>the dark lord is socially awkward and kidnaps maidens because

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>>52164766
>the dark lord is having his castle renovated and he needs a place to crash
>Can your party become his roomies?

>>52164766
Fuck, that's a villain I'd betray the party to join. Quick, simple, no-fucking-around solution to the problem.

Plus some cute kidnapped maidens

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>>52164825
>He promises that, once he's back on his feet, he'll reward your party
>Months pass, his friends stay over too often, but the guy's just so much fun and genuinely kind that you stop caring
>Even makes some improvements to your base of operations, with traps to keep thieves from getting to your stuff, a bitchin moat, and his friends act as pretty reliable servants
>Eventually, a group of dickbag mercenaries show up, banging on your door and demanding your buddy surrender himself
>Yfw your home has become a dungeon

>>52164766

>Defeat the Dark lord
>He confesses he's socially awkward and doesn't really know how to talk to people
>Tell him to start a business to help him get the hang of talking to people
>He opens up a bar.
>Several months later he has a nice Inn and Tavern and the bar maid is his fiance.

Give him the One Piece treatment

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>The party decides to kidnap the princess so the dark lord can save her and be hailed as a hero
>The paladin paints his shining armor black and starts speaking in a stereotypically villanous way, constantly cackling in an unconvincing way which he considers "evil"
>The Wizard does special effects like dramatic lightning strikes and acoustics
>The cleric, having a reliable "good guy" reputation, goes to the capital to inform everyone that the party has gone mad and is now a threat to the princess
>The silvertongued rogue gives the dark lord pre-combat support and acts as his souffleur to help him act as smooth as possible
>Eventually the dark lord "defeats" the evil "blackguard", the princess and party are brought back to the capital, the cleric "expells" the "evil spirits" that were "possessing" the party members
>The princess has fallen for the dark lord
>He renounces his evil ways and becomes a relatively charming prince consort
>All's well that ends well

>>52165433
>souffleur
what a delightful word.

>>52165433
Welp, I know what my next adventure is.

>>52164766
>Helping a serial rapist.

Let me sleep on that.

>>52165775
He doesn't rape them anon. He's big on consent. He just holds them in his prison tower and practices talking to them, hoping that one will see through his awkward, villainous facade and fall in love with the real him.

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>>52165775
>Not helping a serial rapist
Why do you even need to think about it?

>>52165811
>Helping a serial rapist
>Not being a serial rapist

>>52165803
Is his prison tower located at Skullcrusher Mountain?