The Dresden Files > DFRPG
Antagonists
MatthewD44:
you can also bring in the Fey with some of the lesser Sidhe coming around from time to time.
Samldanach:
Also remember that cut-and-dried doesn't have to be. After all, Thomas was pretty cut-and-dried when we were first introduced to him.
Take your half-vampire mobster, for example. When the party first meets him, he's the worst possible cross between Bianca and Marcone. Ruthless, brutal, and cold. The second time they meet him, though, they actually are reluctant allies, both fighting his sire (the PCs trying to beat down evil, the mobster just trying to get out from under his sire's thumb). A bit later, the mobster actually comes to the PCs for help. He's come to respect them, see, and thinks they can help him control the Hunger. Have him open with an offer of employment (I've actually always wanted to see an alternate universe where Harry accepted Marcone's offer from Fool Moon). Depending on how things go, he can either then try to appeal to their better natures, or he can turn to blackmail and/or kidnapping hostages to force them to help him. Ultimately, he could end up as an ally. Which could create all kinds of complications, as the other supernatural denizens then assume the PCs also share his morality...
MatthewD44:
Honestly I think it all comes down to basic character develop both in RPG settings and also in books. Just start out with a basic sketch of a "bad" guy/girl then attempt to get into their head so to speak. And Samldanach just gave a great idea on how to do that..
mikeryan:
--- Quote from: Samldanach on June 20, 2007, 11:18:55 AM ---Take your half-vampire mobster, for example.
--- End quote ---
That's actually the direction I was leaning. And I was thinking about giving the assassin ties to the White Council. He kills people, but not with magic. And the Council needs all the help that they can get, so they let it slide. That doesn't matter to the PCs, who are after him because people are dead.
But enough about my guys. Does anyone else want to post their own ideas? And not just so that I can steal ideas. I'm honestly curious what people intend to throw against their players.
MatthewD44:
Well I am doomed to live in a town with no gamers, there are times I really hate this town just for the lack of individuals that have my tastes in fun.
But if I were going to run something, I would have to go with a plot that deals with one of the lesser frey being involved with some shady guys in the shipping industry...
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version