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<blockquote data-quote="Dremen" data-source="post: 514405" data-attributes="member: 6773"><p>Here are some ideas I didn't see. I DM but I prefer to play as much as possible. I hate when I am told NO..... because the DM doesn't want to go this way or hasn't thought of something. Or us players are ruining HIS adventure. It should be a colaberation. Instead of being arbitrary or negative, I try to think of unintended concequesnces of the actions. Others have listed very good economic advice.</p><p></p><p>First of all I wouldn't penalise the alignment or special class abilities unless a paladin is involved. I would give reminders though.</p><p></p><p>Lets say they kill the bad guys and take thier loot and leave without freeing the peasants. Run with it. </p><p></p><p>1. They still have to get out. Maybe 1 or more of the items attract trouble to them.</p><p></p><p>2. How much can they carry? How fast can they move.</p><p></p><p>3. Improvise some guardians that follow. Some invisible stalkers are nice especially with a few rogue levels. Have a recuring enemy that figures out thier mode of operation and prepares accordingly and sets a trap to ensnare them and take thier custom high powered items. Use 1 and 2 above. The underlings can be equiped with low cost gaseous form potions, scrolls of D. Door, invisibility potions ect. Have 1 are more items "laced" with a bug that lets the bad guys track them. Wear them down. A mid to high level Rogue/Wizard would make a great enemy. (He could even have noticed them selling magic items repeatedly)</p><p></p><p>4. Have some items be cursed and the buyers want revenge. Maybe the +1 sword is only +1 in the hands of a good person. But becomes a +5 vampric lifestealing sword in the hands of a neutral person and grants them specilization until it turns them into a vampire over a few weeks. The local wizards guild tracked the sellers down and want to have a word with them.</p><p></p><p>5. They end up selling very powerfull items for very low prices (see the IDENTIFY suggestions) and fing out how powerfull it is when used against them.,, Again. </p><p></p><p>6. Use the items themselves as recuring villians.</p><p></p><p>-D</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dremen, post: 514405, member: 6773"] Here are some ideas I didn't see. I DM but I prefer to play as much as possible. I hate when I am told NO..... because the DM doesn't want to go this way or hasn't thought of something. Or us players are ruining HIS adventure. It should be a colaberation. Instead of being arbitrary or negative, I try to think of unintended concequesnces of the actions. Others have listed very good economic advice. First of all I wouldn't penalise the alignment or special class abilities unless a paladin is involved. I would give reminders though. Lets say they kill the bad guys and take thier loot and leave without freeing the peasants. Run with it. 1. They still have to get out. Maybe 1 or more of the items attract trouble to them. 2. How much can they carry? How fast can they move. 3. Improvise some guardians that follow. Some invisible stalkers are nice especially with a few rogue levels. Have a recuring enemy that figures out thier mode of operation and prepares accordingly and sets a trap to ensnare them and take thier custom high powered items. Use 1 and 2 above. The underlings can be equiped with low cost gaseous form potions, scrolls of D. Door, invisibility potions ect. Have 1 are more items "laced" with a bug that lets the bad guys track them. Wear them down. A mid to high level Rogue/Wizard would make a great enemy. (He could even have noticed them selling magic items repeatedly) 4. Have some items be cursed and the buyers want revenge. Maybe the +1 sword is only +1 in the hands of a good person. But becomes a +5 vampric lifestealing sword in the hands of a neutral person and grants them specilization until it turns them into a vampire over a few weeks. The local wizards guild tracked the sellers down and want to have a word with them. 5. They end up selling very powerfull items for very low prices (see the IDENTIFY suggestions) and fing out how powerfull it is when used against them.,, Again. 6. Use the items themselves as recuring villians. -D [/QUOTE]
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