Skull RPG: Game Masters Tell Your Story

GM 101: How to Create a Villain for Your RPG

February 09, 2021 Dwight and Jacob Scull Season 1 Episode 141
Skull RPG: Game Masters Tell Your Story
GM 101: How to Create a Villain for Your RPG
Show Notes

Hey Storytellers,

In today's episode, we talk about how to create a memorable villain.

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Villains should be the hero of their own story. So Thanos from Marvel is trying to save the universe from overpopulation.

We discuss how to give your villain a backstory so that they believe that their actions (no matter how evil) are justified because their end goal is just.