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WaterAndWindSpirit · 11-10-2018, 12:17 AM

Hello all.

So imagine a situation where a superpowered Phantom Thief with a code of honor who never endangered an innocent but is still a criminal looking to steal a very specific type of antiques gets in a weird relationship with a superhero. They are on opposite side of the law, but more often than not the Phantom Thief teams up with the superhero against a greater villain because while said Phantom Thief is ultimately on the wrong side of the law, he doesn't want some galactic conqueror/genocidal maniac/very dangerous supervillain running around and ruining his fun.

So whenever there's a world level threat around, the Phantom Thief is the superhero's ally, but when there's not a world level threat they're enemies.

Does that mean the Phantom Thief is both the hero's Ally and Enemy?

Thanks!

11-10-2018, 12:17 AM	#1
WaterAndWindSpirit Join Date: Oct 2014	Can the same NPC be both an Ally and Enemy to a PC? Hello all. So imagine a situation where a superpowered Phantom Thief with a code of honor who never endangered an innocent but is still a criminal looking to steal a very specific type of antiques gets in a weird relationship with a superhero. They are on opposite side of the law, but more often than not the Phantom Thief teams up with the superhero against a greater villain because while said Phantom Thief is ultimately on the wrong side of the law, he doesn't want some galactic conqueror/genocidal maniac/very dangerous supervillain running around and ruining his fun. So whenever there's a world level threat around, the Phantom Thief is the superhero's ally, but when there's not a world level threat they're enemies. Does that mean the Phantom Thief is both the hero's Ally and Enemy? Thanks!