In the game I DM, I have a janni wizard who took control of a big region of the world. He unified separate tribes into an empire. He did this by enslaving genies (carefully choosing which genies no one would miss and keeping this a secret) and milking wishes out of them. I haven't defined how many genies he has enslaved, but I'm guessing ten is a good number.
Even though he can get whatever he wants from the wishes, he controls it very well - you can only benefit from that if you're completely loyal to him. So basically, everyone in the empire is more or less well fed and well provided for, unless you are against him in any way - then it's no soup for you. If you're skilled at something or if he just likes you, expect top grade pay, a heroes' feast every day - that kind of stuff.
This means he can equip his troops with basically anything he wants. My players are about to meet a diplomat from this empire (the janni's grandson, a suli Magus) with a few bodyguards (human Fighters, I'm guessing 4th level - they're elite, after all). Which equipment should I give them?
My party is level 9, but I'm more worried about the wish thing making sense than WBL and balance here. All suggestions are pretty much welcome.
Are you using the as written wish rules? Or are you making up custom results.
You can Fabricate things with it, but you can't make magic items or enchant things with it. I am not sure how the 10000g limit works with spell likes, but I will assume he wants things for free.
You could fabricate mithril half plate for them, it is under the 10k limit. They would also probably have Adamantine Weapons, Cold Iron weapons, arrows, Paueliel wood bows, etc.
RAW, wish can do other stuff at GM discretion, although interesting things happen if you use too many nonstandard wishes in the same place. Have you read Legacy of Fire?
You know what, actually, I'm running with wish making magical items as well. Screw RAW.
Well, I mean, the fighters would be plenty powerful with adamantine and mithril gear. Also I assume +5 inherent bonuses to all their stats?
They could look something like this:
Honor Guard:
Honor Guard CR 3
XP 800
Male Human Fighter 4
LN Medium humanoid (human)
Init +4; Senses Perception +10
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Defense
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AC 21, touch 13, flat-footed 18 (+8 armor, +3 Dex)
hp 50 (4d10+24)
Fort +8, Ref +5, Will +6 (+1 vs. fear)
Defensive Abilities bravery +1
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Offense
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Speed 30 ft.
Melee adamantine greatsword +10 (2d6+15/19-20) and
masterwork cold iron greatsword +10 (2d6+15/19-20)
Ranged paueliel composite longbow +9 (1d8+5/×3)
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Statistics
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Str 23, Dex 18, Con 19, Int 15, Wis 17, Cha 13
Base Atk +4; CMB +8; CMD 24
Feats Combat Reflexes, Iron Will, Power Attack, Skill Focus (Perception), Toughness, Weapon Focus (greatsword)
Skills Climb +10, Intimidate +8, Knowledge (dungeoneering) +9, Knowledge (engineering) +9, Perception +10, Sense Motive +5, Swim +7
Languages Common
Other Gear mithral agile half-plate, adamantine greatsword, masterwork cold iron greatsword, paueliel composite longbow, reinforced viridium arrows (50)
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Special Abilities
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Bravery +1 (Ex) +1 to Will save vs. Fear
Combat Reflexes (5 AoO/round) Can make extra attacks of opportunity/rd, and even when flat-footed.
Power Attack -2/+4 You can subtract from your attack roll to add to your damage.
With pumped stats and good gear they seem decently tough. Too bad that adamantine full plate is 10500, slightly out of wish range
You can totally wish for any non-magical armor of any material Fabricate requires the raw materials of an item, which is 1/3 the market cost. Anything under 30k should be fine, including Adamantine Full Plate.
Even if you cant outright wish for magic items, he is the king of a country where all your food and goods can come from the state. I take it to mean that in exchange for this the taxes are quite high (because they don't have to pay for food/goods). Thus I would say that they have the money to outfit the personal guards to the Janni's grandson however they want.
I would give at least the grandson as much gear as you can justify (though remember that there is a slight chance that the PCs murderhobo their way to the gear). Certainly he would have Celestial Armor, at least a +1 Keen [Weapon], and probably something that produces a Zone of Truth/Sanctuary effect. I do like the flavor that the rank and file members of the nations army are just really well non-magically equipped.
Oh cool, adamantine plate for everyone then! I forgot about the market price thing. Their stats are the same, they just gain dr 3/-, which is pretty nice for a level 4 fighter
