One of the game elements that I actually enjoy in game (both table top sessions and MMOs) is the discovery of loot to help move the plot along. Sometimes this is planned into the adventure. Sometimes it’s a creative use of resources on the player’s part.
Things like:
- A note or clue found in the pouch of a patrol of orcs.
- A rowdy group of drunken, off duty militia when the PCs need to sneak into a castle and decide to use their uniforms.
The guys getting access to the body of a sentinel to sneak into someplace was actually one of the things that have been planned from the very beginning of the strip. Do you know what it was inspired by? The movie version of the Wizard of Oz, when the tin man, scarecrow, and lion sneak into the witch’s castle and beat up a patrol of guys to steal their uniform.






