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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rystil Arden" data-source="post: 2914113" data-attributes="member: 29014"><p>That's true.  Of course, I don't tend to use the adventure hook of a patron hiring the PCs to do something for her too often anyways.  When I do, she usually has additional ulterior motives more often than not, but that doesn't mean she is the BBEG, just that I felt the need to justify why this character would hire the PCs to do something instead of doing it herself.  For instance, maybe the Paladin who hires the PCs to break out some slaves from a Lawful Evil city is a former slaver who turned to the path of Paladinhood and is trying to seek redemption, even while she is afraid of falling from grace for not respecting the laws of the city where slavery is legal.  The PCs only know that they are freeing slaves because some girl paid them gold.  If something like this (additional information withheld from the players, but the goal they think they are to accomplish is the same as the one the patron wants) happened in 95% of cases, would it be bad?</p></blockquote><p></p>