Comments on: Proper Villainy pt. 2: Time To Kill The Donuts http://www.stupidranger.com/2007/09/proper-villainy-pt-2-time-to-kill-the-donuts.php Never Adventure Alone Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:19:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Devin http://www.stupidranger.com/2007/09/proper-villainy-pt-2-time-to-kill-the-donuts.php/comment-page-1#comment-45 Devin Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:41:00 +0000 http://www.stupidranger.com/2007/09/proper-villainy-pt-2-time-to-kill-the-donuts.html#comment-45 Excellent article, Vanir. Every villain needs such a justification for their actions. It not only makes them more believable, but it also has the potential to make them thus a bit more... I hesitate to use the word "sympathetic," but PCs can see how the villain got to be that way.<br/><br/>And perhaps see it as a warning that they, too, could come to be that way if they don't watch themselves... Excellent article, Vanir. Every villain needs such a justification for their actions. It not only makes them more believable, but it also has the potential to make them thus a bit more… I hesitate to use the word “sympathetic,” but PCs can see how the villain got to be that way.

And perhaps see it as a warning that they, too, could come to be that way if they don’t watch themselves…

]]> By: Phil http://www.stupidranger.com/2007/09/proper-villainy-pt-2-time-to-kill-the-donuts.php/comment-page-1#comment-32 Phil Wed, 05 Sep 2007 12:05:00 +0000 http://www.stupidranger.com/2007/09/proper-villainy-pt-2-time-to-kill-the-donuts.html#comment-32 Pure Gold! True believable evil resides on the belief that no evil is done. That's why I hate fantasy plots where a holy order commits atrocities in the name of the light. It's pure distilled evil. Ptolus has some of that. Pure Gold! True believable evil resides on the belief that no evil is done. That’s why I hate fantasy plots where a holy order commits atrocities in the name of the light. It’s pure distilled evil. Ptolus has some of that.

]]> By: Yax http://www.stupidranger.com/2007/09/proper-villainy-pt-2-time-to-kill-the-donuts.php/comment-page-1#comment-31 Yax Wed, 05 Sep 2007 07:57:00 +0000 http://www.stupidranger.com/2007/09/proper-villainy-pt-2-time-to-kill-the-donuts.html#comment-31 Good stuff. I suggest an addition to the list: The ostrich technique. A villain sends others to do the "dirty" work so it's not really his doing. Good stuff. I suggest an addition to the list: The ostrich technique. A villain sends others to do the “dirty” work so it’s not really his doing.

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