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<blockquote data-quote="skippy_the_witch" data-source="post: 3149685" data-attributes="member: 18980">Your GM needs to be VERY glad that I am NOT playing in his game.&nbsp; Then again, my characters tend to think outside the box in morally questionable ways anyway, thus why one GM made me always play characters with relatively rigid codes of honor, so he could better control my more chaotic streak.Anyway, my suggests (which you would probably NOT be able to initiate):1)&nbsp; Kill your secretary yourselves.&nbsp; You have her finger, perform some sort of death ritual using that.&nbsp; This is basically the idea from the movie SPEED, i.e., when in a hostage situation, shoot the hostage.&nbsp; This also tells them that taking a hostage won't really work.&nbsp; At the very least, they will quit cutting off body parts, as this gives you a focus through which to cast death/blood magic.2)&nbsp; Break the neck, but do NOT kill, the lawyer.&nbsp; If done right, he will be paralysed from the neck down.&nbsp; You only need him to take a message to his boss, for which he only needs to be able to speak, not move.&nbsp; This will make the next messenger even more respectful/fearful/cautious of you.3)&nbsp; After double checking with Lawson that it is NOT a UNIQUE item (i.e. Captain America's shield that was made by accident), but rather a prototype, don't steal the armor, DESTROY it flat out.&nbsp; Lawson will take a financial hit, but will eventually be able to recreate it, and your BBEG will have NOTHING for his problem.4)&nbsp; By this point, your ruthlessness should be obvious, so let BBEG know that if he hurts ANY of your relatives, etc, that you will set off a war so large in will consume the city.&nbsp; Thus, even if you can't find him, he will quite probably be killed in the collateral damage.&nbsp; For example, to get the Yuan-ti enraged, start killing EVERY snake in the city.&nbsp; Some sort of &quot;detect snake&quot; spell should be both low level and easy to create.I have always found that the best defense is a good offense, and that quick, extremely brutal action/violence may actually do less damage and cause fewer deaths in the long run than anything else.&nbsp; And this does NOT mean killing everybody, most especially not Mr Big.&nbsp; There is a possibly apocryphal story about Lebanon in the 1980s when westerners were being kidnapped.&nbsp; A Russian Embassy official was taken, so the Russians sent their special forces out, and delivered a box to the leader of the group that most probably had their citizen.&nbsp; In the box was the head of that groups SECOND in command.&nbsp; The Russian guy was let go, and Russians weren't kidnapped again.Anyway, these suggestions are only meant semi seriously.skippyThe GM of The Cursed Earth Campaign</blockquote>

[QUOTE="skippy_the_witch, post: 3149685, member: 18980"] Your GM needs to be VERY glad that I am NOT playing in his game. Then again, my characters tend to think outside the box in morally questionable ways anyway, thus why one GM made me always play characters with relatively rigid codes of honor, so he could better control my more chaotic streak. Anyway, my suggests (which you would probably NOT be able to initiate): 1) Kill your secretary yourselves. You have her finger, perform some sort of death ritual using that. This is basically the idea from the movie SPEED, i.e., when in a hostage situation, shoot the hostage. This also tells them that taking a hostage won't really work. At the very least, they will quit cutting off body parts, as this gives you a focus through which to cast death/blood magic. 2) Break the neck, but do NOT kill, the lawyer. If done right, he will be paralysed from the neck down. You only need him to take a message to his boss, for which he only needs to be able to speak, not move. This will make the next messenger even more respectful/fearful/cautious of you. 3) After double checking with Lawson that it is NOT a UNIQUE item (i.e. Captain America's shield that was made by accident), but rather a prototype, don't steal the armor, DESTROY it flat out. Lawson will take a financial hit, but will eventually be able to recreate it, and your BBEG will have NOTHING for his problem. 4) By this point, your ruthlessness should be obvious, so let BBEG know that if he hurts ANY of your relatives, etc, that you will set off a war so large in will consume the city. Thus, even if you can't find him, he will quite probably be killed in the collateral damage. For example, to get the Yuan-ti enraged, start killing EVERY snake in the city. Some sort of "detect snake" spell should be both low level and easy to create. I have always found that the best defense is a good offense, and that quick, extremely brutal action/violence may actually do less damage and cause fewer deaths in the long run than anything else. And this does NOT mean killing everybody, most especially not Mr Big. There is a possibly apocryphal story about Lebanon in the 1980s when westerners were being kidnapped. A Russian Embassy official was taken, so the Russians sent their special forces out, and delivered a box to the leader of the group that most probably had their citizen. In the box was the head of that groups SECOND in command. The Russian guy was let go, and Russians weren't kidnapped again. Anyway, these suggestions are only meant semi seriously. skippy The GM of The Cursed Earth Campaign [/QUOTE]

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