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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RangerWickett" data-source="post: 5136119" data-attributes="member: 63">I don't know if things changed between 3.5 and 4, but my recollection of Monastery was that Caela was a) performing experiments in the forbidden valley, b) nervous about the strange magic afflicting the town below, and c) worried that the PCs would find out what she's up to and reveal her activities (as well as Pilus's) to Longinus. What did you perceive as being dumb on her part?As for the peaceful Ragesians, I thought it was stated that if they were attacked, they would break out of their enforced peace to defend themselves. I suppose the PCs could have stealthily snuck around and killed every Ragesian without any of the rest noticing, but if someone spotted people murdering his buddies, that would be enough to snap him out of his trance.Plus, taking violent action should be hard for the PCs, since Balance's power affects them too. As for adventure 4, if the PCs did manage to out Madness early, she could easily flee in the confusion, and then just continue to screw with Steppengard's head discreetly. The PCs would find it easier to convince people the king was being manipulated, but that wouldn't help much when Madness convinces the already-mentally unstable monarch that the PCs are trying to trick him, and are insulting him by calling him crazy. Still, yeah, it definitely would force some changes in the assumed plot.</blockquote>