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<blockquote data-quote="Pielorinho" data-source="post: 1970651" data-attributes="member: 259">I've only done the scry-and-fry once, and it was the penultimate scene in a long story-arc where the bad guy had just figured out that the players were on the verge of foiling all his schemes--and even then, his plan was more to regain the McGuffin (in this case, the queen he'd kidnapped) than to kill the PCs.&nbsp;Consider that evil organizations tend not to be very stable; if the leaders leave for a bit, their underlings might decide it's a good time to make a power-play of their own.&nbsp; If you're worried than the second-in-command might be waiting for you to come back wounded and out of spells so that she can finish you off and take your job, then you're a little less likely to go out on a personal hero-killing mission.&nbsp;Consider also that adventurers are usually suicidally brave; bad guys aren't necessarily so eager to risk their lives in battle.&nbsp;So save the tactic to be a desperate measure on the part of the bad guys:&nbsp; it's very effective, but extremely risky for the bad guys.&nbsp;Daniel</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Pielorinho, post: 1970651, member: 259"] I've only done the scry-and-fry once, and it was the penultimate scene in a long story-arc where the bad guy had just figured out that the players were on the verge of foiling all his schemes--and even then, his plan was more to regain the McGuffin (in this case, the queen he'd kidnapped) than to kill the PCs. Consider that evil organizations tend not to be very stable; if the leaders leave for a bit, their underlings might decide it's a good time to make a power-play of their own. If you're worried than the second-in-command might be waiting for you to come back wounded and out of spells so that she can finish you off and take your job, then you're a little less likely to go out on a personal hero-killing mission. Consider also that adventurers are usually suicidally brave; bad guys aren't necessarily so eager to risk their lives in battle. So save the tactic to be a desperate measure on the part of the bad guys: it's very effective, but extremely risky for the bad guys. Daniel [/QUOTE]

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