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<blockquote data-quote="Psychotic Jim" data-source="post: 5201491" data-attributes="member: 547">Okay, so it almost seems like the Terjon's issues with the wight Cromfeld is almost a symptom of the larger crisis of faith your cleric PC might be having here.&nbsp; The diabolists in his faith might make him less inclined to listen to possibly questionable proposals on the part of your voice of reason clergy NPC, unless this NPC was seen as trustworthy and/or condemned the diabolists.Any message of strategic importance regarding the wight PC will address a number of issues here. I'll give some ideas.&nbsp; First, any argument in favor of the wight's strategic importance will likely need to highlight his usefulness to do good deeds.&nbsp; &nbsp; For example, the previous undead tree &quot;detector&quot; idea, undead also have a lot of immunities to status issues (poison, energy drain, etc).&nbsp; Using him this way, he could prevent a lot of innocent deaths.It might also be essential to point out the differences here the diabolists associating with fiends and you keeping the wight around.&nbsp; First of all, the former is a willing choice and was not done under duress.&nbsp; The latter is making the most of a really bad situation and may be a temporary solution (see discussion on this below) rather than a long term one.If Terjon is LG, he may be interested in reforming the undead creature, especially since being turned into a wight was not a choice on the part of Cromfeld. Perhaps keeping the wight along will only be a temporary solution until Cromfeld can be restored to life (reincarnation/resurrection?).&nbsp; Or perhaps you could put the party on a quest to turn him into a Deathless (positive energy aligned equivalent of undead who tend to be good aligned).As for the Terjon's general crisis of faith, what are his options of dealing with the situation of the evil within the faith’s ranks?&nbsp; Can he argue for a purge of its ranks or go on an inquisition?&nbsp; Maybe Terjon could argue to the senior clergy that the diabolists are more trouble than they’re worth. Talk with your player and see what works for both of you regarding his character and the story's development.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Psychotic Jim, post: 5201491, member: 547"] Okay, so it almost seems like the Terjon's issues with the wight Cromfeld is almost a symptom of the larger crisis of faith your cleric PC might be having here. The diabolists in his faith might make him less inclined to listen to possibly questionable proposals on the part of your voice of reason clergy NPC, unless this NPC was seen as trustworthy and/or condemned the diabolists. Any message of strategic importance regarding the wight PC will address a number of issues here. I'll give some ideas. First, any argument in favor of the wight's strategic importance will likely need to highlight his usefulness to do good deeds. For example, the previous undead tree "detector" idea, undead also have a lot of immunities to status issues (poison, energy drain, etc). Using him this way, he could prevent a lot of innocent deaths. It might also be essential to point out the differences here the diabolists associating with fiends and you keeping the wight around. First of all, the former is a willing choice and was not done under duress. The latter is making the most of a really bad situation and may be a temporary solution (see discussion on this below) rather than a long term one. If Terjon is LG, he may be interested in reforming the undead creature, especially since being turned into a wight was not a choice on the part of Cromfeld. Perhaps keeping the wight along will only be a temporary solution until Cromfeld can be restored to life (reincarnation/resurrection?). Or perhaps you could put the party on a quest to turn him into a Deathless (positive energy aligned equivalent of undead who tend to be good aligned). As for the Terjon's general crisis of faith, what are his options of dealing with the situation of the evil within the faith’s ranks? Can he argue for a purge of its ranks or go on an inquisition? Maybe Terjon could argue to the senior clergy that the diabolists are more trouble than they’re worth. Talk with your player and see what works for both of you regarding his character and the story's development. [/QUOTE]

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