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<blockquote data-quote="CleverNickName" data-source="post: 3452824" data-attributes="member: 50987">An evil cleric would work, but the cleric would have to be of a high enough level to cast animate dead.&nbsp; That's a minimum of 5th level, and that would probably still be too dangerous for a 2nd level party.I'm with Nifft on this one.&nbsp; Perhaps the BBEG is somewhere else, and this is just a little outpost of his.&nbsp; He created all of the undead, and put one of his henchmen in charge to guard the wand until he needs it (or something like that).&nbsp;&nbsp; This henchmen would technically be the &quot;boss&quot; of this adventure, but he works for a RBBEG (Really Big Bad Evil Guy) that the party will run into much later in their careers.This would create a whole slew of adventure hooks that you can build several adventures around.&nbsp; In this adventure, for example, the party finds the wand.&nbsp; A few adventures later, the lich discovers his wand has been stolen, and sends a more powerful troupe of undead to go fetch it.&nbsp; The party starts wondering why the wand is so important to Mr. BigBad Lich, so they take it to a sage who informs them that it must be destroyed because of some obscure prophecy or whatever.&nbsp; So the party sets out on a quest to destroy the wand, which can only be done at some sacred temple somewhere.&nbsp; The lich learns about what they are trying to do and tries to stop them, etc. etc.Another two cents, anyway.&nbsp; Okay, more like a dime, but...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CleverNickName, post: 3452824, member: 50987"] An evil cleric would work, but the cleric would have to be of a high enough level to cast [I]animate dead[/I]. That's a minimum of 5th level, and that would probably still be too dangerous for a 2nd level party. I'm with Nifft on this one. Perhaps the BBEG is somewhere else, and this is just a little outpost of his. He created all of the undead, and put one of his henchmen in charge to guard the wand until he needs it (or something like that). This henchmen would technically be the "boss" of this adventure, but he works for a RBBEG (Really Big Bad Evil Guy) that the party will run into much later in their careers. This would create a whole slew of adventure hooks that you can build several adventures around. In this adventure, for example, the party finds the wand. A few adventures later, the lich discovers his wand has been stolen, and sends a more powerful troupe of undead to go fetch it. The party starts wondering why the wand is so important to Mr. BigBad Lich, so they take it to a sage who informs them that it must be destroyed because of some obscure prophecy or whatever. So the party sets out on a quest to destroy the wand, which can only be done at some sacred temple somewhere. The lich learns about what they are trying to do and tries to stop them, etc. etc. Another two cents, anyway. Okay, more like a dime, but... [/QUOTE]

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