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<h3>CHAPTER VILLAINS</h3>
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Some Non-Player Characters are a bit more important than others — these are
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Villains, the main antagonists in the story. You will find more information
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about them starting on <a href="/books/core/#page-100">page 100</a>, but what
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you need to know right now is that they enjoy several privileges when compared
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to normal NPCs.
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</p>
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When reduced to 0 Hit Points, a Villain must choose one of two options:
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escaping or surrendering.
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</p>
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<h3>Escaping</h3>
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<p>
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Villains have a pool of special points, mirroring the Player Characters'
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Fabula Points: these are called <q>Ultima Points</q> (see
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<a href="/books/core/#page-101">page 101</a>). When reduced to 0 Hit Points, a
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Villain may spend 1 Ultima Point and safely disappear from the scene; the Game
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Master describes how this happens.
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<strong>Example:</strong> Held at gunpoint by the sky pirate Morgan, Commander
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Duna grins and leaps from the airship's deck, plummeting towards the ocean
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below. But when Morgan leans over the railing to see where the armored warrior
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fell, he's clinging to a large winged salamander. "You win this battle,
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pirate!" he shouts, before the powerful beast carries him away towards the
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capital.
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If a Villain has no Ultima Points left, they may still escape by escalating
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into a more dangerous version of themselves (see
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<a href="/books/core/#page-102">page 102</a>).
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</p>
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<h3>Surrendering</h3>
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<p>
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The Villain surrenders and is treated as any other Non-Player Character; their
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fate rests in the hands of those who defeated them. In general, a Villain will
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only choose this option if it's the only choice they have left; if the Player
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Characters show mercy to a Villain, they might even earn a new ally — this
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would also be a spectacular way to introduce a new Player Character in the
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group.
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</p>
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