Description Cards—Storytellers Deck: Ill Intent Excerpt PDF

We Love Villains.

Certain keywords like "murderous" carries with it ill intent. You will find herein, inspiring and unique ways to describe the wicked, foul or villainous characters in your story with the simple use of key venomous words. Each keyword comes with two brief examples. The first, an example introduction of a character using the keyword and the second example illustrates an assault using the same keyword. Use both examples to set the tone of your villain or antagonist.

For Example: Keyword: Venomous

• Example #1: "Every word from this mouth is twisted with venom and spite, designed to cow and belittle."
• Example #2: "Your opponent lashes out with the venomous wrath of a vengeful serpent."

This storytelling tool:

• Encourages writers to show, not just tell evil.
• Offers writing tips to add depth and drama to any of your story's characters.
• Is for Tabletop Gamers and Gamemasters who wish to better express their character's emotions and these cards can also be use right next to character sheets.
• Can tip your essay, blog, novel or gaming table from good to great!
• Allows you to flip through the cards at random to inspire new plot twists and character interest.
• Is written by genre.
• By design, is system neutral and super flexible.
• Is both a reference and a brainstorming tool.
• Offers fresh ways to describe emotions.
• Includes a collage of beautiful card art from Rafael Dorsz.

All Conflict Games PDFs have the following document features:

• Indexed: PDF contains a full Index for the entire suite of cards
• Searchable: PDF is not just images of the cards, but contains fully searchable text.
• Selectable: Each Action Word and Description can be selected, highlighted or copied out of the PDF.
• Layered PDF: There are some decorative items (like the color bars) within the presentation of the cards which you can choose not to print by unselecting the Adobe layer.
• Cutlines: The PDF is designed for you to cut out the cards from your printed 8 1/2 x 11 sheet. Therefore we provide cutlines to help you line up your scissors or cutting board.