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<h1>Natural Fantasy Villains</h1>
<p>When you create a natural fantasy antagonist, the information on page 254 of the Core Rulebook is an excellent starting point, but there are a few extra things to remember, just as there are for Player Characters.</p>
<h1>Natural Fantasy Villains</h1>
<h2>Basic Principles</h2>
<p>The natural fantasy genre presents a significant variety of archetypal Villains, but we can still infer some common key traits:</p>
<p>
When you create a natural fantasy antagonist, the information on page 254 of
the Core Rulebook is an excellent starting point, but there are a few extra
things to remember, just as there are for Player Characters.
</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>A link to the past.</strong> These antagonists have one or more elements that link them to the past of the setting: some are obsessed by ancient legends; others crave power and authority lent by millennia-old magics and technologies, or want to wipe out every last trace of them; finally, some are entities who survived an ancient calamity or were created in the distant past.</li>
<li><strong>Familiar concepts.</strong> A natural fantasy antagonist’s motivations and origin are often linked to needs, feelings, doubts, or emergencies that you might have had a brush with at least once in your personal life. As much as this might unsettle you, a part of you should be able to understand, perhaps at an instinctual level, what these Villains represent.</li>
<li><strong>Catastrophic results.</strong> When a natural fantasy Villain reaches their goals, the consequences are devastating: be it the awakening of a truly ancient danger, a permanent alteration to the ecosystem, or the extermination of entire communities, the Villain’s victory will tear open a wound in this world.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Basic Principles</h2>
<p>
The natural fantasy genre presents a significant variety of archetypal
Villains, but we can still infer some common key traits:
</p>
<p>The Game Master is given three main tools for introducing these Villains into the narrative and diving deep into their origins and objectives:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<strong>A link to the past.</strong> These antagonists have one or more
elements that link them to the past of the setting: some are obsessed by
ancient legends; others crave power and authority lent by millennia-old
magics and technologies, or want to wipe out every last trace of them;
finally, some are entities who survived an ancient calamity or were
created in the distant past.
</li>
<li>
<strong>Familiar concepts.</strong> A natural fantasy antagonist’s
motivations and origin are often linked to needs, feelings, doubts, or
emergencies that you might have had a brush with at least once in your
personal life. As much as this might unsettle you, a part of you should be
able to understand, perhaps at an instinctual level, what these Villains
represent.
</li>
<li>
<strong>Catastrophic results.</strong> When a natural fantasy Villain
reaches their goals, the consequences are devastating: be it the awakening
of a truly ancient danger, a permanent alteration to the ecosystem, or the
extermination of entire communities, the Villain’s victory will tear open
a wound in this world.
</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Stories, relics and traditions.</strong> If a Villain is the incarnation of an ancient danger, references to their existence should gradually appear during the campaign: these sources are often vague or partly contradictory – fertile ground for studies and speculations.</li>
<li><strong>Game Master scenes.</strong> Above all else, these scenes are useful to add depth to the antagonists, revealing their doubts and hesitations. When dealing with Villains that are closer in nature to a cataclysm or a supernatural presence, these scenes can show omens of their arrival and a growing sense of foreboding.</li>
<li><strong>Conflicts.</strong> During conflicts, natural fantasy Villains tend to fully embrace one of two extremes: some speak openly with the protagonists, explaining their reasons, while others march forward, undeterred and silent, toward their objective.</li>
</ul>
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<p>
The Game Master is given three main tools for introducing these Villains
into the narrative and diving deep into their origins and objectives:
</p>
<ul>
<li>
<strong>Stories, relics and traditions.</strong> If a Villain is the
incarnation of an ancient danger, references to their existence should
gradually appear during the campaign: these sources are often vague or
partly contradictory – fertile ground for studies and speculations.
</li>
<li>
<strong>Game Master scenes.</strong> Above all else, these scenes are
useful to add depth to the antagonists, revealing their doubts and
hesitations. When dealing with Villains that are closer in nature to a
cataclysm or a supernatural presence, these scenes can show omens of their
arrival and a growing sense of foreboding.
</li>
<li>
<strong>Conflicts.</strong> During conflicts, natural fantasy Villains
tend to fully embrace one of two extremes: some speak openly with the
protagonists, explaining their reasons, while others march forward,
undeterred and silent, toward their objective.
</li>
</ul>
</div>