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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Animal" data-source="post: 5992579" data-attributes="member: 40328">Here's an idea.Evil adventurers laid siege on bandit fort. Bandits tried to fight them but quickly realised they are outmatched and locked up in their fort. A few days passed and suddenly another group arrived - a renowned paladin, his squire, two pages and a small retinue of men-at-arms (for example paladin lvl6, paladin lvl3, rogue lvl2, bard lvl2, 12 warriors lvl1 respectively, all mounted too). Apparently they also came to root out the evil bandits, but as the paladin sensed evil cleric's aura, he challenged him to a duel and suggest the rest of the npc party to disband and leave. Evil npcs forged their own plan. Evil cleric accepted tha challenge, but instructed his mates to attack the paladin after he engages in the duel, and after he dies the rest of his men will go down easily. But evil cleric did not expect that this paladin was REALLY good at smiting evil and got gravely wounded right in the first round of the duel. His accomplices rushed in to gank the paladin and managed to land a few surprise hits before paladin's men also engaged. But as this all was happening shrewd bandits sortied and attacked both parties from behind. After a quick but vicious battle all three parties withdrew with heavy losses. Neither was able to prevail. Now, as your PCs arrive on the scene, all three groups lick their wounds and are afraid to strike for fear that the other two will wipe them out.To make your players' choice not so obvious make the paladin a total jerk who refuses to work with any group which contains non-good characters or who don't revere his god and don't share his views. All the better if you've got an evil PC in your group.Let them pick sides and solve a moral dilemma. Side with the paladin, who scoffs them, evil adventurers, who hate their guts.. Or even bandits who will backstab them at first opportunity? Don't side with any of them and try to wipe them all off and have their butts whooped by all three groups combined? Or just retreat and cover themselves in shame?</blockquote>

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