Build Villains to Thrill
Hook and Chance
English - April 06, 2020 11:00 - 44 minutes - 60.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsGames Leisure Hobbies Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Presenting an antagonist that your players care about can be maddening. To release your brainchild of a baddie complete with haunting eyes and a tragic tale to your group feels fantastic! Right up until a player asks "Who's this? Are we supposed to kill them? Will this level us up?" Well, we've been there, and that's why we spent time figuring out what we were missing. This episode takes you through our process.
1. Know your heroes
2. Choose your villain archetype
3. Build the Character of your villain
4. Build up to your villain
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