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<blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 2670952" data-attributes="member: 158"><p>I can take a plot twist or two, but needless complications (like Elminster asking you to fetch his laundry because he's too powerful to bother with that) get to me. </p><p></p><p>I do have an explanation for strange clues left by the dying, however. Remember that when dying, your mind can play tricks on you, or "work funny" sometimes. If you are losing blood, and especially if the attack has caused brain damage, the dying person can be fixated on one specific thing until death, and that thing can have (to the person) a definite and immediate trail of significance, though to the living and those who seek the truth, it can take some figuring out what the significance is.</p><p></p><p>When planning a convoluted adventure, it behooves a DM to have it make sense, and to plot for magic and high technology's effect on it.</p><p></p><p>For instance, mysterious stranger kills another man in the dead of night; dying man leaves one last clue. Big whodunit, huh? Well, the PC cleric breaks out his trusty speak with dead spell and BLAM! The corpse tells you who was the person who killed him. </p><p></p><p>THAT's why the killer, knowing such things exist, either disguises himself, or uses a magical disguise to turn into someone else entirely, throwing suspicion off of himself. </p><p></p><p>Divinations and contact other planes got you down? Then use other equivalent magics to confuse the issue, or just be plain crafty! Several years ago, In Piratecat's famous Heroes of Daybreak/Spira game, the party chased, divined, and legend lored someone for MONTHS, only to find out their REAL foe had used another legendary figure's name, and it took the players forever to catch wind of it. Simple misdirection, and it worked!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Henry, post: 2670952, member: 158"] I can take a plot twist or two, but needless complications (like Elminster asking you to fetch his laundry because he's too powerful to bother with that) get to me. I do have an explanation for strange clues left by the dying, however. Remember that when dying, your mind can play tricks on you, or "work funny" sometimes. If you are losing blood, and especially if the attack has caused brain damage, the dying person can be fixated on one specific thing until death, and that thing can have (to the person) a definite and immediate trail of significance, though to the living and those who seek the truth, it can take some figuring out what the significance is. When planning a convoluted adventure, it behooves a DM to have it make sense, and to plot for magic and high technology's effect on it. For instance, mysterious stranger kills another man in the dead of night; dying man leaves one last clue. Big whodunit, huh? Well, the PC cleric breaks out his trusty speak with dead spell and BLAM! The corpse tells you who was the person who killed him. THAT's why the killer, knowing such things exist, either disguises himself, or uses a magical disguise to turn into someone else entirely, throwing suspicion off of himself. Divinations and contact other planes got you down? Then use other equivalent magics to confuse the issue, or just be plain crafty! Several years ago, In Piratecat's famous Heroes of Daybreak/Spira game, the party chased, divined, and legend lored someone for MONTHS, only to find out their REAL foe had used another legendary figure's name, and it took the players forever to catch wind of it. Simple misdirection, and it worked! [/QUOTE]
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