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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hellcow" data-source="post: 1610804" data-attributes="member: 15800">Well, looking to "Nazis" in the sense of "the evil army of uniformed bad guys who are always up against Indiana Jones" (as opposed to drawing in specific political parallels), my personal favorites are the Order of the Emerald Claw. In a world where many of the bad guys are subtle schemers, the Emerald Claw are straight-up "Look at us! We're EVIL!" villains (not to be confused with the general masses of the Blood of Vol, who may believe in necromancy but can actually be decent folks). They've got goons, uniforms, undead, mad necromancers, and ties to both Khorvaire and Aerenal, as well as possibly Xen'drik (through the elven connection). They're tailor-made for the "Here's our insane scheme of the month" club. So they make a good default "Curses! Demise again?" group.   By comparison, the Cults of the Dragon Below are also good "We're Evil!" pulp villains (if often evil by virtue of insanity) but lack the level of organization that makes the Emerald Claw work well for the Indy theme. Another possibility would be the Kech Sharaat goblinoids (p. 154). The Kech Sharaat are one of the most disciplined & dangerous military forces on Eberron. They believe that their culture is superior to all others and intend to impose it on Khorvaire. They aren't necessarily evil, but they are certainly merciless to their enemies. Of course, this gives you goblinoids as bad guys (even if they are bad ass goblinoids), which may not be as much fun as a human foe. And of course, you do have the Lord of Blades. But while you might make the LoB/Hitler comparison, the problem is that the Warforged themselves are relatively few in number, and they certainly have a lot of valid grievances; they're not quite as straightforward bad guys, especially if you have warforged PCs in your group. Personally -- your mileage may vary -- I see the Lord of Blades as the John Byrne-era Doctor Doom, where he's a terrible villain to the world as a whole, but cares about his 'people' and is a true hero to them. Humanity made the warforged to fight and die for them; the LoB is simply turning that weapon back against the masters.   Thanks for the thoughtful post, and I'm glad you're enjoying the world!</blockquote>

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