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<blockquote data-quote="Barcode" data-source="post: 5000336" data-attributes="member: 3165">Had a PC once who was a junior member of a high-powered organization.&nbsp; He was always reporting in, asking for advice and help everytime the party advanced the quest one more step, to the point of being disruptive and annoying.One day, when he reported in a particularly disturbing tidbit, I had his contact inform him that the organization would take care of the quest from here on in, that the party should consider the matter resolved and return to the city.&nbsp; They, mostly not being members of the organization, of course did not, but when they reached the next adventure point found that the &quot;dungeon&quot; was cleaned out, all helpful evidence gone, every creature dead.Of course, this was not the end of the campaign.&nbsp; There was corruption in the organization, ham-handed mishandling of delicate situations, etc...&nbsp;&nbsp; The organization became a secondary obstacle to be overcome the rest of the way.The lesson, I suppose, is that just because NPC's are high level doesn't mean they are better at solving the overall problem than the PC's are.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Barcode, post: 5000336, member: 3165"] Had a PC once who was a junior member of a high-powered organization. He was always reporting in, asking for advice and help everytime the party advanced the quest one more step, to the point of being disruptive and annoying. One day, when he reported in a particularly disturbing tidbit, I had his contact inform him that the organization would take care of the quest from here on in, that the party should consider the matter resolved and return to the city. They, mostly not being members of the organization, of course did not, but when they reached the next adventure point found that the "dungeon" was cleaned out, all helpful evidence gone, every creature dead. Of course, this was not the end of the campaign. There was corruption in the organization, ham-handed mishandling of delicate situations, etc... The organization became a secondary obstacle to be overcome the rest of the way. The lesson, I suppose, is that just because NPC's are high level doesn't mean they are better at solving the overall problem than the PC's are. [/QUOTE]

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