Mythology nerd. 300 is one of my favorite movies. 1 and a half years experience. Make some homebrew magic items and subclasses. Will make magic items for free just message me
1st make likable npc, stray friendly dog anything the players are likely to keep returning to, have the NPC ask for minor help and reward the players, and give discounts or special access to things.
then when the players are off adventuring have something bad happen to them, (kidnap, destroy business, kill family members) but not kill the fav NPC, now they will want revenge.
The closer they get to the villain the more destruction they uncover. This is a good time to find the fav dog that ran off sacrificed itself to save NPC…
NEVER EVER let them encounter the Villain until you are read to fight… have several ways out for the villain as to not TPK the party early
when they finally get to kill them, have them find out this villain is one of many under the command of something much greater… Even have another villain steal kill the villain this will transfer all the rage to the new villain.
Repeat , add more loveable npc, cause more chaos
Agreed. I had the BBEG send her minions to, at one time or another:
kidnap two of the recurring NPCs (one very close to the party), forcing the party to fight to save them, which was the biggest fight to date in their careers
frame the party by saying they stole something from the king that they had just found for him. A seamstress that had cleaned their clothes got inadvertently involved, causing her to lose her job
sending vampire spawn after them which caused the Thieves' Guild to be pissed off as it got some of their protected businesses trashed. The guild fined the rogue in the party and basically said if they did anything that stupid again, they would be killed.
a few smaller things,such as some letters sent to them indicating how they were going to be killed...
Made for one epic fight when they got to kill one of the minions. Another one is coming up soon and then a little while after that is the BBEG
If you've got the time and inclination to sit and watch a video essay, Plague of Gripes has a video called Let's Gripe About Villains, which covers several villains from several famous works of fiction, discussing their motivations, and in some cases giving you cause to reconsider what it means to be a villain, or what can actually be a villain
I really rate it, and while it might not directly tell you how to make an interesting villain, I'll wager it'll certainly give you some ideas.
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Mythology nerd. 300 is one of my favorite movies. 1 and a half years experience. Make some homebrew magic items and subclasses. Will make magic items for free just message me
Agreed. I had the BBEG send her minions to, at one time or another:
Made for one epic fight when they got to kill one of the minions. Another one is coming up soon and then a little while after that is the BBEG
If you've got the time and inclination to sit and watch a video essay, Plague of Gripes has a video called Let's Gripe About Villains, which covers several villains from several famous works of fiction, discussing their motivations, and in some cases giving you cause to reconsider what it means to be a villain, or what can actually be a villain
I really rate it, and while it might not directly tell you how to make an interesting villain, I'll wager it'll certainly give you some ideas.
https://youtu.be/wCA7sGZKFIY?si=Wy4sr2XgJ9nYnl_2