Since your Big Bad Evil Guy sees themselves as the hero, they are able to develop and travel their own heroic journey. He sees them as evil, no matter what good deeds they do. The BBEG believes adventurers hoard their magic and money, only use it to enrich themselves.The players angered a dragon, which burned BBEG’s farm to the ground before the players were able to hunt it down and kill it.His family used to own the keep that the fighter just received as a reward from the local barron ruining his plans to restore his family’s place in the community.

He blames the party’s healer for not being there to help someone he loved when they got very sick.The party’s bard upstaged him in the local tavern on the night he was hoping to impress a young lady.He blames the player characters and the local governor for not helping put out the fire and save his home. His home burned down and he lost a lifetime of precious artwork.If the BBEG sees himself as seeking justice, we need to fill in his backstory with some event that would warrant all of the effort he is going to put into exacting his revenge. Perhaps his arrogance led him to believe that it is not revenge and retribution he seeks is really justice. Something happened in the past that has set him on the path of revenge. He is an artistic, free spirit with anger management issues. Given the traits above, lets flesh out this BBEG. Your Big Bad Evil Guy sees him or herself as the real or secret hero in the story.

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