{"id":1672,"date":"2019-04-15T08:00:57","date_gmt":"2019-04-15T13:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/?p=1672"},"modified":"2019-03-23T20:21:55","modified_gmt":"2019-03-24T01:21:55","slug":"rppr-episode-166-cool-villain-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/2019\/04\/podcast-episode\/rppr-episode-166-cool-villain-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"RPPR Episode 166: Cool Villain Ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/wp-content\/uploads\/rppr166.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1673\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/2019\/04\/podcast-episode\/rppr-episode-166-cool-villain-ideas\/attachment\/rppr166\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/wp-content\/uploads\/rppr166.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,675\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"rppr166\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/wp-content\/uploads\/rppr166-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1673\" src=\"http:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/wp-content\/uploads\/rppr166-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/wp-content\/uploads\/rppr166-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/wp-content\/uploads\/rppr166-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/wp-content\/uploads\/rppr166-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/wp-content\/uploads\/rppr166.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Cool villains are hard to pull off in RPGs, mainly because players tend to kill them as soon as possible. Aron, Tom, and I got together to talk about how to make villains more memorable in games. Perhaps they can&#8217;t be killed easily or come back after death (thanks raise dead spells!) or killing them won&#8217;t stop the plan. I also talk about some ideas for future Base Raiders projects!<\/p>\n<p>Shout Outs<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/1564467781\/advanced-death-saves\"><strong>Advanced Death Saves<\/strong><\/a>: A comic anthology themed around tabletop RPGs.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/jamespatton.itch.io\/spinnortality\">Spinnortality<\/a><\/strong>: A cyberpunk corporation simulator. Buy the planet.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nightinthewoods.com\/\"><strong>Night in the Woods<\/strong><\/a>: A brilliant game about life, friendship, and existential dread. Great soundtrack too!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/764790\/The_Messenger\/\"><strong>The Messenger<\/strong><\/a>: A retro homage to Ninja Gaiden.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.behindthecurvefilm.com\/\"><strong>Behind the Curve<\/strong><\/a>: A Netflix documentary about the Flat Earth movement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Music: <a href=\"https:\/\/infiniteammo.bandcamp.com\/album\/night-in-the-woods-vol-3-demontower\">Boss Fight, Title, and End from Night in the Woods OST Volume 3<\/a><\/p>\n<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"RPPR Episode 166: Cool Villain Ideas\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2019-04-15T08:00:57-05:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1H20M01S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Cool villains are hard to pull off in RPGs, mainly because players tend to kill them as soon as possible. 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