Hands-On Evil Bosses

[Eltab]

One of the 3e books (I think a DMG) had some Codes of Conduct for non-Paladins. One was a Samauri-based oath, another a "Mob Code" (don't snitch &c).
If my sponsoring BBEG has no such 'rules of the road' I am interacting with the wrong BBEG. I do not want him over my shoulder all the time; I want to know what he expects to get done, and go do it.

 

[Lanefan]

One of the 3e books (I think a DMG) had some Codes of Conduct for non-Paladins. One was a Samauri-based oath, another a "Mob Code" (don't snitch &c).
If my sponsoring BBEG has no such 'rules of the road' I am interacting with the wrong BBEG. I do not want him over my shoulder all the time; I want to know what he expects to get done, and go do it.

Agreed.

There's also the real-world Pirates Code - not sure if that made it into any 3e publications.