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<blockquote data-quote="Stalker0" data-source="post: 8218705" data-attributes="member: 5889">Yep, I am always inspired by Xanatos from the Disney cartoon gargoyles. For those who don't know, David Xanatos is one of the greatest cartoon villains of all time....because....he actually wins at the end! By the end he is one of the most powerful men on the planet, he has a smoking hot wife, a new baby boy, and his hated enemies (the gargoyles) and the world now see him as a hero.He is know for the &quot;Xanatos Gambit&quot;, effectively he puts his enemy in a scenario where they have to make a choice....and no matter what they choose he has set up his plans to benefit himself.In high levels I do this a lot. Villains who are expecting high level adventures don't set up encounters to &quot;kill&quot; the adventures....that's way too hard. Its more, how can I deflect them, or use them for my purposes?One of my best moves of all time, the villain set up a &quot;super deadly&quot; encounter for the heroes to protect his lair (which was actually one of several lairs he had). The heroes won of course, and started looking through his lair. In it, they found an extremely well hidden and super secret book with a nigh unbreakable code....which they proceed to crack of course.But the trick was, the Villain knew these heroes, and knew that they had some of the greatest investigative minds on the planet. No secret could be kept from them....so he didn't really both to try. He just made it convincing enough for them to think he had. The book was a complete red herring, and led the heroes away from where the villain needed to work...buying him time for the next phase of his master plan.So if the trap had killed them....great! But if it didn't, it still moved the heroes where the villain wanted them to go. A win win for the villain!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Stalker0, post: 8218705, member: 5889"] Yep, I am always inspired by Xanatos from the Disney cartoon gargoyles. For those who don't know, David Xanatos is one of the greatest cartoon villains of all time....because....he actually wins at the end! By the end he is one of the most powerful men on the planet, he has a smoking hot wife, a new baby boy, and his hated enemies (the gargoyles) and the world now see him as a hero. He is know for the "Xanatos Gambit", effectively he puts his enemy in a scenario where they have to make a choice....and no matter what they choose he has set up his plans to benefit himself. In high levels I do this a lot. Villains who are expecting high level adventures don't set up encounters to "kill" the adventures....that's way too hard. Its more, how can I deflect them, or use them for my purposes? One of my best moves of all time, the villain set up a "super deadly" encounter for the heroes to protect his lair (which was actually one of several lairs he had). The heroes won of course, and started looking through his lair. In it, they found an extremely well hidden and super secret book with a nigh unbreakable code....which they proceed to crack of course. But the trick was, the Villain knew these heroes, and knew that they had some of the greatest investigative minds on the planet. No secret could be kept from them....so he didn't really both to try. He just made it convincing enough for them to think he had. The book was a complete red herring, and led the heroes away from where the villain needed to work...buying him time for the next phase of his master plan. So if the trap had killed them....great! But if it didn't, it still moved the heroes where the villain wanted them to go. A win win for the villain! [/QUOTE]

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