CREATING VILLAINS

Create Villains, hidden as Rivals or not, as prime antagonists to complicate the Adventurers' lives.

A Villain provides a specific focus to give the Adventurers' heroic deeds a chance to shine.

Villains employ Specialists, Goons, Rivals, and other resources as needed to perpetrate their nefarious schemes.

For example, villain may unleash a goblin horde with a shaman specialist and archers to capture a lucrative gold mine from a hardworking village of miners and farmers which the Adventurers vow to protect.

Core Villain Design

☐ VILLAIN SPECIALIST NPC
Who (or what…) is the Big Bad Evil Threat?
Create a core Specialist NPC (or monster…) who can become the Villain to lead the Faction of Evil.

◢ Creating NPCs
◢ Creating Specialists

☐ VILLAIN FACTION
How big of a Threat is the Big Bad Evil Threat?
As the Villain progresses their plot from dream to reality, they may gather many additional hands and resources to help them, creating one or more factions which the Adventurers may cross paths with more and more often as the Adventurers and the Faction both rise in power.

◢ Creating Factions

☐ VILLAIN PLOT
What is the Big Bad Evil Threat, really?
In addition to being a Specialist themselves with some additional ability to surprise the Adventurers, what truly sets the Villain apart from a Rival or Specialist hireling comes as they create their dastardly plot.

◢ Creating Plots

Villain Worksheet

Create a note card for each possible recurring or persistent Villain:

Core Design
VILLAIN NAME
VILLAIN APPEARANCE
VILLAIN PORTRAYAL
Additional Design
VILLAIN REACTIONS
VILLAIN NEEDS / AGENDAS / HOOKS
VILLAIN RUMORS / SECRETS / CLUES
VILLAIN ATTRIBUTES / RESERVES
VILLAIN ROLE / PROFESSION
VILLAIN SKILLS / SFX
VILLAIN ALLEGIANCE / FACTION
VILLAIN SFX ABILITY
VILLAIN MOTIVATION
VILLAIN LOYALTY
VILLAIN FACTION
VILLAIN PLOT

Additional Resources

Salvage Space: NPCs

◢ Salvage Space: NPCs

▲ Chronology :: ◢ References: NPCs