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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rechan" data-source="post: 4941216" data-attributes="member: 54846">Just a side note - this is a general tip, but a usual DM tactic.When your Defender marks someone, or your Avenger designates an Oath, or whatnot - intentionally have the monster engage in the punishment behavior. Run from the avenger (if that's his build), attack someone while under the Divine Challenge.This way, the ability sees the light of day, it lets the PC feel like they're contributing, and it puts it in the game (because if you never let it happen, then the ability never comes up).The problem with this, IMO, is that the players are likely to go "We're offering to help you when you got yourselves over a barrel, and you want us to PROVE ourselves? Forget you, lady". How I would do it would be to have her just lie to them. Say that the key to the portal is with the Drow Necromancer. And say "Oh and btw, a lot of our forces are being tied up in the Slave Rebellion - if you want reinforcements, that needs to be quelled."This will send the PCs on the sidequest in her behest, and they won't learn that she lied to them until after they've done what she wanted.</blockquote>