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Old 10-09-2017, 08:31 AM   #5
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Default Re: Advice sought for fleshing out a major villian

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Originally Posted by Michele View Post
Sure. But I would expect that the OP's gist is that this sort of thing emerges later, as the PCs get to know more and more about the activities of the NPC. Note the OP doesn't want to "spill the beans up front". The almost casual remark I suggested, or something like that, wouldn't even be considered something worth of being dealt with in secrecy, so it can be dropped within the PCs' hearshot without too much fuss. What you suggest would be kept secret, and the PCs should have to work to find out about it.
Okay, that's a fair point. At the very least, anything along those lines should be hinted at in a way that preserves deniability, rather than said outright. "Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?"
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