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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rechan" data-source="post: 3894451" data-attributes="member: 54846">Nothing wrong with a cabal. A group of bad guys are a little more interesting than a single one, and can defend themselves a little better. Besides, that way you can pick one off and still have the Plot going. But some general ideas:"I want to die."This has two options here. 1) Kraus is a dwarf of powerful skill at arms. Which is his problem. Kraus has done something few dwarves have had to deal with in some time: he's going to die of old age (or a poison, incurable disease, whathaveyou). The problem here is that Kraus's beliefs, his religion, say that only a man who falls in honorable combat will go on to Heaven. And he, sensing the clock is ticking, is cutting a swath across the countryside, hoping to find something tough enough to put him down. Maybe this means he has to burn villages, kick in the doors of wizard towers, and stir up dragons all over, but some divine intention or luck, he keeps winning. And he's just going to start upping the scale of his devastation. TwistPerhaps Kraus is Cursed (or blessed, depending on how you see it) by the God of Destruction, or some outside force that is somehow letting him beat the odds. This is unknown to Kraus, and perhaps the PCs have to break this curse or dispel it before the dwarf can be brought down. 2) Echaun is immortal. This was not of his design. Perhaps he is a species that simply is immortal. Or it is the result of some eldrich effect, divine blessing, or other mechanation. Regardless, Echaun wants to die. He is tired of life; his friends will always leave him, the goals he has set forth to accomplish have been done, and he is simply bored with life. Problem is, he has no clue how to go about doing it. So what's the easiest way of going about it? Ending the world. If everything else goes, surely he will too."I'll get you."Nothing like some good vengeance. This requires some work on your part, because the PCs must do something to the villain to cause his whole world to become "I will destroy you and everything you cherish". This is best with someone who starts out an ally that, through some indirect action by the PCs, is messed up. Say a torch barer who gets attacked and infected/turned undead by something the PCs should've protected him from. Or perhaps the PCs actions have caused a powerful Monster to be unleashed on the countryside. That monster kills the villain's family. Rather than blame the monster itself, he blames those who released it: the PCs. This is best if he was formerly a friend of theirs.</blockquote>

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