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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tennyson" data-source="post: 5150612" data-attributes="member: 1963">Thanks for your replies, everyone!  I can definitely appreciate the fact that this type of scenario may lend itself more to the cinematic and (for the scene) take the option out of the PC's hands.  As to why they would be in this type of situation: it's not so much a frame job as an attempt by the BBEG's to spread doubt and fear among the populace.  In short, a group of nobles have gathered in secret and created a new church, totally fabricated.  Then they have spent the past few years spreading the edicts of said church, along with the ten "Pillars of Doom" which dictate the end times.  They are have employed a group of powerful magi to replicate these events.  The new church is the only one who can "help" the populace, and begins to win their favor, collecting tithes and power for their protection (all lining the nobles pockets).  This particular instance in which the PCs find themselves is one of those "Pillars".So the frame job is not as important as the fact that innocents can randomly be turned against their allies.  It's a powerful magic focused not on the PCs, but on the town - I just thought it may be more shocking to have the PCs be one of the prime players - with the obvious shot at redeeming themselves.</blockquote>