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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lord Zardoz" data-source="post: 4020562" data-attributes="member: 704">The easiest way to create a Worthy Opponent is to do the following:1)  In the first one or two encounters, he should have enough of an advantage to make his success very likely.  It is hard to be taken seriously when your a push over.2) He should have a goal that does not specifically require the players to be dead.  He may or may not like the players, but he does not have any sort of vendetta.   This gives him a reason to keep the players alive.3)  Where reasonable, start the fight with an offer for the players to surrender.  Also, feel free to surrender yourself where it can be justified, but only if you are truly losing.4)  Do not kill the players.  Or if you do, raise them from the dead, and leave a note apologizing for that accidental killing.5)  Do not screw the players over when / if they do not kill him.  He may certainly oppose the players again at some point, but do not surrender then have your NPC rob them blind at the first opportunity if you can avoid it.Of course, the above are just guidelines.  The Worthy Opponent NPC I have ended up getting his arse handed to him in 1 round on the first appearance, and only survived because his 'party' managed to orchestrate a rescue / prisoner exchange.  Given the chance, this person would certainly rob the players blind, since he is essentially a glorified bandit.END COMMUNICATION</blockquote>