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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Snarf Zagyg" data-source="post: 9396763" data-attributes="member: 7023840">The answer to this question is here-[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.eviloverlord.com/lists/overlord.html[/URL]I would look to the following rules-40. I will be neither chivalrous nor sporting. If I have an unstoppable superweapon, I will use it as early and as often as possible instead of keeping it in reserve45. I will make sure I have a clear understanding of who is responsible for what in my organization. For example, if my general screws up I will not draw my weapon, point it at him, say "And here is the price for failure," then suddenly turn and kill some random underling.56. My Legions of Terror will be trained in basic marksmanship. Any who cannot learn to hit a man-sized target at 10 meters will be used for target practice.70. When my guards split up to search for intruders, they will always travel in groups of at least two. They will be trained so that if one of them disappears mysteriously while on patrol, the other will immediately initiate an alert and call for backup, instead of quizzically peering around a corner.71. If I decide to test a lieutenant's loyalty and see if he/she should be made a trusted lieutenant, I will have a crack squad of marksmen standing by in case the answer is no.75. I will instruct my Legions of Terror to attack the hero en masse, instead of standing around waiting while members break off and attack one or two at a time.78. I will not tell my Legions of Terror "And he must be taken alive!" The command will be "And try to take him alive if it is reasonably practical."80. If my weakest troops fail to eliminate a hero, I will send out my best troops instead of wasting time with progressively stronger ones as he gets closer and closer to my fortress. 88. If a group of henchmen fail miserably at a task, I will not berate them for incompetence then send the same group out to try the task again.That said, to answer the question.... a BBEG has better things to do than to take out the garbage themselves. That's why they have lackeys. Why bother getting to be the Big Bad if you can't order others to do the dangerous stuff?Seriously, the best BBEGs work through others and stay in the shadows. IMO.</blockquote>

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