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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SHARK" data-source="post: 276560" data-attributes="member: 1131">Greetings!Yeah, it's wierd. I have a villain in one campaign that is very charismatic, authoritarian, greedy for magic, wealth, power, and prestige, and has plans to become a god. He is a great evil champion, and has duped the players more than once. He has decieved them. He has robbed them. He has humiliated them. He has snatched victory from their grasp. He has laughed at them, and enjoyed watching them squirm. He has manipulated them. There have been times where the evil villain has had them at his mercy--they were weak from being crushed by one of his rivals. Instead of killing them, he healed them. He hid them, so that they would live. He reminds them of his generosity whenever they have met since, rubbing it in how kind and merciful he has been. Still, he has slaughtered entire cities, and enslaved millions of people. Ultimately, he seeks to become an all-powerful tyrant that would crush all that the players hold dear.And yet, one of the females in the party has had a long, passionate affair with the evil villain. The party has been helped by him on occasion. The party admires his brilliance, his sense of style, and his sense of humour. The party sometimes remain in awe at his grand, sweeping dreams and fantastic visions of the kind of society that he wants to bring to the world. The party respects his prowess with magic, and in combat. The evil villain can lay waste when he really wants to! It's strange though--the party has said that they really like the evil villain, even though they know he is an evil bastard who dreams of world dominion!There has been one time where the evil villain was ambushed by a group of enemies, and wickedly tortured. He was skinned alive, and whipped nine ways to sunday, and left chained, near death.The party actually rescued the evil villain! They recovered him, and nursed him back to health, before they helped him find his mutant, six-legged elephant, and they made sure he was at full strength before letting him head out in the direction of his kingdom. The party discussed all kinds of things with him, and even invited him to attend some noble parties with them, where they were hobnobbing with the elite. They cackled with glee at the evil villain's sarcastic wit in talking with the arrogant nobles, and his absolute sense of regal grace, charm, and restrained power. They cheered for him, and had a blast having him at these parties! Eventually, he recovered from his wounds, and he was ready to return to his kingdom.It was great. It's very interesting watching the players play out different relationships with different villains. There are other villains, though, that the party blow-torches in a heartbeat without a flicker! They offer no quarter whatesoever to some of these wicked people, and yet, with this super-powerful evil villain, they have acted almost like wanna-be henchmen and friends with him!<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> Well, and obviously, one of the female characters has an entirely different relationship with the evil villain. It's also wierd because the women will chat together about the villain, and they all seem to share an admiration for the woman who has a thing going with him. They all think the evil villain is very sexy, and charming.<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Semper Fidelis,SHARK</blockquote>

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