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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Reynard" data-source="post: 9395616" data-attributes="member: 467">The Big bad Evil Guy is a staple of the adventure genre: the powerful force of evil at the apex of the pyramid of troubles the [protagonists have been facing. Sauron. Voldemort. Al Capone. Dracula. Etc...It is common, I think, for TTRPG campaigns (which owe much to action adventure media) to also have BBEGs at the "end" of the story. But ongoing TTRPG campaigns are also different than a lot of inspirational media: there is not A story, just stories, and a BBEG might not be appropriate for a campaign.So I am curious: does the campaign you are currently running or playing in have a BBEG? If so, is that a known fact in play? Is it a known fact in the world? Does the end of the BBEG mean the end of the campaign?A related discussion is: does a TTRPG campaign need a BBEG? Does the presence of a pinnacle threat add something special to a campaign that you can't get elsewhere? Without a BBEG, what drives the threat(s) in the campaign?Finally, what is your favorite BBEG you have either fought as a player or used as GM?</blockquote>