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<blockquote data-quote="Neonchameleon" data-source="post: 5218542" data-attributes="member: 87792">And once again we're back into eyeroll territory.&nbsp; This is very clearly not the DM taking the mother, it's the GM taking the plot the GM wants to run, and choosing one backstory NPC to put onto the bed of Procrustes to fit in the plot.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not so.&nbsp; There are some pretty tight caps on what a PC can control under the rules.&nbsp; A company is fine (4*hd from Animate IIRC, plus commanding some bigger stuff for a limited time with Command (Create doesn't count - it creates the monsters uncommanded)) - but when you get to a horde of undead then you're using NPC-only rules (unless I've missed a grimoire).&nbsp; You're hard pushed to wipe out an NPC only hamlet with that.&nbsp; For even a small town, forget it (unless you are magically strong enough to do it yourself.&nbsp;You can have a PC with a handful of skeleton servants, sure.&nbsp; But not a BBEG necromancer under PC rules.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Neonchameleon, post: 5218542, member: 87792"] And once again we're back into eyeroll territory. This is very clearly not the DM taking the mother, it's the GM taking the plot the GM wants to run, and choosing one backstory NPC to put onto the bed of Procrustes to fit in the plot. Not so. There are some pretty tight caps on what a PC can control under the rules. A company is fine (4*hd from Animate IIRC, plus commanding some bigger stuff for a limited time with Command (Create doesn't count - it creates the monsters uncommanded)) - but when you get to a horde of undead then you're using NPC-only rules (unless I've missed a grimoire). You're hard pushed to wipe out an NPC only hamlet with that. For even a small town, forget it (unless you are magically strong enough to do it yourself. You can have a PC with a handful of skeleton servants, sure. But not a BBEG necromancer under PC rules. [/QUOTE]

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