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darksyngr 12-28-06, 08:08 PM	Okay, I have here a rough draft of the main villains in my campaign. Whether they remain the main villains or not depends on my players. I have not created stats for them as of yet since I have no idea what level my players will be by the time they reach them. The NPC's below head a shadow organization. I want to develop the characters and make them more real to my players. Even though I use alignments as a guideline I like to make my characters something of a "yin-yang". Evil still has some good and Good has some evil. I would like my players to be able to sympathize and not go in "guns blazing" hacking everything in their way without remorse or lack of a conscience. I want them to question their actions. Any help or comments would be appreciated. Yes, cheesy names. I know... nothing you can do about it :evillaugh Guild Leader: Lady Nightshade (real name unknown) High Preistess of Shar (gestalt character) Classes: Cleric/shadow adept, rogue/nightcloak Alignment: LE A moon elf about 5'1 with long blond white hair that reaches almost to the floor. She wears heavy black silk robes with silver embroidery (magic symbols) that glow with a potent magical aura when detect magic is used. She wears a solid black obsidian mask and a single brooch in the shape of Shar's symbol. Those who have seen her say she is so badly scarred that it has disfigured what was once a beautiful elf. At a young age Nightshade's village was attacked by Drow. The Drow killed just about everyone forcing the young elf to watch as her family and friends were savagely murdered... some tortured. They then decided to take the few remaining survivors as slaves. Nightshade was brought to the underdark where she endured a great many abuses/torture. By the time Nightshade discovered a secret sect of Shar priestess a century later, Nightshade was as scarred mentally as she was physically. The Drow high priestess of Shar purchased Nightshade after she expressed her desire to serve Shar. Thus began her initiation and her rise to power. Nightshade can no longer distinguish between good and evil. Despises the weak and any fool enough to show fear in her presence runs the risk of a violent ending. She admires a quick wit and power. Any male or female she finds promising, or a challenge to her own power, she will seek to subdue and break them in attempts to bring them into the service of Shar. Nightshade allows no mirrors or any other reflective surface in her stronghold.
TrashCrap 12-29-06, 12:39 AM	What I would do is roleplay a session where the characters meet this villian but in a certain light. Show the villian as a character with emotions and regret. You might want to make the characters pity them for whatever reason. Show them that they have a heart and morals. Make sure that it stays roleplaying and that it doesnt escalate to combat, maybe make it seem like the villian has more morals than the characters. Maybe do this a few times before you really want them to fight to make them second guess their actions.