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<blockquote data-quote="Eltab" data-source="post: 7146176" data-attributes="member: 6803337">The most straightforward change is '0 HP = knocked-out', not dead.Of course, since you cannot cast a non-lethal Fireball, magic-users have special rules to protect citizens from their unique danger.Then again, maybe the City Wizard has created a non-lethal version of a few favorite spells.&nbsp; His Fireballs don't set everything aflame, they just suck all the oxygen out of the room ... and you faint.&nbsp; For a small fee - and a few months' time - he can train you in his knowledge.&nbsp; (You still have to get a registered permit to cast spells inside city walls, though.)Get a copy of 3e's City of Splendors: Waterdeep and point out the very-high-level NPCs who love their home, plus the very-high-CR &quot;assistants&quot; the City Watch can (and will) call on for assistance.&nbsp; Five-story-tall golem made of adamantium, yeah I'll just punch it's lights out!Do give the PCs some options to murder-hobo-for-hire, once in a while:Perhaps as the Thieves Guild's muscle and cannon fodder du jour - followed by a trip to jail and somebody paying their bail.&nbsp; Now you owe somebody a BIG favor, isn't that nice?Perhaps via a specific contract with the Authorities: &quot;Wanted: Dead or Alive, preferably Dead&quot; says the poster.Perhaps a high noble who is legally untouchable asks the PCs to do some dirty work for him, casually (and unrealistically) expecting his hirelings will enjoy the same privileges as he.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Eltab, post: 7146176, member: 6803337"] The most straightforward change is '0 HP = knocked-out', not dead. Of course, since you cannot cast a non-lethal [I]Fireball[/I], magic-users have special rules to protect citizens from their unique danger. Then again, maybe the City Wizard has created a non-lethal version of a few favorite spells. His [I]Fireballs[/I] don't set everything aflame, they just suck all the oxygen out of the room ... and you faint. For a small fee - and a few months' time - he can train you in his knowledge. (You still have to get a registered permit to cast spells inside city walls, though.) Get a copy of 3e's [I]City of Splendors: Waterdeep[/I] and point out the very-high-level NPCs who love their home, plus the very-high-CR "assistants" the City Watch can (and will) call on for assistance. Five-story-tall golem made of adamantium, yeah I'll just punch it's lights out! Do give the PCs some options to murder-hobo-for-hire, once in a while: Perhaps as the Thieves Guild's muscle and cannon fodder [I]du jour[/I] - followed by a trip to jail and somebody paying their bail. Now you owe somebody a BIG favor, isn't that nice? Perhaps via a specific contract with the Authorities: "Wanted: Dead or Alive, preferably Dead" says the poster. Perhaps a high noble who is legally untouchable asks the PCs to do some dirty work for him, casually (and unrealistically) expecting his hirelings will enjoy the same privileges as he. [/QUOTE]

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