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Originally Posted by jason taylor
One of the better villains(and this would be a good cross-reference to the Competent Villains thread) was La Grenouile in NCIS. He sold arms to anybody who would buy but treated it like business and himself like a businessman. He was ruthless in defense of his patrimony because he was in a trade where he couldn't trust the law's protection for the obvious reason that his trade was illegal besides being Not Nice. But he prided himself on having an aesthetic taste in the way he protected himself being more likely to say ruin someone's life by digging up a secret then to break their leg. In the meantime he made a point of being cultured and refined as if somehow knowing things about cognac makes up for sponsoring gang wars and tribal bloodbaths.
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In retrospect, the parallel should have been obvious. Maybe giving the Villian a daughter, and having her be someone that the player character has met would prove to be interesting - especially if she were a doctor. To her, he hides his villainy well. To everyone else who knows better, she just collateral damage in the attempts to take him down. I doubt the player enjoys "NCIS".
Hmmm. Something to think about for sure. Sophisticated, likeable when he wants to be (and wants something), and Rich enough to have his own boat, his own plane(s), and several homes throughout the world.
So, what is his primary motivation? If it were simple greed, then he'd likely to have screwed up somewhere. Recognition? The power that Wealth brings? The power that a criminal organization brings him? Maybe the delusion that he's one of the Illuminati? Always manipulating things behind the scenes - propping up one dictator here, toppling another there, funding a small insurgency to drum up business needs for specific weapons, and perhaps funding sufficient activity with corruption inducing bribes in the form of high society activities?
Looks like I may have to break out GURPS BOARDROOM AND CURIA for this one...