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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tarangil" data-source="post: 2659553" data-attributes="member: 34763">What can you do to get your players to really hate an NPC?The way I've found quite useful is have them become friends and companions for a few adventures before the NPC's colors eventually show through and he/she screws them over.My example is that my players had to hire some NPC's as guards as they took an elderly sage to an archaeological site to study out in the wilderness.  They chose 4 NPC's and one of them had a military background and was a straight foreward hands on guy.  However he was more or less a mercenary with an alignment of LE, but they paid well and he stuck with them through many adventures, including a jaunt through hell.  There were your occasional differences of opinion but everyone worked well.  But The NPC's old employer had found him and had a much better offer, which unfortunately was conflicting with  what the players were doing.  So in the end he covinced another NPC in the group to go with him, and they beat up one of the players when caught alone and took some important stuff.I <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/devious.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":]" title="Devious    :]" data-shortname=":]" /> 've never seen players with such a hate on for something before!</blockquote>