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<blockquote data-quote="fnork de sporg" data-source="post: 1563039" data-attributes="member: 4713"><p>Well, there's always the evil overlord list.</p><p> </p><p>My favorite from the list was the one with your grandkids. You keep your cute little grandkids by the throne room all the time, giving them food and toys and entertainers, playing with them yourself when you have the time. When the valiant good guys show up to kill your evil ass you pull out your cute loving adolescent relatives and ask the paladin, or whoever looks the most sentimental if they don't have one, to explain to the rugrats how and why they are going to murder grandpa.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>some other advice,</p><p> </p><p>Get rich. Real rich. Invest wisely, in real estate if they have it.</p><p> </p><p>Marry in to royalty. But don't ever be king. It's too high profile and there would be too many people lethally vying for your job.</p><p> </p><p>Be a good guy. Yes, I know you are evil and cruel and all that, but you don't have to always be on. Give to charity, build hospitals, repair roads an improve the town walls. In a little while they won't mind having a necromancer move in to the center of town, and in a little while you can manage to won half the town, and if you're a good guy about it they won't mind. Always be polite, never draw a weapon. Never fight if you don't have to. Let people go, all the frigging time. A group of lawful good guy are only going to be able to stand you freeing, forgiving, and reequiping them so many times before they start to question the righteousness of their deathlust. Don't start in on the evil slavering drooling perverted torturingf undead-loving fiend-worshipping untill you are deep deep within your sound-proof non-detection enabled citadel.</p><p> </p><p>Never betray their trust until you're sure you can kill every last one of them three times over in less than thirty seconds. Tne or fifteen seconds would be better, if you can get there.</p><p> </p><p>No goal beyond divinity is worth striving for. Divinity is as big as it gets, and you want that. Get your allies to help you attain it, then maybe turn against them.</p><p> </p><p>Never destroy what you can corrupt. Paladins make the best blackguards.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fnork de sporg, post: 1563039, member: 4713"] Well, there's always the evil overlord list. My favorite from the list was the one with your grandkids. You keep your cute little grandkids by the throne room all the time, giving them food and toys and entertainers, playing with them yourself when you have the time. When the valiant good guys show up to kill your evil ass you pull out your cute loving adolescent relatives and ask the paladin, or whoever looks the most sentimental if they don't have one, to explain to the rugrats how and why they are going to murder grandpa. some other advice, Get rich. Real rich. Invest wisely, in real estate if they have it. Marry in to royalty. But don't ever be king. It's too high profile and there would be too many people lethally vying for your job. Be a good guy. Yes, I know you are evil and cruel and all that, but you don't have to always be on. Give to charity, build hospitals, repair roads an improve the town walls. In a little while they won't mind having a necromancer move in to the center of town, and in a little while you can manage to won half the town, and if you're a good guy about it they won't mind. Always be polite, never draw a weapon. Never fight if you don't have to. Let people go, all the frigging time. A group of lawful good guy are only going to be able to stand you freeing, forgiving, and reequiping them so many times before they start to question the righteousness of their deathlust. Don't start in on the evil slavering drooling perverted torturingf undead-loving fiend-worshipping untill you are deep deep within your sound-proof non-detection enabled citadel. Never betray their trust until you're sure you can kill every last one of them three times over in less than thirty seconds. Tne or fifteen seconds would be better, if you can get there. No goal beyond divinity is worth striving for. Divinity is as big as it gets, and you want that. Get your allies to help you attain it, then maybe turn against them. Never destroy what you can corrupt. Paladins make the best blackguards. [/QUOTE]
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