>Level 20 wizard NPC who could solve all the problems in the world but doesn't do anythingWhy do these NPCs exist?
>>98248093>puckee aka redditor pucke℮21 spamming his commission againhttps://www.reddit.com/r/DnD/comments/1g7anih/art_comm_astefelos_the_wise_wizard_by_tomasz_ryger/https://desuarchive.org/_/search/image/sLMr33o-2rp7DfwT-CoVaw/>25 times since October 2024
yuckee puckee!!!
>>98248093Have you tried not playing D&Dogshit?
>puckee thread
>>98248093Ever heard of Tom Bombadil?
yucky puckee
>>98248093Traditional games?
>>98248093KILLYOURSELFPUCKEE
>>98249901Is that were the trope comes from?
>>98248093All My high level NPCs are explicitly evil and antagonistic towards the party
>>98252787You don't have NPCs or a party because you don't play shit, Puckee.
>>98248093Kill yourself redditor
>>98252800What the fuck is a puckee
>>98254122Is that from a Lamentations book?
>>98248093Because they are powerful enough that they are in a constant cold war with other powerful beings and if they actively take part that will lead to magical escelation leading to magic nukes that no one wants.PC's are the guerrillas/CIA agents/proxy forces that give grand wizards plausable deniability.
>>98254133Nah I think it's from a Witcher thing, Queen Maeve IIRC. It would fit right in with a LotFP book though.
fuck off, puckee
>>98254122This is a puckee. You must kill puckee.
>>98248107JUSTFUCKINGFILTERHIM
You’d have very different views and priorities at such a zenith of power. One of my high level wizard NPCs fell into a deep depression after becoming immortal, for reasons unknown. He has great power but no longer has the motivation to use it. He has seen the afterlife and there are no mysteries left to him. Everything is submerged in ennui and loneliness.
>>98255157It looks gross. I will hit it with My car
>>98255188Sounds depressing
>>98248093They didn't reach high level by being retarded enough to try constant world-shaking intervention on a personal level. They are in-character. Wise old men with mystic powers keenly aware teleporting into the evil lord's keep might get them hit in the head from behind by a terrified cook with a frying pan.Think Cold War mutually assured destruction and now factor in they have no second-strike ability like a country.
>>98256665So escalating power levels?
>>98248093
>>98248093Why would he give a fuck?>he's good alignedThen that's the problem, not him being a lv20 wizard.
>>98248093If I were a lv20 wizard I wouldn't want to spend my time babysitting the world. Sounds like a 24/7 job.Why would these npcs? Especially when there are hordes of midlevel turds ready to do it in their stead.
>>98256748That's kinda callous I guess.
>>98256802I'm going to wish it into a high character decision.Now it's generous of me. Thank me.
>>98248093You guys may leave now
>>98248093>one level 20 wizard can solve all the problems in the worldWhy do we even need other players? Just the wizard and the GM.
>>98255052All cool stuff.