Cult
- Cyricist lies or scapegoating patterns.
- Loviatar pain cults.
- Bhaalite ritual murder.
- False reform institutions.
- Abusers hiding behind law or religion.
Planar
- Positive Energy scars.
- Negative Energy scars.
- The Planar Wanderer from his past.
- Survivors of the same pilgrimage.
- Someone else who was hollowed or burned by the planes.
- A planar entity recognizing his soul as “crossed by both life and death.”
Mercy
- A villain who cannot be killed without becoming exactly what they want.
- A child or prisoner being used as a ritual object.
- A wounded enemy who knows something important.
- A plague, curse, or condition that cannot be punched.
- A situation where one person is expected to bear the whole cost.
Party
- The party has to stop Rishi from sacrificing too much.
- Rishi has to learn another character’s way of mercy.
- Someone calls his restraint weakness.
- Someone calls his violence hypocrisy.
- Someone recognizes that both accusations hurt because both are partly true.