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<blockquote data-quote="Imaculata" data-source="post: 8007843" data-attributes="member: 6801286"><p>I would probably have the villain mess with illusions, in order to pin the crime on someone else. You would end up with plenty of witnesses that blame the wrong person, because they swear they saw him commit the crime. The villain could also just refuse to be questioned, and/or provide himself with a credible alibi so the players see no reason to use Zone of Truth on him. Again, illusions can be used to get witnesses to confirm that the villain definitely was somewhere else at the time of the crime. Eye witness testimonies can be unreliable, even when illusions aren't involved.</p><p></p><p>These sort of mysteries are usually not solved by just determining who is lying. You need to find actual evidence to support people's testimonies. Witnesses can be mistaken regarding who they saw at the scene of the crime, because they didn't get a good look at the suspect, and their memories are unreliable. Only through proper interrogation and investigation can you find out if their testimony is correct. Even with the aid of Zone of Truth, this is still all going to come down to basic detective work.</p><p></p><p>So as a DM I would recommend to throw in lots of false testimonies, false leads and unreliable witnesses to complicate matters, along with enough clues to sort this whole mess out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Imaculata, post: 8007843, member: 6801286"] I would probably have the villain mess with illusions, in order to pin the crime on someone else. You would end up with plenty of witnesses that blame the wrong person, because they swear they saw him commit the crime. The villain could also just refuse to be questioned, and/or provide himself with a credible alibi so the players see no reason to use Zone of Truth on him. Again, illusions can be used to get witnesses to confirm that the villain definitely was somewhere else at the time of the crime. Eye witness testimonies can be unreliable, even when illusions aren't involved. These sort of mysteries are usually not solved by just determining who is lying. You need to find actual evidence to support people's testimonies. Witnesses can be mistaken regarding who they saw at the scene of the crime, because they didn't get a good look at the suspect, and their memories are unreliable. Only through proper interrogation and investigation can you find out if their testimony is correct. Even with the aid of Zone of Truth, this is still all going to come down to basic detective work. So as a DM I would recommend to throw in lots of false testimonies, false leads and unreliable witnesses to complicate matters, along with enough clues to sort this whole mess out. [/QUOTE]
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