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<blockquote data-quote="Fanaelialae" data-source="post: 6996701" data-attributes="member: 53980"><p>Let's follow this through to it's logical conclusion.</p><p></p><p>Your BBEG is probably not the only (or even the first) wizard to reach level 17+.</p><p></p><p>A wizard who is level 17+ probably has a 20 Intelligence, or very near that.</p><p></p><p>Anyone with an above average intelligence can probably figure out the Simulacrum / True Polymorph clone army trick.</p><p></p><p>Therefore, every level 17+ mage has thought of this idea.</p><p></p><p>A level 17 mage is, by the standards of most creatures that inhabit the typical fantasy world, an alpha predator. That's exponentially true for an army of such mages.</p><p></p><p>If this isn't the first such rodeo, then two possibilities exist. Either the clone mage army was stopped cold (perhaps divine intervention or other forces of balance intervened) or everyone is a high level mage clone. </p><p></p><p>Assuming the later, it's possible that they grew so bored of each other that they crafted an epic mirage arcane spell that turned all of the clones into different people, and made them forget who they truly were. So everyone in the world, including your BBEG, is just a simulacrum of some ancient mage who has forgotten that he's a simulacrum. How very meta. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fanaelialae, post: 6996701, member: 53980"] Let's follow this through to it's logical conclusion. Your BBEG is probably not the only (or even the first) wizard to reach level 17+. A wizard who is level 17+ probably has a 20 Intelligence, or very near that. Anyone with an above average intelligence can probably figure out the Simulacrum / True Polymorph clone army trick. Therefore, every level 17+ mage has thought of this idea. A level 17 mage is, by the standards of most creatures that inhabit the typical fantasy world, an alpha predator. That's exponentially true for an army of such mages. If this isn't the first such rodeo, then two possibilities exist. Either the clone mage army was stopped cold (perhaps divine intervention or other forces of balance intervened) or everyone is a high level mage clone. Assuming the later, it's possible that they grew so bored of each other that they crafted an epic mirage arcane spell that turned all of the clones into different people, and made them forget who they truly were. So everyone in the world, including your BBEG, is just a simulacrum of some ancient mage who has forgotten that he's a simulacrum. How very meta. ;) [/QUOTE]
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