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Lilianth, a Succubus Sorceror/Cleric of Hecate, who enjoys spoiling the best laid plans and unraveling the good deeds of our fearless party. She has gained levels as the party has (they are now 14th level) and has thwarted many of their plans. She managed to seduce the Barbarian/Wizard awhile back, and now they have a charming Alu-Fiend daughter. The PC in question has basically been blackmailed, only the party is aware of his liason, and they are aware that he was charmed. If word got out about that event to the general public and many of their benefactors, ti would really cause problems for them. However, they get really frustrated, because even though the succubus is evil, the PC continually falls victim to her, "ahem" charms. He just never tells the party when she visits.
Hello Bob Aberton,
This is exact the style of BBEG which I use.
I do not use high level NPCs as BBEGs. A high level mage or fighter will be mighty, but how about: intrigue, contacts or money.
My BBEG normally are Merchants, Aristocrats or even Experts. They are the brains behind the operation. They will have either many contacts, favors, money or something else. The hire NPC to do their dirty works. Some of these BBEG are heads of a powerful merchant or noble family with a good standing to the ruler.
My favorite BBEG was an old, fat, female LE merchant woman who ruled her entire merchant clan and was head of the merchant guild. She was very intelligent and she had arthritis and seldom moved. Most of her time she sat in her wheel chair planning to get more money or influence.
Because of her money, influence, contacts, favors etc. she could nearly hire any person who is very qualified for the work she needed to be done.
The players unwittingly crossed several times her plans and schemes, so she became their enemy.
You should have seen the faces of the player when they met her arch-villain, the brain behind many of their troubles....
An old, fat, nicely dressed woman in a wheel chair who certainly can not defend her self against a fighter.
Which good Hero could kill such a woman ?
If the heros choose to take her to a trial, she has enough influence, money, favors to bribe the judge or guards, etc.
Just my 2 cents
yennico
You have read my mindBob Aberton said:
This is exact the style of BBEG which I use. I do not use high level NPCs as BBEGs. A high level mage or fighter will be mighty, but how about: intrigue, contacts or money.
My BBEG normally are Merchants, Aristocrats or even Experts. They are the brains behind the operation. They will have either many contacts, favors, money or something else. The hire NPC to do their dirty works. Some of these BBEG are heads of a powerful merchant or noble family with a good standing to the ruler.
My favorite BBEG was an old, fat, female LE merchant woman who ruled her entire merchant clan and was head of the merchant guild. She was very intelligent and she had arthritis and seldom moved. Most of her time she sat in her wheel chair planning to get more money or influence.
Because of her money, influence, contacts, favors etc. she could nearly hire any person who is very qualified for the work she needed to be done.
The players unwittingly crossed several times her plans and schemes, so she became their enemy.
You should have seen the faces of the player when they met her arch-villain, the brain behind many of their troubles....
An old, fat, nicely dressed woman in a wheel chair who certainly can not defend her self against a fighter.
Which good Hero could kill such a woman ?
If the heros choose to take her to a trial, she has enough influence, money, favors to bribe the judge or guards, etc.
Just my 2 cents
yennico
Endur
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Kali
Kali, an evil demi-goddess, living on the prime material plane, existing on multiple dimensions.
She is loosely based on several old modules/games. She is the leader of the Court of Ardor from MERP. She is the leader of the Black Lotus Society from Arduin Grimoire. She is the leader of the Church of Tharzidun in Grayhawk. She is also loosely based on Lolth.
In all of these dimensions, she intends to bring her lover back from exile. Her lover is the Greater God of Evil and Destruction. known as Tharzidun in Grayhawk, Morgoth in MERP, and Aaos in Arduin Grimoire.
Kali is a powerful spellcaster. Looks like a tall powerful dark elf. Rumored to have been some sort of dark elf demon-spawn, she has been changed by making love to the God of Evil and spawning his children.
She is a powerful foe in her own right, and nearly invulnerable except under special conditions. She is rumored to have of the powers of a Demon, a Vampire, and a Were-panther with none of the weaknesses.
Prophesy says that she can only be slain at dawn during a solar eclipse by her son wielding a weapon called Dawnslayer. There are some problems with this prophesy. 1) She killed her only son at childbirth over one thousand years ago and nobody knows what happened to his body. 2) The weapon called "Dawnslayer" is rumored to lies in a vault in Barad-Dur. 3) She is surrounded by guards at all times. 4) Solar Eclipses fill her with magical power, and she is more powerful then than at any other time.
She hates the sun and constantly plots to destroy it.
Kali, an evil demi-goddess, living on the prime material plane, existing on multiple dimensions.
She is loosely based on several old modules/games. She is the leader of the Court of Ardor from MERP. She is the leader of the Black Lotus Society from Arduin Grimoire. She is the leader of the Church of Tharzidun in Grayhawk. She is also loosely based on Lolth.
In all of these dimensions, she intends to bring her lover back from exile. Her lover is the Greater God of Evil and Destruction. known as Tharzidun in Grayhawk, Morgoth in MERP, and Aaos in Arduin Grimoire.
Kali is a powerful spellcaster. Looks like a tall powerful dark elf. Rumored to have been some sort of dark elf demon-spawn, she has been changed by making love to the God of Evil and spawning his children.
She is a powerful foe in her own right, and nearly invulnerable except under special conditions. She is rumored to have of the powers of a Demon, a Vampire, and a Were-panther with none of the weaknesses.
Prophesy says that she can only be slain at dawn during a solar eclipse by her son wielding a weapon called Dawnslayer. There are some problems with this prophesy. 1) She killed her only son at childbirth over one thousand years ago and nobody knows what happened to his body. 2) The weapon called "Dawnslayer" is rumored to lies in a vault in Barad-Dur. 3) She is surrounded by guards at all times. 4) Solar Eclipses fill her with magical power, and she is more powerful then than at any other time.
She hates the sun and constantly plots to destroy it.
