Around the blogs... Villains in RPGs

Over the last few weeks we've seen a number of excellent posts about villains and other general badasses. From articles about how to run villains, to developing back stories, to actually playable NPCs to drop into your game, there's been a ton of writing about it. Not to mention we've also seen a bunch of new, and very fine I might add, artwork from several up and coming illustrators. Here's a round up of what I've read and helped craft myself.

(btw - the villain survey/random drawing for RPGNow gift certificate has closed; but we'll release the results later this week. I'm waiting to hear back from the winner).

Playable Villain NPCs

• At-Will : The Song of Flame: Savis Rayn
• At-Will : Heart of Chaos: Grebs Follyfoot
• The Core Mechanic : Cerdic Elesing
• The Core Mechanic : Morgan Le Fay
• The Core Mechanic : Sir Mordred
• The Core Mechanic : The Incubus, An Old Demon Made New Again
• The Core Mechanic : The Dead Queens of Morvena (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Summary PDF)
• Mad Brew Labs : Mad Archwizard
• Mad Brew Labs : Tyrant King
• Mad Brew Labs : Acario Macellarius IX [Heroic Tier]
• Exchange of Realities : Gethin of the Ash
• Exchange of Realities : Zora Aldebar
• PAIZO Superstar 2009: Round 2 : Top 32 Contestant Villains
• Bard of Valiant : 4 Villains You Didn’t Think Of
• Thieves Cant : Dirty Rotten Scoundrels: Anry the Bladed
• Life and Times of a Phillipine Gamer : Villains Spotlight Series
  

Villain Toolbox

• At-WIll : The Vicious Virtues of Villainy
• The Core Mechanic : Anatomy of a Villain
• Life and Times of a Phillipine Gamer : My Villains are Social Dynamics Puzzles
• Mad Brew Labs : Villainous Vivisection
• The RPG Athenaeum : Quandary-Based Villain Creation
• The RPG Athenaeum : Every villain needs a paycheck

The Generic Villain
Ravyn, the blogger behind the RPG blog Exchange of Realities, has been long running an excellent series titled "The Generic Villain" wherein each post details some aspect of "villainry". Here's a short list of some recent posts, but head over there to see the whole series.

• The Generic Villain on Immortality
• The Generic Villain on Creating Your Own Nemesis
• The Generic Villain on Effective Evil Monologues

Did I miss anything? If you have an article or blog post that you think should be added to this list.. please leave a comment and let us know!