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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Greenfield" data-source="post: 5746280" data-attributes="member: 6669384">Think of a popular outlaw, like Robin Hood, or better yet Jaques Lafitte the pirate.Lafitte was very popular, even among the well to do, because he smuggled in luxury goods that were normally taxed exorbitantly.  So the PC's were sent to rid the waters of a pirate, or bandit chief on the borderlands (if the area is inland).  Good for the kingdom and makes trade safer over all, but shuts down the local businesses that make a profit on the smuggled and stolen goods.The Silver Dragon was the mount of a higher level Paladin who passed away (humans are so short lived, you know).  Now he (or she) is "just being helpful" while hoping to find another champion who is worthy.How does one notice a Necromancer building an army?  There's a condition known as "Ghoul Fever" (See Ghoul in the SRD or Monster Manual.  It takes a day to incubate, and drains Con.  When someone dies they rise as a Ghoul if they're 4 HD or less, or as a Ghast if they're over 4 hd.The presence if this illness in a town is a sure sign that there are Ghouls around, somewhere.  The fact that they aren't over running the place (as undead seem to do) is because they aren't there all the time, only when sent in to fetch bodies.  Sometimes they resist the control and attack someone, instead of laying low and just getting the job done.</blockquote>