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An evil prince has stolen a jeweled necklace that rightfully belongs to your family. How do you get it back?

Study the place from afar and devise a crafty, intricate plan to slip into the castle at night, crack the safe in which the necklace is kept, steal it back, and get out before anyone knows you were there or finds the picture of Abe Vigoda you left in its place.

Send an envoy to warn him that if the necklace is not returned, a plague will slowly infect an ever-growing number of his loved ones.

Challenge him to a drinking contest, then take the necklace when he passes out.

Break open the castle with a massive tidal wave. Send in a dozen crafty octopi to fetch the necklace back.

Lay immediate siege to his castle, bombarding it with small rocks, large rocks, flaming rocks, spiked rocks, angry badgers, and explosive cannon balls. Use missile strikes, bunker-busters, a-bombs, h-bombs, f-bombs, and chemical weapons to soften up any remaining resistance, and then lead an army in to personally wipe out any stragglers still standing. Oh, and then get the stupid necklace if it's there.

Seek an audience with his Evilness to discuss the return of the necklace while wearing your sexiest outfit and imply that it's in his best interest to make you happy.

Yell at the thieving prince day and night, and turn the family member who originally owned the necklace into a hideous monster to teach them a lesson about not letting their stuff get stolen.

Wait until he wanders onto the castle parapets, and then drop him with an arrow at 300 yards. Even if you don't get the necklace back, everyone else will know you don't put up with people stealing your things.

Put a curse on the necklace so it both burns the wearer's skin like a hot poker and can't be removed. Also it makes him impotent. And then probably set him on fire. Well, no, that's not right.

Definitely set him on fire.