Bit of backstory:
In my Boston game, the group's wizard was just invited to join the Wardens and accepted. Two of my players (the wizard and a Knight of the Cross) commented that they'd previously thought of a more cool way for the wizard to join, by calling Harry Dresden for some help, Harry saying "I'm sending a Warden to you, he should be there in 24 hours." Then the next day, a FedEx guy shows up with a parcel containing a Warden's cloak. Fair, it would have been cool, but I wans't sure of how to work in such a scene since it relies heavily on anticipating player behaviour and they never came to me saying they wanted to work the scene in.
Now here's my issue:
Little do they know that I have a plan for the current scenario, of which one of the themes is whether the rookie Knight of the Cross is ready for his first real fight against the Denarians. I'm planning on hitting his family pretty hard, showing him how tough a prepared Denrian team can be, etc. All thoughout, his mother is nagging him to come home to collect his mail and go out with a nice girl she's setting him up with.
When things get really bad, and the group has to go face insurmountable odds to save the day, his family will finally get his mail to him, which will include a parcel from Chicago. Inside is a newly-sewn Order of the Cross cloak made specifically for him, with a note from Michael Carpenter apologising for it being late.
I figured such a scene was very in keeping with how the Knights get help when they most need it, but not always in the way they expect, and a reminder of his faith, and the faith someone like Michael has in him (this PC is the new wielder of Amoraccius), fits with that.
Now, in light of what the two players said about their idea for the scene with the Warden's cloak being delivered, does my idea still work? The players have no idea I'm planning this and as yet nothing has happened that would prevent my scene from taking place. I'm just unsure if it will still have the same impact?
