100 things the villain is doing when 'scrying' is cast on him


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459. Talking to the insurance company's rep. All that collateral damage the heroes keep causing at random to his property.


460. Practicing his sneer in front of miscellaneous terrified individual.
461. Practicing his sneer in front of some other obvious villain types who judge approvingly.
462. Practicing his sneer in front of a dog which whimpers.
463. Practicing his sneer in front of the mirror.
464. Trying to relax his lips after all that sneering.


465. Taking his pet monster to the groomer


466. You see NOTHING! THIS COURT has a strict NO SCRYING rule.


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467. Praying very fervently at a statue that looks remarkably like one of the PCs!!
Comic version: the statue looks remarkably like one of the PCs' familiars or bonded mounts.


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468. Talking with a doctor about a very real health problem he seems to have. The prognosis is dire, and he is taking the news rather well. He looks in the direction of the scryer when he makes a throwaway comment about "moving up the timetable"...


469. Creating a Youtube playlist of 80s hair metal bands.


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470. Rehearsing evil speeches with his clones/body doubles/simulacra.
470a. Brainstorming evil plans with the above.
470b. Rehearsing a cappela with the above. One clone is always just a bit flat at the end of the chorus.
470c. Tailoring the outfits of his clones. "If you want to be the man, you have to look the part."

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470d. Rehearsing his barbershop quartet routine with his clones.


471. Grooming his mustache for just the right amount of curly to twirl it.


472. Checking RavingDork's crazy character emporium thread, in search of underlings and henchmen.


473. Posting on a list thread and deliberately ignoring the "Please include a serious option with the joke one" rule, because they're just that evil.

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474. Cleaving kobolds.

475. Touching goats.

476. Hiding In Your

Wait for it:
hope chest.


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477. Engaged in wage disputes with his minions. (Comic version: The Henchmen's Union)

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478. Interrogating a band of people who look almost exactly like the PCs from behind and from the neck down, but with jarringly different faces.

They've captured your stunt doubles!!!


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478b. Unfortunately, the stunt doubles are the ones actually capable of fighting and casting spells. The PCs just look pretty and say the lines. Now they're screwed.


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479. Sweating to the Oldies


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480. Scrying back on the PCs.
Comic version:And yelling "INCEPTION!"

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481. Working part time as an assistant shift manager at the local pub.


482. Practicing a musical instrument. (Comic: The tuba.)


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483. Playing chess with someone who looks remarkably like one of the PCs most trusted allies. (Comic: Getting his butt kicked while doing so, four-move checkmates, etc.)

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484. Playing cards with the shades of some of the most powerful mages in history.


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485. Thinking about an enigma
Comic version: Thinking about an enema


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486. Begging his dark gods for mercy
Comic version: Begging his dark gods for a BLT.


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487.Seemingly very stressed and worried, he is consulting with his top advisors on how to stop his most dangerous foe. A minion the PC's have dealt with before walks in and asks, "Wow, is this all for [the pc's group]?"

To which he replies, "Oh please, they're barely even an annoyance. This is all for [Foe x].

487b. Bonus points if foe x is a person or group that the pc's actually know and can't stand.

488. Attending a concert. (comedic; attending a boy band concert)

489. Performing in a concert. (comedic; performing in a boy band concert)

490. Talking to a recently captured ally of the pc's who is being held in a cell that is far more luxurious and comfortable than that characters normal living conditions.

491. Reviewing plans with his political advisors on the reforms that shall be made after he takes over.

491b. For those that listen to the plans he actually seems to be far more competent and caring than those who are currently in charge.

492. He is listening to the complaints of a band of villagers about the terror plaguing the countryside. He actually seems concerned for his people.

492b. The terrors are the pc's.

492c. "What do you mean they burned down an orphanage? What kind of monsters do that?"


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493. Relaxing in his villa (from which the "villain" term derives from)
Comic version: He condescendingly explains this connection

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494. Carpooling to work.


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495. Arranging crimes against humanity or mass executions with a forbidden weapon like a deadly gas of some kind.
Comic Version: The gas is his own flatulence.

"Behold the gaseous stench of Skeletor's breakfast burrito! Mwahahahaha!"

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496. Using an interocitor.

Comic+ Version: Using an interocitor to make hot chocolate.

Comic++ Version: Using an interocitor to hack into the PCs' scrying attempt, snarling "Yeah, who doesn't have one of these?"


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449: Alternately, Poisoning Pigeons in the Park...

Comic version: And getting a medal for it. Because pidegon droppings help metal and stone corrode. No joke.


497. Writing a poem about flowers, puppies & everything cute.
The side of them you never knew, and makes it hard for any heroes who share the sentiment to kill him.

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498. Performing a powerful work of ritual sex magick.

Comic Version: Performing a powerful work of ritual sex magick...and failing embarrassingly due to not being "man/woman enough."

Comic+ Version: Performing a powerful work of ritual sex magick...and failing predictably due to not being a "man/woman" in any sense of the word to begin with.

Comic++ Version: Performing what the PCs recognize is supposed to be a powerful work of ritual sex magick...and being waaayyyyy off the mark because the villain botched their Spellcraft roll and failed to recognize the nature of the ritual through all the heavy metaphorical language, and they are standing bewildered over a disastrous, ruined, partly-on-fire-and-partly-soaked pile of flowers, fruit, gems, live reptiles, dead bugs, and gods know what else.

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499. Playing with a puzzle-box.

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500. Sending another party of adventurers on a quest.

Comic Version: Sending another party of adventurers on a quest to find the Wendersnaven.


501. Decision time: briefs, boxers, or 'commando'?


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502. Villain is a witch and is hosting a cooking show about recipes made "just for children".


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503. The villain and the PC's patron are at an auction bidding on an item. (Comic, it's the deck of many things. Whoever wins, it's bad news.)


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504. Having a snowball fight with someone standing 'just behind' the scrying sensor point -- Lots of snowballs 'thrown at viewer'. (Comedic: They aren't very good at throwing things.)


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505. Scrying on himself, to test his own defenses.
Comic version: Makes funny faces at himself before realizing he can see himself. Storms off cursing at himself.


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506. Being turned down for a date by someone they seem to truly care for. The villain puts on a brave face, but is clearly hurt, and walks off to be alone for a while.


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506. Comedic AdditionThey haven't actually been turned down. They just THINK they've been turned down due to the way the person phrased their response. RomCom shenanigans: BEGIN!

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506.Dark They have been turned down. as they walk off and turn a corner they immediately order a minion to have the offender killed.


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506.Dark They have been turned down. as they walk off and turn a corner they immediately order a minion to have the offender killed.

or, worse, a family member.

Give them a reason to cry.

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Great opportunity to turn your villain from the guy they're supposed to kill, to the guy they NEED to kill


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507. Instead of scrying some evil guy in their lair, the spell instead shows the party's paladin, who is standing right behind the scryer.
507a. The paladin is making out with the scryer's girlfriend/wife/sister/mother (or any combination thereof).

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507b. The paladin is with the villain, in their lair......neither of them is wearing anything.... "We really need to stop doing this."


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508. The sensor shows the paladin's mount, who turns toward the sensor and winks.
508a. The sensor shows the paladin's sword as it's being polished, and the sounds the sword is making would make a sailor blush.


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Giving birth. Turns out she's only been pretending to be a guy.


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510. Ordering several tons of butter and a few thousand cats to use as perpetual motion power for his artifact of doom.


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511. Reading bedtime stories to poor orphans...only for his detect scrying spell to activate. He stares into the sensors and yells "Uhhh, this is totally an evil act, I promise. Um, eeeeeevilll!"

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