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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RangerWickett" data-source="post: 1319850" data-attributes="member: 63">I'd much prefer him to be a fighter.  I mean, if they do get into a fight with him, I want him to be able to use all sorts of nifty combat tricks.  I mean, he's an emperor and high-level, so he ought to be rich.  +5 keen defending ghost-touch razorburst longswords with whirlwind attack.  Maybe he could be Fighter 18/Paladin 2.As for assassins, I won't consider doing this until the party actively gets violent against him.  Right now the PCs are a low priority, even though he thinks they may have killed his daughter.  There's been some campaign-specific events that have screwed with scry and sending spells recently, so he hasn't been able to keep tabs on them.So, okay.  Round the clock bodyguards, a sort of secret service of trained agents who go ahead of the Emperor, watching out for trouble.  Extra elite guards who hover around nearby and are ready to take on any threats.  Several contingency spells on these bodyguards, allowing them to jump onto the Emperor and teleport him to safety if he's ambushed, plus a contingency on the Emperor himself that if he's teleported, his new location will be sent to numerous allies.  Finally, Shaaladel will have some manner of item that lets him teleport (and it also provides cold resistance, because of another campaign-specific thing that makes all teleportation spells try to freeze those affected).</blockquote>