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<blockquote data-quote="Will" data-source="post: 1121585" data-attributes="member: 5566">In my campaign, the party nemesis is an evil... (wait for it!) ... Bard.yes, a bard. Being able to cast Glibness and bedazzle just about any NPC is very handy.Ok, so he's a half-fiendish bard, but still.The party was so amused when they (almost) killed the guy... 'We've been flummoxed by a _bard_?'Said villain is looking for a powerful magic item... or portal... or something. Truth is, nobody, not the villain, not his competitors, not some others arrayed against him, knows what the Well of Stars he seeks actually _is_. Just that it's powerful. Probably.So the bard has been going about the land, opening ancient sites of the Dragon-demon war, with hilarious(ly deadly) consequences for the local townsfolk. Not that he cares, of course. He also has a powerful artifact that can make and command undead. Fun.Why does a bard make a good enemy? Bards make good enemies from _afar_. The bard has sent a paladin against them (IDing them as the people creating undead), and turned opinion in numerous places against them.So the party has to deal with people being sent after them and negative publicity. This is hard to fight... luckily one of the PCs is also a bard and can counter.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Will, post: 1121585, member: 5566"] In my campaign, the party nemesis is an evil... (wait for it!) ... Bard. yes, a bard. Being able to cast Glibness and bedazzle just about any NPC is very handy. Ok, so he's a half-fiendish bard, but still. The party was so amused when they (almost) killed the guy... 'We've been flummoxed by a _bard_?' Said villain is looking for a powerful magic item... or portal... or something. Truth is, nobody, not the villain, not his competitors, not some others arrayed against him, knows what the Well of Stars he seeks actually _is_. Just that it's powerful. Probably. So the bard has been going about the land, opening ancient sites of the Dragon-demon war, with hilarious(ly deadly) consequences for the local townsfolk. Not that he cares, of course. He also has a powerful artifact that can make and command undead. Fun. Why does a bard make a good enemy? Bards make good enemies from _afar_. The bard has sent a paladin against them (IDing them as the people creating undead), and turned opinion in numerous places against them. So the party has to deal with people being sent after them and negative publicity. This is hard to fight... luckily one of the PCs is also a bard and can counter. [/QUOTE]

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