ITT: BBEG Brainstorming, Examples, and/or Stories

>BBEG

*cringe*

>>54822545
What's wrong with a vanilla Big Bad Evil Guy? I usually fall prey to over-complicating my games, so it's nice to return to the roots once and awhile.

>>54822488
Don't make a level 20 BBEG, your campaign will not make it that high.

>>54822488
>Making NPCs with class levels
Cease your faggotry immediately. This is not how things are done in 5e.

>>54822984
this is a great step 1 for every dnd game ever. No campaign should ever progress past lvl 10.

>>54822648
It's saying "big bad evil guy" instead of just "villain" that's cringe inducing.

>>54823421
you are an autist

The biggest problem I've had with main villains is them not being present in the eyes of the players. It has to get personal. Just having them hear about him/her/it is not enough.

I gave my players the talking skull of an archdemon with the knowledge that this was the main villain. The dynamics of the characters prevented him from being dropped in the ocean or an easy solutions like that, because he would talk and haggle away. Also, they found him at the bottom of the ocean so that obviously doesn't help.
Great times were had.

>BBEG

Ugh.

>>54824036
That sounds like fun for your players. How did it end up playing out?

>>54824036
>The biggest problem I've had with main villains is them not being present in the eyes of the players. It has to get personal.
Yeah, this is why I hate the idea of mystery villains.

>>54823023
Why not? I have had a couple games go passed 10 and they were fun. Now, I do completely understand that players that are too high level can get pretty ridiculous, usually involving dimensional travel and the like. The way I see it is as long as we are having fun, then the game can progress.