Don't instakill them, but if they doublecross a high-level wizard, there'd better be some consequences.
How high level? Can he Geas them into making them go find the MacGuffin they banished to another Plane?
Why didn't the wizard get this thing himself? Is the party tougher than him?
Hm... how about this: the party has to go to some shaman, wise woman, temple, hut, SOMETHING to do whatever they're going to do. While they're meeting the head honcho of the place, make them make spot checks to see the scrying sensor. If they don't see it, have the head honcho sense it (reactions include the honcho being all secretive and whispering "We are being WATCHED" or just waving to the sensor)
Then... it depends. If the players want to destroy it, maybe they have to get to the nearest ley-line nexus, which is a week's hike away. Meanwhile, they're being assaulted each night by the wizard's minions/summons, because he's too frail to face them in open combat unless it's neccessary.
How high level? Can he Geas them into making them go find the MacGuffin they banished to another Plane?
Why didn't the wizard get this thing himself? Is the party tougher than him?
Hm... how about this: the party has to go to some shaman, wise woman, temple, hut, SOMETHING to do whatever they're going to do. While they're meeting the head honcho of the place, make them make spot checks to see the scrying sensor. If they don't see it, have the head honcho sense it (reactions include the honcho being all secretive and whispering "We are being WATCHED" or just waving to the sensor)
Then... it depends. If the players want to destroy it, maybe they have to get to the nearest ley-line nexus, which is a week's hike away. Meanwhile, they're being assaulted each night by the wizard's minions/summons, because he's too frail to face them in open combat unless it's neccessary.
He's the head of the Collegum of War and Magick. He has access to many high level spells. He's not actively adventuring simply because 1) There are some young plucky adventures to do it for him and 2) There are more pressing issues that demand his attention.
(To quote Men in Black: There's always an Arquillian Battle Cruiser, or a Corillian Death Ray, or an intergalactic plague that is about to wipe out all life on this miserable little planet, and the only way these people can get on with their happy lives is that they Do... Not... Know about it!)
I think I like the Gaes idea. Of course there is always Dominate Monster or the Mindr@pe spell. But that seems very heavy handed.
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Oh those silly PCs....
- 09/08/2010 04:50:09 AM
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Actions should definitely have consequences
- 09/08/2010 05:38:13 AM
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Re: Actions should definitely have consequences
- 09/08/2010 11:05:20 PM
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Definitely consequences.
- 11/08/2010 11:03:02 PM
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Rule #2 Don't screw a caster...ever...especially if the caster is more powerful than you
- 11/08/2010 11:53:34 PM
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Rule #4 as a safe guard, invest in some clerical protection.
- 12/08/2010 03:23:48 AM
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I consider that as staying dead *NM*
- 12/08/2010 06:34:29 AM
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but liches are dead! 
they're just lively 
*NM*
- 12/08/2010 12:58:24 PM
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they're just lively *NM*
- 12/08/2010 12:58:24 PM
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Undead is not the same as Dead, to be undead you have to pull the cheating switch *NM*
- 12/08/2010 05:22:17 PM
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*NM*
- 12/08/2010 05:22:17 PM
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I agree on a curse of some sort. Not too heavy, but not too light. *NM*
- 10/08/2010 06:12:03 PM
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Well, it depends on the Wizard and the situation, I should think.
- 12/08/2010 07:24:11 AM
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