The Ghosts of Broken Blades [RPG]

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Credit has to be given to Monte Cook, writer of The Ghosts of Broken Blades (a four-part series of free web fiction available here), for coming up with an original concept for a protagonist: Roubris Chour wanders old battl
efields and talks to spirits (somehow) trapped in the weapons that have killed them, promising to set them free if they reward him with information about where gold or other valuables are hidden.  But although the main character has a really interesting schtick, the story as a whole is only average and a few elements don't seem to really fit Golarion.

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Roubris finds a surprisingly self-aware trapped spirit named Serth that promises him great wealth (hidden in an ancient temple near the Worldwound) if Roubris will set him free.  Although Roubris suspects a trap, the promise of riches is enough to convince him to check it out, and he travels there with his friend Karatha, a cleric of Iomedae.  The temple is devoted to the demon lord Deskari, and there's a weird bit where opening the door to its treasure room also opens a portal to the demonic plane where Serth's body resides--Roubris has to choose between the treasure and stopping Serth from regaining his previous power.  It's all a bit contrived and clunky, and didn't work for me.  I think a harder, darker ending would have fit the whole concept better.  Roubris could be an interesting character (a fundamentally greedy character who helps trapped spirits) but this story didn't make the most of the idea.