Now, while I think CSI is a fairly entertaining show, I've never been a person that really sits down and spends hours watching TV. However, an episode aired on the TV (I do like keeping it on for background noise) that...
My thought was to create a character similar to this that could be a BBEG or reoccurring nemesis or something similar for the party. It would represent a huge moral quandary as well as she would only be a child, and any 'good' character should be more inclined to save/redeem her instead of killing her.
Any thoughts on what this girl would be, class, ability, trait, feats etc. wise?
My initial thought is bard with a high intelligence and good charisma. Either that or a wizard with similar stats. She would be focused more on enchanting, and manipulating people, than outright combat. Naturally, this would be a lower level villain, but there should be a possibility for her to escape and keep plotting/scheming against them in the future. At the same time, capture and fake-rehabilitation should also be considered. The most dangerous thing about her, would, be the fact everyone that helps her is willingly doing so. They love and adore her, and may be good people in their own right, but she is manipulating them to meet her own ends. I would imagine lots of intrigue, false leads, and false suspects etc. that would frustrate the PCs to no end.
First of all:
My good PC's would not hesitate to strike down such an evil beast.
Age doesn't factor much into the mentality of the time period our characters are in. This is more or less a modern issue since we actually have ways to deal with younger (and older) offenders.
You see a murderer? you kill the murderer. The only real thing to give pause would be un-natural manipulation (magic, possession etc.) or self defense.
"Oh no this person did *murder* and happens to be a young person".
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"oh no this person is a murder. Time to face justice"
Your D&D world may be different. If so, more power to you.. but places of proper incarceration or effective rehabiliation just haven't ever really showed up in any I've been in. "she can be brought to the light" is only really a good answer if there is a place she can be taken where the time can be taken to properly undertake such an endeavor. Unless of course, you intend the PC's to tote this person around with them and do it themselves. While possible in theory, the prodigy BBEG would just kill them during their next boss fight...
I mean, I don't dislike the concept. I'm all for the PC's fighting unusual things- even things that make them think. But unless your campaign world is setup such that there *are* places they can take the kiddo.. don't be too surprised if he/she/whatever ends up missing their noggin at the end of the session. Good PC's, even Paladin, rarely have any other choice.
just my 2 coppers.
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Avoiding the ethics of Selg's post as it would seriously derail the topic.
I remember those episodes. She was scary. And with that, I really like this idea. It's evil without being blatant. Like Ajaxis said, make her a halfling with the childlike and pass for human feats. A highly intelligent and charismatic bard would probably work best. Max out bluff and diplomacy and make sure she has lots of charm spells ready for if people don't believe her. Beyond that, I'm not sure what else to do.
Well it's not so much my world, as it is the people I play with try and stick to their alignments. When someone plays a good character, he really tries to base his actions around being a good character. The concept of the girl being the BBEG, I hope, should remain a mystery right up until the confront her.
Anyway I was hoping more for ideas on how to create such a character, than criticisms of using her as a character.
Introduce the character long before she has any plans against the PC's, like at a party or ball where she can be an innocent girl instead of a scheming villain.
Her first bit of manipulation is going all teary-eyed to the PC's and asking them to help with something. An abusive relative or a person threatening her so she'll carry illegal goods back and forth between buyers and sellers. She's planted evidence in case they investigate.