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<blockquote data-quote="NewJeffCT" data-source="post: 5697966" data-attributes="member: 10784"><p>First off, why would Villain V be exhibiting odd behavior? While it is not outright metagaming, any unusual NPC mannerisms or actions is going to set the PC's spider senses to tingling. There are several solutions to this:</p><p></p><p>1) Have a good NPC exhibit odd behavior. If the PCs investigate him or her, they find everything to be on the up & up.</p><p></p><p>2) Have more NPCs - good and bad. Maybe somebody is a minor crime boss, but is totally unrelated to Villain V? Maybe another NPC is a competitor to Villain V and hopes to steer the PCs into thwarting V's plans? Maybe another is working undercover for a local good-aligned church? Maybe the captain of the town guard is on the take for Villain V or the NPC competitor to V? Maybe the captain's right hand man is brutally honest & straight and is looking for evidence to take down his boss, who is politically connected.</p><p></p><p>3) Have Villain V be helpful in the beginning - he may want the PCs to succeed for certain reasons (test the loyalty/competence of one of his underlings, wants to set the PCs up for a bigger fall down the road, one of the PCs is a hero of prophecy who must be sacrificed to Villain V's dark god, but only after PC has done A, B and C first)</p><p></p><p>4) And, maybe Villain V is not the BBEG? Maybe that is Villain X. Remember, behind Darth Vader was The Emperor.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NewJeffCT, post: 5697966, member: 10784"] First off, why would Villain V be exhibiting odd behavior? While it is not outright metagaming, any unusual NPC mannerisms or actions is going to set the PC's spider senses to tingling. There are several solutions to this: 1) Have a good NPC exhibit odd behavior. If the PCs investigate him or her, they find everything to be on the up & up. 2) Have more NPCs - good and bad. Maybe somebody is a minor crime boss, but is totally unrelated to Villain V? Maybe another NPC is a competitor to Villain V and hopes to steer the PCs into thwarting V's plans? Maybe another is working undercover for a local good-aligned church? Maybe the captain of the town guard is on the take for Villain V or the NPC competitor to V? Maybe the captain's right hand man is brutally honest & straight and is looking for evidence to take down his boss, who is politically connected. 3) Have Villain V be helpful in the beginning - he may want the PCs to succeed for certain reasons (test the loyalty/competence of one of his underlings, wants to set the PCs up for a bigger fall down the road, one of the PCs is a hero of prophecy who must be sacrificed to Villain V's dark god, but only after PC has done A, B and C first) 4) And, maybe Villain V is not the BBEG? Maybe that is Villain X. Remember, behind Darth Vader was The Emperor. [/QUOTE]
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