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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jeremy Ackerman-Yost" data-source="post: 301091" data-attributes="member: 4720"><p>They buy some time.  Maybe the villain has multiple independent sources of power, and the Pcs just snag one of them.  They acquire his stronghold, which has a near unbeatable defensive capability.  Now you're set up for a seige where the BBG tries every clever and crafty trick in the book to beat his own defenses while the PCs have to counter him (while learning the capabilites of the stronghold and dealing with the complications of a seige).  Or they could go the "Fantastic 4 vs. Galactus" route and snag the Ultimate Nullifier.  They may not know how to use it, but the BBG probably doesn't want to risk it.  After all, if they accidentally blow up the continent, it won't leave him a lot to conquer.</p></blockquote><p></p>