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<blockquote data-quote="Bardsandsages" data-source="post: 2945175" data-attributes="member: 28771">In my not so humble opinion, if the PCs are abusing the NPCs &quot;just because they can&quot; and getting away with it, that is poor GMing.&nbsp; I don't care if they are 15th level in a commoner town, they know they need to behave appropriately or their will be repricussions.&nbsp;&nbsp; If they are suppose to be a &quot;good&quot; or even nuetral party and start throwing their weight around because there are no NPCs high enough level to do anything about it, I have a special set of black percentile dice.&nbsp; Normally just picking them up is enough to get them to straighten up.&nbsp; But the dice mean there is a percentage chance their patron diety happens to be watching.&nbsp;&nbsp; I normally start low (like 1%, the gods are busy people).&nbsp; But each time I have to pick them up that percentage increases.&nbsp; And if the gods notice, I have no qualms about stripping paladins of their powers, cutting off divine spells from priests, or otherwise having the gods do whatever their portfolios would allow.I use to game with one particular player who was really bad about this, though.&nbsp; He played a paladin, and thought because he was a paladin people HAD to do what he said or else.&nbsp; Even after losing his powers (twice) and going through atonement twice, he still didn't get the picture.&nbsp; One day I announced that there was a percentage chance that Bane was watching (FR campaign).&nbsp; I dropped a 01 on the dice.&nbsp; The character's patron finally abandoned him and he became a blackguard for Bane.&nbsp; He thought &quot;Cool!&nbsp; I'm a blackguard!&quot;&nbsp; Until I made him hand over the character sheet because the character was now an NPC hellbent on destroying the party.Oddly, I never have this problem when I run evil campaigns.&nbsp; The party is always paranoid that their good-aligned adversaries will find their whereabouts and come attack them.&nbsp; So they rarely abuse NPCs in towns and cities.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bardsandsages, post: 2945175, member: 28771"] In my not so humble opinion, if the PCs are abusing the NPCs "just because they can" and getting away with it, that is poor GMing. I don't care if they are 15th level in a commoner town, they know they need to behave appropriately or their will be repricussions. If they are suppose to be a "good" or even nuetral party and start throwing their weight around because there are no NPCs high enough level to do anything about it, I have a special set of black percentile dice. Normally just picking them up is enough to get them to straighten up. But the dice mean there is a percentage chance their patron diety happens to be watching. I normally start low (like 1%, the gods are busy people). But each time I have to pick them up that percentage increases. And if the gods notice, I have no qualms about stripping paladins of their powers, cutting off divine spells from priests, or otherwise having the gods do whatever their portfolios would allow. I use to game with one particular player who was really bad about this, though. He played a paladin, and thought because he was a paladin people HAD to do what he said or else. Even after losing his powers (twice) and going through atonement twice, he still didn't get the picture. One day I announced that there was a percentage chance that Bane was watching (FR campaign). I dropped a 01 on the dice. The character's patron finally abandoned him and he became a blackguard for Bane. He thought "Cool! I'm a blackguard!" Until I made him hand over the character sheet because the character was now an NPC hellbent on destroying the party. Oddly, I never have this problem when I run evil campaigns. The party is always paranoid that their good-aligned adversaries will find their whereabouts and come attack them. So they rarely abuse NPCs in towns and cities. [/QUOTE]

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