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Oct 8, 2012 -- 2:40PM, SpacyRicochet wrote:

In the books I draw inspiration from, they usually have a rather compelling reason for not doing it themselves. Examples might be: "My involvement would be seen as an act of war."

Oh I see the issue. Important NPCs don't have to be high levels. Kings can and often are level 1-3. They get assassinated all the time, and don't really have much of a way to come back to life. Something thats pretty much mandatory for any mid level character. The King can totally be level 1 and command armies. 

"I have to contain this elder evil until you bring the essence to repair its prison.",

Why don't the PCs contain the evil while he goes and does gets the thing way faster? If all it requires is someone to make sure a (magic) door stays closed. And if, he is all powerful, he should be able to teleport somehow, so he gets it quicker and easier, and can come back if the PCs see the door open.

"I will lead the charge against the fortress to draw the dracolich's attention, while you sneak in from the side to find its phylactery."

This is something anybody in a half decent disguise can do. If leading a charge against a fortress this is as simple as "Give me your flag to fly" and you are done. Now the super awesome guy can do the hard stuff, and probably be done way easier.  

"Could you deliver this message personally to the archmage, so he may join the currently ongoing treaty talks?"

Thats an epic quest... But seriously, he can't have some unnamed NPC go do that?