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<blockquote data-quote="Sejs" data-source="post: 3104668" data-attributes="member: 4910">I'd like to see the ultimate BBEG not be some indecipherable villain carved from the raw stuff of evil, oozing with extraplanar power and unsympathetic badassery.For a change I'd like to have the bad guy be a person.&nbsp; A very smart, very cool, very ambitious person, but a person nonetheless.&nbsp; One with motivations that make sense beyond just &quot;1) be evil, 2) gain ultimate power, 3) pick up dry cleaning&quot;.&nbsp; An enemy you can actually understand and relate to, despite the fact that they're the badguy.And yeah, like others have said, I'd love to see a set that tops out somewhere around 14 or so, and that involves politics, intrigue, and savvy.&nbsp; I want to see reprocussions that echo far beyond just the PCs and what they touch.&nbsp; I want to see nations go to war if things happen in a certain way.&nbsp; I want to see a plague sweep the land if the PCs fail to stop the badguys in time, and I want to see that plague flood cities with refugees, kill entire villages, and shift the balance of power.&nbsp; I want my stakes higher without it having anything to do with the CR of a fight, and I want it in terms that I can't divorce mentally because they're too big or too vague.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sejs, post: 3104668, member: 4910"] I'd like to see the ultimate BBEG [u]not[/u] be some indecipherable villain carved from the raw stuff of evil, oozing with extraplanar power and unsympathetic badassery. For a change I'd like to have the bad guy be a person. A very smart, very cool, very ambitious person, but a person nonetheless. One with motivations that make sense beyond just "1) be evil, 2) gain ultimate power, 3) pick up dry cleaning". An enemy you can actually understand and relate to, despite the fact that they're the badguy. And yeah, like others have said, I'd love to see a set that tops out somewhere around 14 or so, and that involves politics, intrigue, and savvy. I want to see reprocussions that echo far beyond just the PCs and what they touch. I want to see nations go to war if things happen in a certain way. I want to see a plague sweep the land if the PCs fail to stop the badguys in time, and I want to see that plague flood cities with refugees, kill entire villages, and shift the balance of power. I want my stakes higher without it having anything to do with the CR of a fight, and I want it in terms that I can't divorce mentally because they're too big or too vague. [/QUOTE]

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