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<blockquote data-quote="Flamestrike" data-source="post: 6835630" data-attributes="member: 6788736"><p>'You may have other places to be, but (he again furrows his brow) you only have about 4 hours and 55 minutes left to get there, before <em>there wont be anywhere to be</em>. (His emphasis on the last six words is deliberate)</p><p></p><p>He leans forward. His eyes meeting your stare.</p><p></p><p>'I'm not sure you understand the <em>gravity </em>of the current situation. And I certainly dont have time to waste in protracted negotiations with you or your party.'</p><p></p><p>'Tell me then - <em>what </em>is it that you want as payment? If it is within my power I will grant it. Once the task is done of course. There were other options available for this task, but I argued for your party to be selected for this task personally to the King.' </p><p></p><p>'Dont make me regret my decision.'</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The King has a reputation as a fair and reasonable man. The Wizard to whom you speak declined an offer to head the College Arcanum (an offer generally given to powerful Mages) and instead now works for the King as the head of Central Royal Intellegence and as his chief Wizard.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Then dictate terms. See what happens.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>So, you flat out refuse to engage with any hooks placed by the DM, only ever play amoral characters to avoid the introduction of any kind of moral or ethical drama in your games, and refuse to play with a DM who deviates from the rules or uses optional rules in his game?</p><p></p><p>Look, I dont want to get into a judgement of your version of 'collaborative play' or really get into why you have to be so combatative but thats neither here nor there.</p><p></p><p>A NPC of some importance has just offered your PC (and 4 other PCs) vast wealth (100,000 GP), royal titles and so forth to do a quest. He's hinted (strongly) that the world is about to blow up in about 5 hours time killing eveything. Are you telling me that of the five characters sitting in that pub, none of them buy this hook?</p><p></p><p>None of these five players have any intrest in noble titles, the Kings favor, vast wealth or not blowing up in 5 hours time?</p><p></p><p>Instead you would rather just insult this bloke, and potentialy make very powerful enemies?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The Archmage standing in front of you would love to see you try.</p><p></p><p>Assume Forgotten realms levels of power. If Manshoon, Tzass Thaam, Fzoul Chembryll and co cant do it, a bunch of 13th level CN PCs wont either.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>No, you dont have a Pegasus and a Flying carpet. You have unlimited (within reason) standard gear from the PHB, spell components within reason, and a few magic items (to be determined)</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>He doesnt or you'd already be dead.</p><p></p><p>In case you havent figured it out yet, he's trying to <strong>hire </strong>you, not <strong>kill </strong>you.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Why? How on earth is this relevant to the adventure <em>for the purpose of the thread</em>?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Flamestrike, post: 6835630, member: 6788736"] 'You may have other places to be, but (he again furrows his brow) you only have about 4 hours and 55 minutes left to get there, before [I]there wont be anywhere to be[/I]. (His emphasis on the last six words is deliberate) He leans forward. His eyes meeting your stare. 'I'm not sure you understand the [I]gravity [/I]of the current situation. And I certainly dont have time to waste in protracted negotiations with you or your party.' 'Tell me then - [I]what [/I]is it that you want as payment? If it is within my power I will grant it. Once the task is done of course. There were other options available for this task, but I argued for your party to be selected for this task personally to the King.' 'Dont make me regret my decision.' The King has a reputation as a fair and reasonable man. The Wizard to whom you speak declined an offer to head the College Arcanum (an offer generally given to powerful Mages) and instead now works for the King as the head of Central Royal Intellegence and as his chief Wizard. Then dictate terms. See what happens. So, you flat out refuse to engage with any hooks placed by the DM, only ever play amoral characters to avoid the introduction of any kind of moral or ethical drama in your games, and refuse to play with a DM who deviates from the rules or uses optional rules in his game? Look, I dont want to get into a judgement of your version of 'collaborative play' or really get into why you have to be so combatative but thats neither here nor there. A NPC of some importance has just offered your PC (and 4 other PCs) vast wealth (100,000 GP), royal titles and so forth to do a quest. He's hinted (strongly) that the world is about to blow up in about 5 hours time killing eveything. Are you telling me that of the five characters sitting in that pub, none of them buy this hook? None of these five players have any intrest in noble titles, the Kings favor, vast wealth or not blowing up in 5 hours time? Instead you would rather just insult this bloke, and potentialy make very powerful enemies? The Archmage standing in front of you would love to see you try. Assume Forgotten realms levels of power. If Manshoon, Tzass Thaam, Fzoul Chembryll and co cant do it, a bunch of 13th level CN PCs wont either. No, you dont have a Pegasus and a Flying carpet. You have unlimited (within reason) standard gear from the PHB, spell components within reason, and a few magic items (to be determined) He doesnt or you'd already be dead. In case you havent figured it out yet, he's trying to [B]hire [/B]you, not [B]kill [/B]you. Why? How on earth is this relevant to the adventure [I]for the purpose of the thread[/I]? [/QUOTE]
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