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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Stormonu" data-source="post: 8964905" data-attributes="member: 52734">Strahd.  Everyone who plays with me knows his name and nods sagely about how much they hate him and his schemes.  His ability to drop into a fight for a couple of rounds, drop pain on the PCs and escape with maniacal laughter to repeat it 3-4 times I've seen many a player grit their teeth at his name.The Slavelords of Suderham.  First round was a "fight to the death" the PCs lost (by the skin of their teeth), got resurrected and thrown into the pits of the undercity.  The players were itching to kill the slavelords when they again ran across them.Raagard.  Already an anti-hero when the party met him (at about 4th level), they were in awe of his existing legend and enjoyed having him in their party, even if he was a bit bloodthirst.  He was even good enough to inform the party before he betrayed them into the hands of their enemy.  Only for the players to discover he WAS the BBEG.  After escaping and dodging his henchmen, the party finally snuck back into his fortress and defeated him.  "Well played," he told them when he was beaten and they had him at swordpoint.  It was the only time I ever saw a party not kill the bad guy, and actually let him go (though they took all his stuff).  Six months later, he actually rejoined the party to help down the organization he had build and been toppled from.  When the party finished, they actually parted ways as somewhat friends once again.</blockquote>

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