A death in the family – coping with character death
"In D&D, it’s not a kill-your-darlings type situation, because they’re someone else’s darlings."
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Villains get got – when your cool characters don’t get to do any of their cool stuff
"I think, ‘Oh, they’ve got no way of taking these guys on’, and then the party does something I don’t anticipate and crush it."
Villainous trades – swapping out some useless spells
"He did have a very good BAB. If only he hadn’t spent most of that fight blind and not hitting anyone."
The fulcrum of a campaign – building compelling one-time villains
"Then we got to fight her so she stopped being so distant, literally and metaphorically."
#Throwback Thursday – when old villains rejoin the fray
"But she was a really good dancer so the jury's still out as to whether she was a villain or not."
Monsters or Men, Part Two: No one slays like Gaston — the enduring appeal of villains who monologue
"Players can learn from their mistakes rather than being instantly killed by them."
Monsters or Men, Part One: Kill the Beast — the excellence of inhuman enemies
"It was hours and hours of work and my beautiful villain with perfect hair ended up a bloody mess."
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