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<blockquote data-quote="tommybahama" data-source="post: 7917643" data-attributes="member: 7017351">The problem of DM fiat is it breaks the verisimilitude of the fantasy world, is bad writing when authors do it, and foils the fun of the players' creative attempts to solve problems within the rules.You are right about the fine print on the Clone spell.&nbsp; But it does say&quot;at any time after the clone matures, if the original creature dies, its soul transfers to the clone, provided that the soul is free and willing to return.&quot; Perhaps our villain used the magic jar as a temporary solution because he wanted to use the NPC to spy on the party and also needed time to prepare for his final transfer to the clone?The next time the players meet the cloned villain say something like, &quot;You notice for the first time with your passive perception that the villain is missing his left pinky up to the first knuckle.&nbsp; Quite curious.&quot; Hopefully the party will capture the villain and ask him about the pinky during interrogation so that you can reveal the big secret.&nbsp; Hmm, the villain has an ability to make clones.&nbsp; Can you ever truly kill him?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="tommybahama, post: 7917643, member: 7017351"] The problem of DM fiat is it breaks the verisimilitude of the fantasy world, is bad writing when authors do it, and foils the fun of the players' creative attempts to solve problems within the rules. You are right about the fine print on the [I]Clone[/I] spell. But it does say [I]"at any time after the clone matures, if the original creature dies, its soul transfers to the clone, provided that the [B]soul is free and willing to return." [/B][/I] Perhaps our villain used the magic jar as a temporary solution because he wanted to use the NPC to spy on the party and also needed time to prepare for his final transfer to the clone? The next time the players meet the cloned villain say something like, "You notice for the first time with your passive perception that the villain is missing his left pinky up to the first knuckle. Quite curious." Hopefully the party will capture the villain and ask him about the pinky during interrogation so that you can reveal the big secret. [I]Hmm, the villain has an ability to make clones. Can you ever truly kill him?[/I] [/QUOTE]

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