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I dunno, he doesn't seem as colorful as I remember him. The fleshgraft feat is nifty, though, but while exciting in terms of fluff, the crunch of it just doesn't compel me very far.

Still, good job! I guess I can't complain too much this round, since I'm absolute crap at stat blocks, so I have to gloss over 50% of everyone's entries.

So he's a villain... with a family business to run. And not even an evil family business... it's like suddenly finding out the proprietor of your local grocery store is actually an evil mastermind. It's not really fitting together for me...

Ohhh the abyssal ones seem to be tugging at my heartstrings tonight. Especially since I'm currently running with a plot that involves an experiment-gone-wrong right now (except it's one of my PCs instead of a villain, which is crazy). Congrats, you have just stolen a vote from someone else. Good luck!

I really like the "make the world ugly like him" angle. Cinematically I can really envision playing this villain and get into his head to move him, which I like a lot. I could easily see using this as a far-reaching villain.

But... I'm rewarding cleverness tonight, and there are other concepts I want to see that are a bit more unique.

It sort of lost me at "Aelfric’s soul is housed in a dead but magical tree." From reading the other responses, it might have gotten better beyond that, but I couldn't read that sentence without giggling and failing to take it seriously.

Also, his ambitions seem wayyyy lofty. Doesn't everything essentially dream? So he's trying to ruin all of creation, but still has a sense of self-preservation? Wierd.

I was all happy with this until one of the judges pointed out that the setting was cooler than the villain, and I realized that that was what had gotten me into it. Admittedly, where he makes his home imparts quite a bit of his personality, and the whole entry is incredibly well-written, but there are other entries I'm more curious to see move on.

Good job, though!

Sounds like a great horror movie... but something of a one-trick pony otherwise. Seems to suffer from what a lot of the villains are suffering from - the inability to travel/influence things beyond his little meted out world. So, as long as the players aren't wandering through his town, it'd be hard to engage them with him.

Actually, my first thought was "Gah, what a nerd." Basically, he's a social misfit, and I can hear him cackling madly in my head - in the style of most of my nerdy friends, who would not impress me as villains. I'm afraid I have to agree that a villain like this is dismissable in game terms.

Now, if those humiliations frequently turned deadly, then we'd have a real sociopath on our hands...

Yeah this strikes me as another one of those "Oh look, it's ... that guy," villains. We all love being capricious monkeys, but this strikes me as more of a thorn than an antagonist.

So far, this one is a top favorite, for sure. It has all the elements I like - it's evocative, it's creepy, it gets inside your head, and is very easy to see the PCs involved with him. Ten hugs for you, good sir, and very likely one shiny vote from me.

Definitely a well-written character, very memorable. Khanate just means my players are going to be screaming "Khan!!" every time I mention him, but that's ok. I'm not sure how to involve the PCs with him - is it really their job to stop a war? Wars happen all the time, and unless the PCs have a vested interest in that particular strip of land (or it's imminently evident he's going to take over the world), it's hard to pit a party of 5 or 6 against an army. First impression, it comes down to "He's waging war, we should stop him!" "Why?" ".. cuz war is bad?"

Basically, I would have liked more personal elements, how he's going to get inside the PCs heads. Still, totally sweet-looking character. Probably also in my top 4.

The prose was good, and totally hooked me (A gnoll being a person of influence? Do go on!), but without plot hooks I'm not sure where to go with this. Mostly I just want to give him a hug and a pat on the head.

Guess I'm not the only one who wanted to hear more about his twisted forest "friends." Seems a bit shallow to hate all elves just from one bad encounter with one (that's more of a PC thing, IMO ;) ), but is not unfeasible. On the whole, an entry that just needs a little maturing to be really compelling. So far, this one will probably be in my 4 votes.

EDIT: Decided not to vote for this one as I found others I like better.

Some people like lists - they drive me a little batty. Lists are meant to be shorthand for things to do, not an evocative and compelling description. I guess I like a little more story, a little less laundry list. I'm a fan of prose, which this entry is lacking.

I'm also a little wierded out by a spymaster who is also a cultist. My idea of spymasters is that they are gatherers of information to sell to the highest bidder, or to protect an obviously public figure. Cultists are shady and secret, and so is a spymaster, but I find it hard to reconcile their aims.

Wow lots of praise :) I actually didn't care for this one, if only because she's the kind of villain that's going to annoy the players to death. Some DMs like playing "ha gotcha!" but it's just not my style. Betrayal is a fine part of any campaign, but this villain is just so... snarky.