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<blockquote data-quote="ACreepierFolklaw" data-source="post: 5701263" data-attributes="member: 6682969"><p>One idea which I have used was that each villain encountered would have a little adviser dude, and it kept being the same one. Eventually this adviser turned out to be the real big bad... no matter who was big bad in the mini quests, let them catchem, killem and as things get nasty, the advisor dude never seems to be around <span style="font-family: 'Wingdings'"><span style="font-family: 'Wingdings'">J</span></span> it seems obvious in hindsight but at the time…</p><p> </p><p>What I mean to say is that if Tolkien was dnd, what PC playing Bilbo would have guessed the ring was the real big bad?</p><p> </p><p>There are some things that are literally impossible to guess for even the smartest of lateral thinkers.</p><p> </p><p>also, take the Joker from the dark knight. you know who he is from the offset, so does batman. he hands himself into the police. But there isn't a situation he hasn't preplanned for to make it to his advantage... the players capture the villain and put them in prison? maybe the villain wanted to break a fellow conspiritor out of that jail... the villain is killed? perhaps they were cursed and could only be free to really do some damage once "killed" by an enemies hand...</p><p> </p><p>let the players "win" then show them how they actually lost. if done confidently enough it will have them scratching thier heads for ages as if it was "aaall part of the plannn..." *licks lips*</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ACreepierFolklaw, post: 5701263, member: 6682969"] One idea which I have used was that each villain encountered would have a little adviser dude, and it kept being the same one. Eventually this adviser turned out to be the real big bad... no matter who was big bad in the mini quests, let them catchem, killem and as things get nasty, the advisor dude never seems to be around [FONT=Wingdings][FONT=Wingdings]J[/FONT][/FONT] it seems obvious in hindsight but at the time… What I mean to say is that if Tolkien was dnd, what PC playing Bilbo would have guessed the ring was the real big bad? There are some things that are literally impossible to guess for even the smartest of lateral thinkers. also, take the Joker from the dark knight. you know who he is from the offset, so does batman. he hands himself into the police. But there isn't a situation he hasn't preplanned for to make it to his advantage... the players capture the villain and put them in prison? maybe the villain wanted to break a fellow conspiritor out of that jail... the villain is killed? perhaps they were cursed and could only be free to really do some damage once "killed" by an enemies hand... let the players "win" then show them how they actually lost. if done confidently enough it will have them scratching thier heads for ages as if it was "aaall part of the plannn..." *licks lips* [/QUOTE]
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