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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LostSoul" data-source="post: 2737359" data-attributes="member: 386">Yeah, that will work, I just didn't see it before.  Then the DM can determine what will happen to the village based on your choices (it might be destroyed, or when the PCs come back into town they see the NPC they dealt with strung up on a cross).I think you're right - the DM has to take your actions into account.  I also think the rules don't work very well here.  If they don't want to give/sell you their supplies because doing so will mean their deaths, what kind of skill check do you need to make them hand their supplies over?  Would a "Helpful" NPC do that sort of thing?  And if he won't, doesn't that take away from having a high Diplomacy check, since sometimes you just can't change an NPC's mind?  But if he will help you, even though it means his own death, is that giving Diplomacy too much power?It may not even matter, though:DM: "The NPC says, 'I don't want to sell you any supplies.'"PC: "Well, I make a Diplomacy check to convince him that he does.  I got a 37."DM: "Okay.  He looks torn, not sure what to do now.  He says 'I guess I'll help you lads out.  I hope that the great Dragon King doesn't take offense, because if he does it will mean my life...'"PC: <with knowledge of the implications of his choices, insert moral choice here></blockquote>