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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jollyninja" data-source="post: 1894040" data-attributes="member: 3208">now not to quibble and i know it's not dnd strictly (d20 compatable with 3e) but the courtier class in the rokugan campaign setting seems created specifically for such a character. all they have is their natural education, wit and charm to get them through. it's a really interesting class and gestalts well with ninja but anyway........to the point of the thread, the only hole i see int the 20th level characters can kill the kings (and whatever other politicos you wish to mention) at will arguement is that while the current crop of regents may not be high level characters, you can't possibly be thinking that during the century long war that just ended, no wizards and other high level characters did this. and that the other regents of that time period and the now dead regent's heir wouldn't make their personal residence proof to such things as teleporting and such. if the mages can build hover trains, they can surely have devised adequate security measures to keep a single person or party of persons from killing their beloved (or at least rich) leaders. and i'll bet that a great deal of royal money has gone into devising such security systems. even simple things like spells that have the effect of a ray of enfeeblement but on a 10' radius area so as to not be hampered by spellturning and are maximised in a wand carried by the royal guard each of whom are trained as wizards for one of their levels just so they can use said items en masse on any bastard stupid enough to attack the king. job number one for the regents of the last century has been to not die and to keep their kids alive. they probably devised better ways then that to do it.and why is it that being an experienced field operative should mean you get to have global influence? granted if you have cultivated it great but being the greatest swordsman on the planet just means that when you get hit with ray of enfeeblement, it takes four in stead of three to take you down enough to prevent you from moving in all that heavy fighter equipment so the level 9 sorceror's remaining two peons can finish you. granted, the rest of the party would kill this encounter effectively but that's why you don't attack the fighter until he's alone if you are the level 9 sorceror and minions.i've played in campaigns where my level 20 wizard had no competition and if there have ever been high level wizards in the setting (which clearly in ebberon there have been many) most of the old things people don't want you in should be protected against normal uses of ph spells at least. or does the royal treasury not warrant even minimal protection against magical invasion. if people could teleport in our world, the white house would have protection against that, the secret service would have tactics devised for dealing with it ingrained into their training from day one. there would be security measures taken against whatever threats existed.</blockquote>

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