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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Melba Toast" data-source="post: 4609869" data-attributes="member: 80591">I'd like to create an interesting "mid-level" boss. I don't forsee my group ever reaching the point where they can take on the Dragon-Kings, and I want to create a powerful, mysterious and frightening villain that can be defeated around level 10-12. DS is awkward in this regard. Most of the creatures in DS are animal or feral. Intelligent evil is much less common (except for the Kings, who are too powerful to take on directly) and I'm not terribly fond of killing the Sorceror Kings anyway. Too often I have to resort to powerful NPCs (like Templars) to face off with the PCs, but the problem is that players aren't intimidated by powerful NPCs. It's in the players' nature to assume they can take on any NPC human/demi-human. Monsterous villians, on the other hand, tend to intimidate the players much more.I want this vampire to be interesting and unique to Athas, but at the same time, vaguely familiar to the players. The players will be more alarmed if they recognize certain characteristics of the vampire, because they know the vampire will pose a deadly challenge.I've never had much interest in the lands beyond the Tablelands, but I thought the Obsidian Plains south of the Tyr region might be a good location for this guy. Bodach might also be a good place for this creature. Where else?He should also be powerful enough to alarm the Dragon, the Kings, the Alliance, the Villichi, the Order, and all the other factions with stakes in the future of Athas. This is the basis for an entire campaign.</blockquote>

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