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<blockquote data-quote="Ahnehnois" data-source="post: 5315890" data-attributes="member: 17106">It seems that my most endearing <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt="(:" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; (:"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname="(:" />devil<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> villain has been the most despicable one. I had an Eye of Fear &amp; Flame (BoVD). The creature was written as a corrupting entity whose M.O. is to present victims with sadistic choices (sort of Saw-like). I played it very much as written. It lasted some time and burned down the town the PCs were charged to protect and induced various NPCs to kill each other and do other horrible things and face the consequences, as well as nearly killing the PCs and capturing and torturing one. I've never seen such a happy catharsis as when the cleric finally crushed its skull.The lesson is to be honest. If you're doing evil, don't make it PG-13 &quot;ee-vil&quot;, make it really evil. The same goes if you want a righteous antagonist, or a morally ambiguous one: go for it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ahnehnois, post: 5315890, member: 17106"] It seems that my most endearing (:devil:) villain has been the most despicable one. I had an Eye of Fear & Flame (BoVD). The creature was written as a corrupting entity whose M.O. is to present victims with sadistic choices (sort of Saw-like). I played it very much as written. It lasted some time and burned down the town the PCs were charged to protect and induced various NPCs to kill each other and do other horrible things and face the consequences, as well as nearly killing the PCs and capturing and torturing one. I've never seen such a happy catharsis as when the cleric finally crushed its skull. The lesson is to be honest. If you're doing evil, don't make it PG-13 "ee-vil", make it really evil. The same goes if you want a righteous antagonist, or a morally ambiguous one: go for it. [/QUOTE]

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