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<blockquote data-quote="Alzrius" data-source="post: 9271418" data-attributes="member: 8461"><p>I'm not sure I have a breakdown of the ratio, as for me it's more about impact, i.e. the consequences of going up against someone with outsized influence over an area, which is what darklords have. That, in turn, is dictated by what's happening in the campaign.</p><p></p><p>Now, you can have a non-darklord villain also have an outsized presence in a particular area, but that's likely to be due to other factors, such as fiends and their reality wrinkles. It's entirely possible to have a powerful villain with "darklord-level" powers (which actually doesn't mean that much, since darklords run the gamut of power) but who doesn't affect nearly as much in a given area. Likewise, you can have a powerful darklord who's nevertheless only got a small domain (which itself might be an Island of Terror, and so has no sociopolitical impact outside of the domain if they die and their realm dissolves). </p><p></p><p>Essentially, I look at where the PCs are and what they've done, and contrast that in with where they seem likely to go (and would like to go, though that doesn't always mean that they'll get there), and look for a character who best seems to fit that mold, darklord or no, and adjust things accordingly when I find one.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alzrius, post: 9271418, member: 8461"] I'm not sure I have a breakdown of the ratio, as for me it's more about impact, i.e. the consequences of going up against someone with outsized influence over an area, which is what darklords have. That, in turn, is dictated by what's happening in the campaign. Now, you can have a non-darklord villain also have an outsized presence in a particular area, but that's likely to be due to other factors, such as fiends and their reality wrinkles. It's entirely possible to have a powerful villain with "darklord-level" powers (which actually doesn't mean that much, since darklords run the gamut of power) but who doesn't affect nearly as much in a given area. Likewise, you can have a powerful darklord who's nevertheless only got a small domain (which itself might be an Island of Terror, and so has no sociopolitical impact outside of the domain if they die and their realm dissolves). Essentially, I look at where the PCs are and what they've done, and contrast that in with where they seem likely to go (and would like to go, though that doesn't always mean that they'll get there), and look for a character who best seems to fit that mold, darklord or no, and adjust things accordingly when I find one. [/QUOTE]
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