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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wicht" data-source="post: 232074" data-attributes="member: 221">I am starting a new campaign in a couple of weeks.  Without going into too many details, I have created a villain that I think I can use as a reoccuring villain and have given him a diabolical scheme that is currently in motion and which the PCs have to thwart as their first adventure.But I am also going to have the villain aware from the outset that the PCs are being sent to investigate the going-ons and as an intelligent guy he is going to try to hinder and slow down their discovery of him.He has access to the alter shape spell and also he can fly as a natural ability.  So as the PCs are going down the road to where they are heading, the plan is, he will fly halfway there, find a shrine to the PC's deity and at the shrine, assuming the appearance of the parties paladin, this villain will ruthlessly hack a townsperson apart in front of witnesses and then flee.A few hours later the PCs walk into town and are subsequently arrested.  I think it should make an interesting encounter, but my worry is this... 1) There is a real possibility that the PCs will react badly and kill a few townsmen.  2) The end result of this is that it will cause the paladin to immediately lose his divine abilities. 3) The result of this might be frustrated players from the get-go which I don't want.So on the one hand I think the encounter is good, on the other hand, I have never played with three of the players and don't want to chase them away immediately.  So I am looking for opinions... Is this a good role-playing encounter or just going to start the game off on the wrong foot?</blockquote>

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