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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Storm Raven" data-source="post: 4144326" data-attributes="member: 307">The reason it becomes "probably" is simply math. The 5th level PCs become an appropriate encounter for a party of 4 9th level PCs (since the PCs are EL 9). That's who is likely to hunt them down. It is unlikely that 4 5th level PCs will survive such and encounter, and as a result, the PCs will probably get slaughtered. This is a logical and reasonable consequence of becoming evil.If you start behaving like villains, the campaign world reacts to you like villains. Most villains get eliminated - usually by heroes. Think about this:"A terrified peasant finds you party in a bar - in a quiet voice he begs for your help against a band of mercenaries turned murderers. He was unfortunate enough to witness these murderers engage in an unprovoked attack upon an "Arbiter" - a direct agent of the king, who they killed, beheaded, and then burned his body. He doesn't want to get killed as a witness, and asks that you protect him, or bring the killers to justice yourself. The king will probably reward anyone who helps bring down those who murdered his chosen agent.""You check into this cutthroat band of mercenaries a little more, and discover rumors that they had previously killed some of their own companions as well, apparently for no reason."If a typical group of PCs got this request, what do you suppose they would do? Yeah, they'd hunt down the PC either before or after getting some sort of sanction from the king to do so. So, the NPC heroes would probably take up this task as well, and before you know it, the PCs find they have probably bitten off more than they could chew.</blockquote>

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