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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DamionW" data-source="post: 2712714" data-attributes="member: 18649"><p>On a tangent to this thread, one character type I've been wanting to roleplay lately is a rasputin type of evil king-maker wizard.  How many fantasy novels have you read where the good king is being twisted by an evil court mage that has him beguiled by whispering evil in his ear?  These wizards can start wars, and bend the shape of the world around their will.  My question is, how do those type of characters start their careers?  Imagine a first level enchanter trying to work their way up the power ladder by first working with cutpurses and street urchins to get info to blackmail with, then twisting small merchants and mercenaries, important townsfolk, etc.  Eventually at high level they'll be in the courts of the king, but how does one get that far?  I wanted to try playing that out, but it isn't compatible with a typical adventuring party or a typical DnD party.</p></blockquote><p></p>