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<blockquote data-quote="Fenes" data-source="post: 4449128" data-attributes="member: 604">The &quot;Demon Invasion&quot; is just a stand in for &quot;major crisis that would be (easily) solved by powerful NPC&quot;. It's all nice and well to have NPCs buried in red tape, but it doesn't make sense for them not to take action in many cases if they are high-level. If say a goblin tribe is massacring farmers in the eastern provinces, then a powerful wizard could simply teleport the party there. And if he can do that, maybe help with scrying as well? And maybe scry first, teleport there second, fireball the lot of them third? After all, lives are at stake. And doesn't he have asisstants who can handle red tape for a day or two?Once the PCs are past the beginner levels, and the scope of their adventures is widening, then it gets harder and harder to justify NPC inaction.That's why I prefer not to show players that ruler X is a high-level whatever. Less &quot;but as a paladin he cannot let those people die! And he has a wizard friend who could help too!&quot; arguments - which are often perfectly in-character. The NPCs can be tied up in red tape too, but I'd rather not enter discussions whether or not threat X should be enough for the hero NPC to change his daily schedule or not.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Fenes, post: 4449128, member: 604"] The "Demon Invasion" is just a stand in for "major crisis that would be (easily) solved by powerful NPC". It's all nice and well to have NPCs buried in red tape, but it doesn't make sense for them not to take action in many cases if they are high-level. If say a goblin tribe is massacring farmers in the eastern provinces, then a powerful wizard could simply teleport the party there. And if he can do that, maybe help with scrying as well? And maybe scry first, teleport there second, fireball the lot of them third? After all, lives are at stake. And doesn't he have asisstants who can handle red tape for a day or two? Once the PCs are past the beginner levels, and the scope of their adventures is widening, then it gets harder and harder to justify NPC inaction. That's why I prefer not to show players that ruler X is a high-level whatever. Less "but as a paladin he cannot let those people die! And he has a wizard friend who could help too!" arguments - which are often perfectly in-character. The NPCs can be tied up in red tape too, but I'd rather not enter discussions whether or not threat X should be enough for the hero NPC to change his daily schedule or not. [/QUOTE]

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