Gluteus_Maximus
2018-01-10, 01:53 PM
In my 5e campaigns, I love to have the party encounter the main endgame villain early on, either unknowingly to the party or clearly and in their face about it.
In my current campaign I'm setting up for, I was flipping through the Monster Manual looking for a suitable final boss. And then I found it: the Rakshasa. I had never used it before, and I certainly enjoy the hit-and-run tactics it uses to annoy its prey (the party).
So anyway, after thinking about it, his original goal is to acquire an item I made based on one of the new XGtE spells, the 9th level Invulnerability, which makes the target immune to all damage until concentration is broken, or for 10 whole minutes. The reason for this is that the Rakshasa fears his innate vulnerability to magical piercing weapons so much that he wants to cover all damage he could ever take. After getting the item, he finds that he cannot use it to it's full potential due to not being able to cast the powerful spell that the item holds, so he seeks out a mage to learn the basics of the arcane before killing his master.
The problem I have, however, is that I don't know what his end goals after he gets the item would be. Help? Nothing about his character, besides that he hates magical piercing weapons, has been fully decided yet.
Another problem I have, tangentially, is that this character is more suitable for a novel or a TV show, since I can't just pan over to the villain to see what's up with them.
In my current campaign I'm setting up for, I was flipping through the Monster Manual looking for a suitable final boss. And then I found it: the Rakshasa. I had never used it before, and I certainly enjoy the hit-and-run tactics it uses to annoy its prey (the party).
So anyway, after thinking about it, his original goal is to acquire an item I made based on one of the new XGtE spells, the 9th level Invulnerability, which makes the target immune to all damage until concentration is broken, or for 10 whole minutes. The reason for this is that the Rakshasa fears his innate vulnerability to magical piercing weapons so much that he wants to cover all damage he could ever take. After getting the item, he finds that he cannot use it to it's full potential due to not being able to cast the powerful spell that the item holds, so he seeks out a mage to learn the basics of the arcane before killing his master.
The problem I have, however, is that I don't know what his end goals after he gets the item would be. Help? Nothing about his character, besides that he hates magical piercing weapons, has been fully decided yet.
Another problem I have, tangentially, is that this character is more suitable for a novel or a TV show, since I can't just pan over to the villain to see what's up with them.