Count Dravda
2009-11-10, 05:54 PM
There are some times when being the nice guy won't do, and you have to get out the "bad cop." Then there are other times, when you need to tear the souls of both cops free in an agonizing ritual, sacrifice the blood of their children, and bind the resulting flesh, bone, and blood into a terrible engine of death and terror.
This is a thread about solutions for problems, resolved in the most evil way possible. We're not talking about picking pockets here. We're talking about your character doing something so foul, so creative, and so over-the-top that the DM is left gaping.
I've got a couple to start. These can either solve problems that PCs may encounter or just be for the hell of it, but either way they should be able to be accomplished with resources available to PCs (although NPCs could use these as well).
1) If you need a distraction in a city, sneak into someone's house in the dead of night. Preferably a commoner. Cut his throat. He's a commoner: he has no chance of resisting you. Now, cast Create Greater Undead to create a wraith from the corpse. Rebuke it or cast any spell you need to in order to command it. Now tell it to feed indiscriminately. The majority of people will not have magic weaponry, but instead simply clubs or improvised weapons and thus pose no threat to the incorporeal horrors. Since they are utterly silent and move in the dark, they will get several hundred kills easily, and move on to take the rest of the city with overwhelming numbers. No matter how well prepared and armed the rest of the city's defenders are, they will not be able to withstand the onslaught of 10,000+ wraiths. Within hours, the entire city will have devolved into chaos as the silent wraiths slaughter and swell their ranks with each kill. You don't have any control over these new undead, but you don't need it. Assuming you are warded against them, you can now move about your business, assuming you do it quickly and efficiently. And you only had to sacrifice a city to do it.
2) This one is just for the hell of it. Cast Cloudkill on a windless night in a small town or a hamlet. Watch and laugh as it silently kills everything in its 20x920 foot (minimum!) path. If you feel the need for practical application, this one lays waste to resting armies. Laughing maniacally from a hilltop as lightning flashes around you is a bonus.
This is a thread about solutions for problems, resolved in the most evil way possible. We're not talking about picking pockets here. We're talking about your character doing something so foul, so creative, and so over-the-top that the DM is left gaping.
I've got a couple to start. These can either solve problems that PCs may encounter or just be for the hell of it, but either way they should be able to be accomplished with resources available to PCs (although NPCs could use these as well).
1) If you need a distraction in a city, sneak into someone's house in the dead of night. Preferably a commoner. Cut his throat. He's a commoner: he has no chance of resisting you. Now, cast Create Greater Undead to create a wraith from the corpse. Rebuke it or cast any spell you need to in order to command it. Now tell it to feed indiscriminately. The majority of people will not have magic weaponry, but instead simply clubs or improvised weapons and thus pose no threat to the incorporeal horrors. Since they are utterly silent and move in the dark, they will get several hundred kills easily, and move on to take the rest of the city with overwhelming numbers. No matter how well prepared and armed the rest of the city's defenders are, they will not be able to withstand the onslaught of 10,000+ wraiths. Within hours, the entire city will have devolved into chaos as the silent wraiths slaughter and swell their ranks with each kill. You don't have any control over these new undead, but you don't need it. Assuming you are warded against them, you can now move about your business, assuming you do it quickly and efficiently. And you only had to sacrifice a city to do it.
2) This one is just for the hell of it. Cast Cloudkill on a windless night in a small town or a hamlet. Watch and laugh as it silently kills everything in its 20x920 foot (minimum!) path. If you feel the need for practical application, this one lays waste to resting armies. Laughing maniacally from a hilltop as lightning flashes around you is a bonus.