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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Samnite" data-source="post: 528841" data-attributes="member: 8816">I think the key to politics is making sure that the heroes can't just run in and kill the bad guy.  That evil mastermind behind the throne may be evil, but the king certainly thinks he's a great advisor and would be very angry if the heroes just killed him.  It is feasible to see the king's guards defending the evil mastermind even though as soon as they're done he's going to figure out a way to get past them and kill the king.  That sort of conflict is vital to the genre.For a great example, look at the Three Musketeers (the disney movie).  The Cardinal is clearly evil but at first the king doesn't realize it.  Only through the urging of his queen, an assassination attempt, and the Three Musketeers breaking out a letter that the Cardinal wrote about a secret peace treaty with England (who the king was about to go to war with) does the king finally realize that the Cardinal is truly an evil man. Another way to carry this idea out is through the extensive use of minions.  Minions of other minions.  Minions of those minion's minions.  The key is to make sure that its hard to trace a murder back to the high priest of the temple who recently lost a lot of power because the new Prime Minister followed Pelor instead of Nerull.  The plot should twist and turn constantly and the heroes should never have everything figured out until the end (or at least, shouldn't be able to do anything because of the situation).Hope some of this helps.</blockquote>

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