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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ThirdWizard" data-source="post: 2376550" data-attributes="member: 12037">Here's some generic tips on organizations.The NPCs who the PCs come in contact with and run things arn't terribly high level. If they're higher level than the PCs, it won't last long. They have members (thugs, mercenaries, operatives, etc) that might be higher level than the PCs, but these are the minority in the organization and arn't generally the ones with any real power. The power the organization wields shouldn't be a direct physical threat to the PCs unless that is their purpose (city guard, MIB, etc), it should be power of control over the PCs' environment. If the PCs mess with them suddenly they find their lives harder, contacts leave them, prices rise for them, they find themselves under servelence, etc. If they really mess with the organization, then they might start running into assassins and such, but it is impossible for the PCs to take on the whole thing unless they are very dedicated.NPCs react to the organization as the DM sees fit. If the first contact with an organization is the organization itself, the DM has done himself a disservice. NPCs should talk about it in hushed tones, loud its ability to protect them, express their desire to join it, or any other emotions you want associated with it. If the PCs see everyone around them acting a certain way toward it, that will influence their oppinion of it. Paranoid players might still dislike an organization everyone seems to love, though. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />Have help go both ways, if they have similar motives. The PCs occasionally need help from the group, the group occasionally needs help from the PCs. Heck, if they have dissimilar motives, having them work together can be just as fun! Don't make it so that your organization is in constant need of the PCs. Make it so the PCs find themselves in a situation where they need help too!</blockquote>

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