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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Richards" data-source="post: 9521150" data-attributes="member: 508">I once had the party searching for a legendary longsword that had been the primary magic weapon of a deceased paladin.  It was buried with him in his hidden tomb, and when they unearthed it, an avoral appeared and explained that the paladin's wishes were that anyone seeking to claim the sword for themselves would summon him forth, so they could fight to the death for it.  As the avoral explained it, if they managed to slay him he'd simply reform back on the celestial planes and no real harm done, and if he slew them they were first of all, not worthy of bearing the sword, and secondly, if they were of a good alignment they'd go to their own celestial afterlife where they'd eventually become a celestial being like himself - and they certainly could use more celestial forces in the fight against the fiends on the outer planes.  So either way, the forces of good win.So I had basically found a good reason for a good-aligned party to fight a good-aligned avoral, something they normally wouldn't be fighting to the death.  (I ran him normally, but the very fact they were fighting an angel was against type.)  And they absolutely hated him, because he was unceasingly polite even during combat, congratulating the heroes when they got in a good hit and suggesting pointers to them when they missed (he expressly told the barbarian that sometimes finesse is more important than brute strength, after he just missed the avoral with a greatsword blow).  Anyway, they finally killed him, he returned to the celestial realms, and they ended up with the sword - but they decided they really hated fighting polite foes.Johnathan</blockquote>

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