Help me Pay my Paladin!

[Three_Haligonians]

So I'm leading a campaign and my two players are a Paladin and a Cleric. I have, several times, tried to reward them monetarily for their work, but, being extreemly good, they have refused to accept payment. It is important to note that most of my adventures take place in cities or towns, so they rarely come across a horde of any type. Plus, they will refuse to take anything that is not thier own. So, giving them some stuff in the big bad evil guy's mansion won't help, either.

Any creative solutions to my problem?

Thanks in advance!

T from Three Haligonians

 

[jollyninja]

start giving them title, or gifts from the rescued, it's rude to turn down such things. they, being clerics and paladins with decent diplomacy ranks should know this.

 

[Piratecat]

When this happens to me, I have people donate gifts to him in thanks for his goodness. Then it's not payment, it's a public honor.

 

[Ruavel]

have their respective church's reward them with equipment or coin to "help continue their good work in the service of their god"...

their unlikely to say "no" to their own church superiors...

 

[Three_Haligonians]

Thanks, guys, keep 'em coming!


Ach, jollyninja, I just said this off topic on another post, but I felt I should say it here as well.

Nice avatar! Don't know if you know Keith's or not, but here's a cheers from Eastern Canada!

T, R and J from Three Haligonians

 

[Kaleon Moonshae]

You can also do the.

A kindly old man throws out his gnarled hand, stopping you as you walk by his dirties rag. He looks you in the eye, the rhumitism plaguing his sight as he smiles and places a long bundle in your hands. "Your father says he is proud of your courage and honor, use this with pride, for you have truly earned it." In the bundle is whatever item you wish to give him as reward. Make sure the old man (or young girl, or kid or whatever) smiles and make the player roll sense motive. Make the DC very low but don't tell him, after he rolls point out how he has an odd feeling of peace from the man and refresh him as though he had a night's rest. When he turns around to look at his friend and turns back the old man is gone.

 

[Haradim]

- Consider the BoED and the Vow of Poverty. Depending on what their current wealth is, and how important it is to their success, going this route seems like something they would eat right up.

- Ensure that NPCs remember them. Perhaps they will need something specific in the future, and they rescued a talented item creator who is glad to return the favor. It may also be handy if they need to work their way through the courts of a land, and happen to be regarded highly by certain individuals who can make things easier, or offer protection against enemies the party can't effectively deal with.

Through this, you could not only offer wealth, but other kinds of power as well.

- Have a stubborn NPC who doesn't take no for an answer. Depending on how comedic you want to get, you could have this NPC become obsessed with ensuring they get what they deserve for helping him/her, no matter how far he must go to do it.

- Word about their deeds spreads, and they gain rank and resource access within any oraganizations they are a part of. They might be more willing to accept items and such if handed down to them by a superior.

 

[Particle_Man]

Have an celestial emmisary from the gods themselves present them with items that "They will need in the coming years". Deus ex machina baby.

 

[Herpes Cineplex]

have their respective church's reward them with equipment or coin to "help continue their good work in the service of their god"..

Yeah, this is the route I'd take. The grateful villagers would offer to pay the mighty heroes, who would (of course) nobly refuse any payment for doing good work.

So the grateful villagers would turn right around and give the reward to the churches of the deities the heroes worship, making especially sure to thank the respective gods and goddesses for all that they have done, and in particular for producing and supporting such fine people who did so much for their small town.

And the next domino to fall would be the church hierarchy, calling in the good guys to tell them how pleased they are with their work, how much it has helped people in need, how their deity's name has been glorified and enriched and how even now new followers are flocking to the church, eager to follow the good example they have set. And therefore, of course, you must take this weapon. And these potions. And this magical ring. Because, naturally, we are going to make sure that you have exactly what you need to continue successfully on the course you have chosen.

Refuse that, you noble jerk. I double-dog dare ya.

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and when they start to go near-epic, then the gifts will come straight from god
ryan

 

[RodneyThompson]

Man, I only wish I had problems like this in my group. Instead, I've got to deal with things like my brother's Kalashtar Psion with Vow of Poverty trying to take more than his cut from the treasure..."I'm going to give it away to the needy" he says. Why the poverty-stricken need powerful magic weapons is beyond me. To be fair, though, he really does just stick his share in a sack and give it away when he's in villages/cities...