Evil Pathfinder Society NPCs


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While PCs cannot be evil, the Society itself is a neutral organization. Who are the Society NPCs who are actual members of the Society (agents, VCs) that are evil?

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Zarta Dralneen, if memory serves, is evil. And if she wasn't, she certainly seems to be heading that way. No one knows what anyone on the Decemvirate's alignment is, and some could very well be evil.

Torch may have been evil, but he's probably under a misdirection spell pointing to a table which is under a misdirection spell pointing to a half orc who is under a misdirection spell pointing back to the table.

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I can't remember his name, but I believe the NPC expert that you have to escort in First Steps part III was evil.

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RainyDayNinja wrote:
I can't remember his name, but I believe the NPC expert that you have to escort in First Steps part III was evil.

True - I don't remember his name, either, but I remember he was evil. The Paracountess has always been LE. I believe that's listed in one of the books (Field Guide?), though she was never officially a Pathfinder, just an ally.

There are also quite a few "almost evil" PCs out there. I tend to lean good with my PCs, but I have one I describe as "neutral evil waiting to happen".

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Zarta is Lawful Evil, and has enough Hit Dice to detect as such. I always love throwing the Paladin for a curve: "Why, yes, you detect a strong presence of evil in the room... Oh, hey, it's your old consort, Zarta Dralneen!"

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To clarify, I'm specifically looking for actual members of the Society. Zarta and Torch would be allies of the Society but are not de facto members.

The reason I'm asking is that in a scenario, a Pathfinder agent had a CE alignment and one of the players automatically assumed that they were a false Pathfinder and I had to remind them the Society is a neutral organization and has members of all alignments. This led me to wonder who the actual evil Pathfinder agents are.

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Season 2 featured many evil-aligned members of the Society.

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I seem to recall a few evil aligned Venture Captains...

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Oddly I think she might be actually drifting to LN.

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David Neilson wrote:

Oddly I think she might be actually drifting to LN.

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Nah, that just reaffirmed her convictions.

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TriOmegaZero wrote:
I seem to recall a few evil aligned Venture Captains...

He's talking in the game. Not real life.

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There are tons of evil PCs. They just put a "CN" on their character sheet.

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trollbill wrote:
TriOmegaZero wrote:
I seem to recall a few evil aligned Venture Captains...
He's talking in the game.

So am I. ;)

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Keep in mind that an organization's alignment is to some degree independent of its members' alignments.

If a group of paladins of Iomedae form a bridge club, that bridge club will still be N, despite the fact that it's members are all LG. The bridge club is just a group of people playing cards.

If some LE cleric of Abadar founds a charity that feeds the orphans of Absolom, that organization is G, even if it's founder created it as a tax shelter.

The Society's goals and pursuits are N. So it is possible that only a few agents are E, while most are N or even G.

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Drandle Dreng is CE.

Everyone knows it.

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I think the flying photon has hit the nail on the head. There are lots of CE characters who have simply penciled in CN.

Venture Captain Thurl is most likely evil.

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TOZ wrote:
trollbill wrote:
TriOmegaZero wrote:
I seem to recall a few evil aligned Venture Captains...
He's talking in the game.
So am I. ;)

For some reason I'm thinking of Hammer Time.

;)

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Eyes of Ten - There's an evil pathfinder in there.

Grand Lodge 4/5

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The Fourth Horseman wrote:
Drandle Dreng is CE.

The Society uses every tool available to it.

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TOOL is the operative word! lol

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Yes, June. That was the joke. :P

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The Fourth Horseman wrote:

Drandle Dreng is CE.

Everyone knows it.

Sorry, I personally think he is NE, Pure evil, not randomly evil.

How else can you not tell that the evil <redacted> which impersonated him, wasn't him?

And, indeed, <redacted> from Seasons 0 & 1 must have been evil.

I wouldn't put it past what's-his-name, Eando Cline or whatever it is, being evil. Have you ever read his Chronicle?

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June Soler wrote:
Eyes of Ten - There's an evil pathfinder in there.

Well... yeah... But I don't think that's what Sammy had in mind. For reasons I won't spoiler here.

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kinevon wrote:
I wouldn't put it past what's-his-name, Eando Cline or whatever it is, being evil. Have you ever read his Chronicle?

Well, in Inner Sea Magic, it says Eando Kline is CG.

Of the Society's associates (or ex-associates), I can only find Zarta Dralneen and Pasha Muhlia Al-Jakri who are evil.

Nefreet wrote:
Zarta is Lawful Evil, and has enough Hit Dice to detect as such. I always love throwing the Paladin for a curve: "Why, yes, you detect a strong presence of evil in the room... Oh, hey, it's your old consort, Zarta Dralneen!"

I actually once had a paladin in a game of First Steps 1 who cast Detect Evil on her. But as she is a bard, I had her cast Dispel Magic and lecture him about behaving according to his social station. ;P

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Really, isn't the proper response "I'm a Paladin, this *IS* my social station." Also she is a bard, she most likely has misdirection or another counter spell up. Heck she could keep an innocent around so she detects as pure as driven snow.

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David Neilson wrote:
Heck she could keep an innocent around so she detects as pure as driven snow.

What, and ruin her reputation?

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Drandle Dreng IS evil, who else would constantly get Pathfinders up at insane hours to do things

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In terms of Zarta and first steps Paladins. If she used misdirection at all it would be from a big enough devil to make impertinent Paladins keel over. But if one did challenge her it would be a case of "of course I detect evil. How long do you think I would remain Chellish Ambassador if I didnt. Those asmodean Inquisitors are sooo eager" Smiles mischeviously

And about five minutes later "remember Paladin, If anyone asks you can not deny being in my bedchamber within five minutes of meeting me" with an equally mischevious smile

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Mystic_Snowfang wrote:
Drandle Dreng IS evil, who else would constantly get Pathfinders up at insane hours to get themselves killed for stupid reasons

Fixed that for you.

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I'm still waiting for a "Funeral of Drandle Drang" scenario. I still say the old coot is going to fake his own death some day, just so he can retire without a legion of Pathfinders hunting him down and killing him.

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Fromper wrote:
I'm still waiting for a "Funeral of Drandle Drang" scenario. I still say the old coot is going to fake his own death some day, just so he can retire without a legion of Pathfinders hunting him down and killing him.

He's often killed by annoyed pathfinders, but just as quickly impersonated by a dopleganger trying to infiltrate the society. The dopleganger doesn't know why dreng went missing, and the pathfinders don't want to admit they've killed dreng. This has happened 37 times with a succession of doppelgangers. In fact the real dreng has been dead since AR 4009.

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