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<blockquote data-quote="BookTenTiger" data-source="post: 9395617" data-attributes="member: 6685541">This doesn't apply to the situation in your game, but here are a number of reasons a BBEG might delegate:1) They are gathering power. They are not yet powerful enough to have the characters, and so send their allies and minions to fight while they grow in power. Maybe they once had power, or have influence in other ways.2) They are trapped or far away. The BBEG might be trapped in another realm, imprisoned somewhere, or manipulating events from across the sea. The characters face their agents, thralls, etc.3) They are drama queens (aka Strahd). The BBEG enjoys tormenting the characters by sending minions. Their goal is chaos and suffering, not necessarily the death of the characters.4) They want then characters alive. Maybe they owe the characters a debt (perhaps the characters freed them from a tomb or a magic trap), they want the characters for a ritual, the characters are part of a prophecy... For whatever reason, they don't want to kill the characters, and it's quite inconvenient that the characters keep killing their minions!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BookTenTiger, post: 9395617, member: 6685541"] This doesn't apply to the situation in your game, but here are a number of reasons a BBEG might delegate: 1) They are gathering power. They are not yet powerful enough to have the characters, and so send their allies and minions to fight while they grow in power. Maybe they once had power, or have influence in other ways. 2) They are trapped or far away. The BBEG might be trapped in another realm, imprisoned somewhere, or manipulating events from across the sea. The characters face their agents, thralls, etc. 3) They are drama queens (aka Strahd). The BBEG enjoys tormenting the characters by sending minions. Their goal is chaos and suffering, not necessarily the death of the characters. 4) They want then characters alive. Maybe they owe the characters a debt (perhaps the characters freed them from a tomb or a magic trap), they want the characters for a ritual, the characters are part of a prophecy... For whatever reason, they don't want to kill the characters, and it's quite inconvenient that the characters keep killing their minions! [/QUOTE]

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