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2015-04-08, 07:48 AM (ISO 8601)Barbarian in the Playground
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Resources for Creating BBEG Villains
Hoping to collect some sites to use to help create credible villains.
I use this site to figure out my villain motivations:
http://www.darcypattison.com/revisio...n-motivations/
And I use Villains wiki to get some insight from existing characters:
http://villains.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page
What resources do you guys use when making a Campaign Villain?Last edited by DontEatRawHagis; 2015-04-08 at 09:31 AM.
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2015-04-08, 07:55 AM (ISO 8601)Titan in the Playground
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Re: Resources for Creating BBEG Villains
Heres a more local resource I found to be helpful.
“Evil is evil. Lesser, greater, middling, it's all the same. Proportions are negotiated, boundaries blurred. I'm not a pious hermit, I haven't done only good in my life. But if I'm to choose between one evil and another, then I prefer not to choose at all.”
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2015-04-08, 08:34 AM (ISO 8601)Firbolg in the Playground
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Re: Resources for Creating BBEG Villains
It is inevitable, of course, that persons of epicurean refinement will in the course of eternity engage in dealings with those of... unsavory character. Record well any transactions made, and repay all favors promptly.. (Thanks to Gnomish Wanderer for the Toreador avatar!
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Wanna see what all this Exalted stuff is about? Here's a primer!
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2015-04-08, 08:38 AM (ISO 8601)Titan in the Playground
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Re: Resources for Creating BBEG Villains
Hi. Have you met me?
Originally Posted by DontEatRawHagis
We're going to be such good friends.My headache medicine has a little "Ex" inscribed on the pill. It's not a brand name; it's an indicator that it works inside an Anti-Magic Field.
Blue text means sarcasm. Purple text means evil. White text is invisible.
My signature got too big for its britches. So now it's over here!
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2015-04-08, 09:31 AM (ISO 8601)Barbarian in the Playground
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Re: Resources for Creating BBEG Villains
Damn auto correct.
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2015-04-08, 09:43 AM (ISO 8601)Titan in the Playground
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- Aug 2013
Re: Resources for Creating BBEG Villains
Oh, I wasn't criticizing your typo. I was introducing you to my favorite resource on villainy. Originally Posted by DontEatRawHagis
My headache medicine has a little "Ex" inscribed on the pill. It's not a brand name; it's an indicator that it works inside an Anti-Magic Field.
Blue text means sarcasm. Purple text means evil. White text is invisible.
My signature got too big for its britches. So now it's over here!
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2015-04-08, 11:08 AM (ISO 8601)Bugbear in the Playground
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- Ontario, Canada
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Re: Resources for Creating BBEG Villains
Normally, my villains start this way:
1) Google "D&D Quest Ideas" - This leads to literally hundreds of one sentence quest hooks. Some are quite generic; just another tribe of goblins raiding a village, etc., but every so often you'll find one that's intriguing enough that I immediately stop and write it down. When I think I have enough, I go over what I have, and one or two will pop out and begin unfolding a short series of events in my mind.
2) "Man, I love this guy..." - At this point, I have an overarching theme, but no actual villain. Eventually, though, I'll watch a good show, or read a good book, and the villain will just be awesome. And I'll realize his goals are compatible with the quest/campaign I have written already. So I'll begin making modifications (mostly to the villain so he/she isn't a complete ripoff, more of an "inspired by") until the two fit together perfectly.
3) Build some more framework - The last thing I do is decide some scenes that will involve the villain, just to nail down some more character aspects. Some examples include their first interaction with the PC's (assuming things go as I imagine; you can guess how often that happens), turning points in their plans, what happens when something goes wrong for them, etc.
By then, I've got my villain more or less worked out!
TL;DR, Books, movies, TV shows, along with some heavy modification.That's all I can think of, at any rate.
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