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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mearls" data-source="post: 1591076" data-attributes="member: 697">I had a lot of fun with this in my last campaign. One of the major villains was an important arms merchant and the son of a powerful duke. He had zero combat ability, but he did have a pet, bonded familiar, an amulet that would allow the knights of his house to teleport to his location if he was threatened, and a few other magical trinkets that gave him access to stoneskin and similar spells.In essence, he was an 8th level aristocrat/2nd level sorcerer with a ton of defensive magic items, probably on par with what a 14th level character would have. His family was filthy rich, and they took care of him. Personally, he had zero offensive ability, but he had enough money to choke a dragon to death and commanded 4,000 well trained mercenaries, house soldiers, and knights.The best scene involving him in the campaign had to be when the party finally caught him, completely red handed, involved in some very bad stuff. They were all ready to beat the hell out of him or intimidate some useful imformation from him. While they were sharpening their daggers and making angry noises, he just smiled and told them "Go ahead. I'm really interested to see what my father does to you if you guys try to hurt me."They didn't lay a hand on him. In the end, they had to let him go. They even formed a tentative alliance with him.</blockquote>