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<blockquote data-quote="Gadget" data-source="post: 7912903" data-attributes="member: 23716">While I find the philosophical debate on PC creation vs NPC creation and world building interesting, and I of course have a strong preference in this area, I think it safe to say that spells like Suggestion, Mass Suggestion, Geas and the like can suit the OP's needs.&nbsp; There is also the option of certain magic items, potions and Dark Rituals (TM) to enhance certain abilities.&nbsp; The mage in question could have stumbled upon an cursed item, been corrupted by forbidden knowledge or demonic taint that drove him mad while giving him certain abilities.&nbsp; All of which would be options that the PCs would not want to take (even if they could duplicate) or would find unsavory.&nbsp; This could lead to further adventures as the PC's, after having disposed of this &quot;schmuck&quot; find clues to a deeper, more dangerous threat/ritual/rising demon that corrupted the original wizard, along with a few more mundane spells from his spell book like Suggestion or Geas and the like.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Gadget, post: 7912903, member: 23716"] While I find the philosophical debate on PC creation vs NPC creation and world building interesting, and I of course have a strong preference in this area, I think it safe to say that spells like [I]Suggestion[/I], [I]Mass[/I] [I]Suggestion[/I], [I]Geas[/I] and the like can suit the OP's needs. There is also the option of certain magic items, potions and Dark Rituals (TM) to enhance certain abilities. The mage in question could have stumbled upon an cursed item, been corrupted by forbidden knowledge or demonic taint that drove him mad while giving him certain abilities. All of which would be options that the PCs would not want to take (even if they could duplicate) or would find unsavory. This could lead to further adventures as the PC's, after having disposed of this "schmuck" find clues to a deeper, more dangerous threat/ritual/rising demon that corrupted the original wizard, along with a few more mundane spells from his spell book like [I]Suggestion[/I] or [I]Geas[/I] and the like. [/QUOTE]

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