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<blockquote data-quote="JamesonCourage" data-source="post: 5677691" data-attributes="member: 6668292">In my follow-up post on this subject, I stated the following:I feel that this addresses your concern, which is valid. Even in spaghetti westerns, the town hires a lone gunman to avenge the sheriff. I don't much like the analogy here, since I think they could just petition for legitimate forces (from a church, local lord, government, legal adventurers, etc.) to get rid of their problem (the Evil PCs, who the town might see as the equivalent as bandits or murderers now).There are ways to go against the Villain without trying to shoot him yourself. I do feel that the town would explore those options. And if the government was corrupt, they'd probably do it through illegal means. They have a lot of money coming in from the adventurers: funnel it to another adventuring group, and promise them all the loot from the Evil PCs. Good deal all around (gold + loot for adventurers, no more Evil PCs murdering paladins and opening Evil portals for the town). Repeat as necessary if this new group is also corrupt (but look for a group that isn't, obviously).Just my thoughts. I agree they probably won't get pitchforks and torches, but I disagree that they'd do nothing most of the time. Not with the income the adventurers have reportedly been bringing in. As always, play what you like <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="JamesonCourage, post: 5677691, member: 6668292"] In my follow-up post on this subject, I stated the following: I feel that this addresses your concern, which is valid. Even in spaghetti westerns, the town hires a lone gunman to avenge the sheriff. I don't much like the analogy here, since I think they could just petition for legitimate forces (from a church, local lord, government, legal adventurers, etc.) to get rid of their problem (the Evil PCs, who the town might see as the equivalent as bandits or murderers now). There are ways to go against the Villain without trying to shoot him yourself. I do feel that the town would explore those options. And if the government was corrupt, they'd probably do it through illegal means. They have a lot of money coming in from the adventurers: funnel it to another adventuring group, and promise them all the loot from the Evil PCs. Good deal all around (gold + loot for adventurers, no more Evil PCs murdering paladins and opening Evil portals for the town). Repeat as necessary if this new group is also corrupt (but look for a group that isn't, obviously). Just my thoughts. I agree they probably won't get pitchforks and torches, but I disagree that they'd do nothing most of the time. Not with the income the adventurers have reportedly been bringing in. As always, play what you like :) [/QUOTE]

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