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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rel" data-source="post: 911295" data-attributes="member: 99">Just to elaborate on this one just a bit, have Baron Soenso be so happy that they returned the chalice that he grants them royal titles and the associated lands (lands worth "tens of thousands of gp").  Then, when the party goes to take possession of their royal estates, they discover that the lands are overrun with giant scorpion/a group of bandits/a herd of disenchanters/dinosaurs, whatever.  It is of course their feudal duty to take care of the lands and the people who live upon them.All of this was of course planned by the wiley Baron Soenso in an attempt to turn a notoriously troublesome province into a productive land by using the free labor of the PC's.  Muhahahah!There are a ton of possible variations on this theme but you get the idea.  It seems like it could help you out in several ways:1) The party seems to still be (and in a sense still are )getting valuable treasure (the royal titles, lands and estates).  These are things they cannot readily sell and convert into other forms of "adventuring" treasure.2) It pits the party against foes who are not likely to enrich the party treasure-wise but does give them experience.  You could even say that after they take out the lower eschelons of the Bandits of the Black Forest, that their leaders (the guys with all the treasure) reveal themselves to simply be rebels against the oppressive regime of the Dictatorial Baron Soenso.3)  It provides a backdrop for more role-playing types of encounters including court intrigues and such.  These types of encounters won't hinge on the kinds of magic items the party is over-equipped with right now anyway.  I'm pretty sure I caught a reference to you giving out RP experience points so this is another way to let their level catch up with their gear and have fun doing it.4)  The taxes that they are required to pay the Baron may take them down a peg financially for a while until they can clear out enough of the monster/bandits/etc. to get the province productive again.Hopefully that idea or something along those lines will work for you.  I sympathize with your problem because we were forced to consider it early in our current campaign.  We all just decided that we would keep the looting of the dead to a minimum as a sort of gentlemans agreement with the DM.  If we hadn't gone that route, I could easily imagine him in your shoes.</blockquote>

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