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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dr_Ruminahui" data-source="post: 5865374" data-attributes="member: 81104">Yeah, I don't think the "hardly ever uses violence, and only secretly" works. The threat of violence is only effective as a motivator if it is real - a criminal is only going to share his money with some stranger if there are immediate and real consequences of his not doing so. And unless the crime boss is ready to use violence, the threat simply isn't real, and he isn't going to stay a crime boss. So, I would come up with some other reason for the crime boss not flipping out. 1. Maybe he is a sociopath and is always calm and smiling. Think of the movie scene where Capone beats a subordinate to death with a baseball bat at dinner - until he starts swinging, its all smiles and joking. Or perhaps your villian's demenor doesn't change when he comits violence - that could well be much creapier. 2. Come up with some other story reason why he wasn't upset. Perhaps he already knew about it. Perhaps he had secretly authorised the crime, or has for some reason given permission for the third party to act (maybe as a favour to a political patron who wants to use a 3rd party to avoid someone connecting him/her/it with the crime boss). Perhaps the boss is even happy about it as knowing the perpetrator gives him a pawn to blackmail or to turn into a spy on a rival. Personally, I prefer the second - it turns your problem into a story hook. So, when the players ask "why isn't he mad" tell them "Yeah, that seems very strange/odd/suspicious, doesn't it?"</blockquote>

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