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<blockquote data-quote="Abraxas" data-source="post: 6389457" data-attributes="member: 1266"><p>I will be starting a new campaign soon and want it to have a Far Realms/H.P.Lovecraft feel to it.</p><p></p><p>I also want to try something new to get increased player buy in from the beginning. At the first session I plan to have the players run the BBEGs as they ransack the town the PCs all call home. I'll give them the BBEG pregens, with goals and personalities, and have them play out the destruction of the town. Now I'm not totally cruel - if they complete their BBEG's goals (and do it while staying true to the personality traits given) they'll be rewarded with tokens that they will be able to use to improve their PCs.</p><p></p><p> Right now I have the following PCs</p><p>Barbarian - Half Orc</p><p>Cleric - Dwarf</p><p>Druid - ?</p><p>Fighter - Human</p><p>Ranger - Elven</p><p>Warlock - ?</p><p>Wizard - Human</p><p></p><p>I'm thinking of the following BBEGs</p><p>Bard - Human</p><p>Cleric - Minotaur</p><p>Fighter - Dwarf</p><p>Anti-Paladin - Half Orc</p><p>Ranger - Gnoll</p><p>Rogue - Nothic</p><p>Sorcerer - Dragonborn</p><p></p><p>What I could use is help creating these BBEG characters with interesting personalities (especially traits that would make them memorable as villains)</p><p></p><p>Their starting levels for the town ransack will be 5th to 8th. I'm using a starting standard array of 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11 for these guys/gals because most likely, if the players are smart, they will find ways to get at 1 or 2 of them at a time with just minion types for support. So, does anyone feel like helping me create some bad guys?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Abraxas, post: 6389457, member: 1266"] I will be starting a new campaign soon and want it to have a Far Realms/H.P.Lovecraft feel to it. I also want to try something new to get increased player buy in from the beginning. At the first session I plan to have the players run the BBEGs as they ransack the town the PCs all call home. I'll give them the BBEG pregens, with goals and personalities, and have them play out the destruction of the town. Now I'm not totally cruel - if they complete their BBEG's goals (and do it while staying true to the personality traits given) they'll be rewarded with tokens that they will be able to use to improve their PCs. Right now I have the following PCs Barbarian - Half Orc Cleric - Dwarf Druid - ? Fighter - Human Ranger - Elven Warlock - ? Wizard - Human I'm thinking of the following BBEGs Bard - Human Cleric - Minotaur Fighter - Dwarf Anti-Paladin - Half Orc Ranger - Gnoll Rogue - Nothic Sorcerer - Dragonborn What I could use is help creating these BBEG characters with interesting personalities (especially traits that would make them memorable as villains) Their starting levels for the town ransack will be 5th to 8th. I'm using a starting standard array of 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11 for these guys/gals because most likely, if the players are smart, they will find ways to get at 1 or 2 of them at a time with just minion types for support. So, does anyone feel like helping me create some bad guys? [/QUOTE]
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