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Message: <blockquote data-quote="godawful" data-source="post: 2697729" data-attributes="member: 36518">Cuz I had to...My game group recently started with 4 players, none of whom would play a caster. period. i was about to run them through the forge of fury module, and knew that 4 guys with no caster prolly wouldn't last long. so i pulled in a 5th level wiz character i had in a big folder of old pc's and npc's gained at certain points in modules. it is because of this wizard npc that they survived the roper encounter therein. (yes, a cr10 EL in a 4th level module) the barbarian was down, the dwarf fighter was down, and the rogue was down, all being dragged to the maw of the evil critter. the wiz npc had been knocked to zero strength. so the cleric decides to go run in and cast restoration on the fighter to get him back up a few str points. i knew it was a wasted effort, so i tell the cleric he hears a voice from his deity telling him that the now immobilized wiz laying at the back of the room was the only chance this party had of possibly making it out alive. so he does cast restoration, gets the wiz up to about 3 str and it was obvious that the next 4 rounds would be the end of the campaign, so i just point blank told them... "the wiz can do a fireball a couple of times, you guys may/may not live but it's prolly the only chance you have of continuing this campaign""grumble... ok"so i blast them/it... twice... knocking it out and taking 2 characters down and destroying most of their gear. they had to sell about everything they owned for rezzes. so... now they won't let me retire the wiz without a mutiny. they are all level 10ish now and they still get into situations where the wiz has to ask "so who can take a fireball/cone of cold?"the npc helps them when it's important, saves their but and or kills someone in the process. i like to think of it as a cursed blessing to the players. hehe. and the wiz basically just shuts up and stays put until something goes terribly awry and is needed. and they are fine with it.</blockquote>

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