type thing as I literally don’t want players stuck to a script but rather each individual shine by showing off their talents, skills, traits, etc. Even creating some grudges against each other or respect between their fellow villains that could lead to tag teams later on. Namely when it comes to revenge scenarios and such. 

[quote=@MelonHead]For example, he could easily screen for the villains if a fight broke out. Say the van stops at traffic lights (or an intersection or w/e you guys call it.) The villains could do something as simple as follow the van in a couple of cars, and when it's in a good position honk their horn a couple of times using a specific pattern. Lekh can hear it, disable the driver (and everyone else in the van) and open the door, bundling Racheli straight into the loving arms of the villains just outside, who will have picked a good spot to carry out this plan (AKA few witnesses.) The Heroes would only be aware something is wrong when the team leave the rear car and the ambulance doors open, at which point Racheli will be in their hands, and Lekh can pull some shenanigans to screen for the group.

Literally just depends on if you want the heroes or villains to win, but I thought of some ways Lekh can cause chaos if you want it to be less cut and dry who succeeds. For example, Racheli could escape from the villains later, but the heroes could fail to save her initially. [/quote]

Right now, I’m pretty flexible. I would like Rach to escape the villains at some point so the heroes have a reason to start treading into Cowl’s territory and creating some chaos, including bring in White Witch as well. Unless someone gets the idea of using her to track down and try to keep the heroes occupied while others search for Rach. As for the ending of the arc, I’m leaving that up in the air to see how things pan out really and if we can get this arc finished before S2. Some situations are easier to explain a 3-4 month skip than others.

Ex: Being in a fight then having to shift to S2 in the middle makes it hard to explain the 4 month time gap without massive gloss over of important details.  

[quote=@MelonHead]
It would also be up to the heroes, they might have super observation or something and foil anything Lekh can do, it would depend how smart they are and if their players are interested in forming a rivalry with Lekh, as whoever he disables/delays would have the questionable pleasure of seeing his face, they might be the only person who could prevent him doing something even worse in the future. (As his picture doesn't really exist anywhere.)

Just spitballing, but I do have some cool ideas that could make this ambush less cut and dry, so to speak. Depends entirely on what you want though, I'm happy to play a smaller or larger role depending on what's required.
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I wouldn’t be opposed to making it less cut and dry really as I want everyone to enjoy this story as well as come out with some rivalry, connections and more. Mostly, I got all the possible outcomes mapped out through as the story goes on, there could be more and better ones. However, this arc is going to be mostly player driven which means your PCs call the shots when things go wrong. The first part is slightly planned but not suffocating enough there’s no wiggle room for changes like what you suggested. This includes anything anyone else can come up with as well.  

As for Lehk, personally, I hope to actually have Rach remember him as she would hold a grudge and if they ever crossed paths she would try to mess him over in his success. This would no doubt create some deep hatred toward each other or at least dislike whenever they cross each other’s paths in the future.