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<blockquote data-quote="jgsugden" data-source="post: 8025043" data-attributes="member: 2629"><p>D&D is an RPG, a role playing game. Characters play a role in a story. Taking a natural motivation, such as greed, and working it into the game is a story opportunity, not a detriment.</p><p></p><p>Let's say the PC succeeds in turning this into a money making scheme. Let's say they open up a Heroes' Feast deli and charges 2500 gold to partake. That is 2500 every 2.5 long rests during down time, and it is considered to be a lot of money in the setting.</p><p></p><p>That creates a lot of opportunities for stories. </p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Genie might decide to teach you a lesson about greed and twist your wish to punish it.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">An underworld group might see the opportunity and blackmail you into using your wish for their benefit.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The local freedom fighters might paint you as a villain for using your limited wish for profit when it could be used to save people.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A royal might demand you provide him with the benefit of the wishes as part of your taxes.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">That many Heroes' Feasts might become addictive. When you go off to adventure, perhaps the loyal customers object and try to keep you from leaving... making you as much a prisoner as the Genie.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Your Genie Noble patron may be using you to recruit more followers to gain power. That may be for an evil cause.</li> </ul><p></p><p>When a player or character shows you something that stands out, take a moment to figure out how you can use it to your own ends.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jgsugden, post: 8025043, member: 2629"] D&D is an RPG, a role playing game. Characters play a role in a story. Taking a natural motivation, such as greed, and working it into the game is a story opportunity, not a detriment. Let's say the PC succeeds in turning this into a money making scheme. Let's say they open up a Heroes' Feast deli and charges 2500 gold to partake. That is 2500 every 2.5 long rests during down time, and it is considered to be a lot of money in the setting. That creates a lot of opportunities for stories. [LIST] [*]The Genie might decide to teach you a lesson about greed and twist your wish to punish it. [*]An underworld group might see the opportunity and blackmail you into using your wish for their benefit. [*]The local freedom fighters might paint you as a villain for using your limited wish for profit when it could be used to save people. [*]A royal might demand you provide him with the benefit of the wishes as part of your taxes. [*]That many Heroes' Feasts might become addictive. When you go off to adventure, perhaps the loyal customers object and try to keep you from leaving... making you as much a prisoner as the Genie. [*]Your Genie Noble patron may be using you to recruit more followers to gain power. That may be for an evil cause. [/LIST] When a player or character shows you something that stands out, take a moment to figure out how you can use it to your own ends. [/QUOTE]
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