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<blockquote data-quote="arwink" data-source="post: 1539537" data-attributes="member: 2292">The other way around it is, of course, to make the PC's want to be captured.&nbsp; Have some higher-up NPC point out that the bad guys have the necessary information or such at their base, and that the easiest way to get that information is to let themselves be captured.&nbsp; The trick is to make the capture seem realistic - if the bad guys figure the PC's go down to easy, they're like to either just kill them or dispose of them elsewhere because they figure there's a risk.This puts the sense of power back on the PC's side of things - they have to put up a convincing fight, but not so convincing that the capture doesn't work.&nbsp; The ball's in their court, and they want the capture to succeed.&nbsp; (And, for added fun: Rather than bulking up the enemy team, tone them down and watch the players freak out as they realise they have to find a convincing way to loose to the equivelent of a half-dozen goblins they could take in their sleep...)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="arwink, post: 1539537, member: 2292"] The other way around it is, of course, to make the PC's want to be captured. Have some higher-up NPC point out that the bad guys have the necessary information or such at their base, and that the easiest way to get that information is to let themselves be captured. The trick is to make the capture seem realistic - if the bad guys figure the PC's go down to easy, they're like to either just kill them or dispose of them elsewhere because they figure there's a risk. This puts the sense of power back on the PC's side of things - they have to put up a convincing fight, but not so convincing that the capture doesn't work. The ball's in their court, and they want the capture to succeed. (And, for added fun: Rather than bulking up the enemy team, tone them down and watch the players freak out as they realise they have to find a convincing way to loose to the equivelent of a half-dozen goblins they could take in their sleep...) [/QUOTE]

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