103. I will not rely on Sanctuary with a DC 14 will save to keep PCs from attacking me while I try cast summon monster. One of them is bound to be able to beat it and hit me making both my Summons and casting Sanctuary a waste of time.
103. Subsection A) In fact, I will consider the use of Spell Focus (Abjuration) to make Sanctuary and any other abjuration spells I may use on the PCs more effective. Then my summoned minions can be brought forth with relative comfort.
On second thought, also bring in a Wall of Force just in case.
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104) I will not challenge the Player Characters. Most campaigns assume they win anyway.
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106. My motivations for what I am doing will make sense and not be stupid.
107. I will not be so stubborn as to stay and fight when I have 8HP left, when I would run away if I had 7hp.
In fact, the point at which I run away should be left largely to the person running me, since waiting that long could be stupid.
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108) I will not be a APL+5 character, and then have to use sub-optimal tactics, equipment, and/or spells just to make the encounter "work". Instead, I will be a solid build of an appropriate, and will allow the person running me to use the best tactics he or she can muster. If I am to be believable, I will also have surrender/flee conditions that actually make sense, and can be modified based on the party that I am facing... I will not just fight to the death every time.
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109) I will have my creator read the original Evil Overlord list:
http://www.eviloverlord.com/lists/overlord.html
BTW, very, very funny. :)
110) Occasionally, I won't be bipedal, nor rely on a manufactured weapon. Maybe, I might even have a spiky or slimy body to deter grappling. And hopefully someday, I shall be the stuff of nightmares.
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NE Pirate Captain Alchemist's Addendum to the Evil Overlord List:
112) I will not us my crew members as test subjects even when they are punished. This severely reduces ship morale.
113) I will be careful with my plague and poison bombs around my companions. They need to be strategically placed, not lobbed wherever I please.
114a) I will keep my captain's log coded in an uncommon language to keep its secrets from falling into the wrong hands.
114b) Barring that, I will destroy the log if my capture or death seems imminent.
115) I will not go out of my way to piss off the legendary Hellknight pirate hunter until I am ready to goad him into my carefully laid trap.
116) I will pay my crew with a portion of our hard-earned gold. They might be NPCs, but that does not mean the DM can't make them mutiny if I overlook them too much.
117) I will not force my cannibalistic or religious tendencies on my crewmen. Just because they don't have my refined palate or worldview does not give me the right to lord it over them. It is a good way to get denounced as captain.
118) I will indulge in occasional theatrics and displays of ferocity to keep my reputation intact but must temper these with meticulous, level-headed decision making.
119) I will not allow my self-consciousness of my appearance keep me from growing a pair of wings that let me fly. The boon far outweighs the reputation for being called 'creepy'.
120) I will reward crew members for a job well done and reserve real punishments for active and deliberate transgressions. This system works much better than the previous captain's.
121) That said, I will not spare the whip when it is needed. Some people need their loved ones flayed before their eyes to teach them a lesson.
122) If this creates complications, I will not hesitate to have the crewman eliminated. I will be honest and open with my crew about what happened rather than lie.
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I will have one minion who's sole mission, when the sanctum is breached, is to drink a potion of invisibility and a potion of silence, 15-foot radius, and then blanket the party. If this creature can fly, all the better. It will not attack until its invisibility fails, and then it will attempt to plant an item on the enemy spellcaster via grapple.
Barring that, it may break an-about-to-end-invisibility with a Thunderstone attack.
I will totally be using this one the next time I write something. This table-talk-tactics business is for the birds. I'm watching a play-by-post where the characters are practically having full conversations in the middle of melee.
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127) I will do my best to leave those nasty creatures alive but enslaved, as they are usually much nastier as living being than as undead minions.
Lower hp, loses almost all of its special abilities, usually a slightly higher AC, but, in general that 3 CR drop is probably understated.
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128a) And perhaps creatures with strong SLAs too or a low Con to Cha ratio.
129) I shall purchase traps that are relevant, and relevantly placed, so a 750 g.p. stick does not undo the trap's work and my lackeys can maximize use of the trap's premise.
130) I will not take action against the Pathfinder Society, nor their allies, unless the profit shall exceed the inevitable losses. If I do, it will be through a subsidiary and I shall plant notes among my staff giving details about the nearest Aspis Consortium headquarters, perhaps with a friendly note from them with only a cursive initial (vaguely resembling several letters) and a hint of their logistics (vaguely phrased around nonspecific dates). I'll let the Pathfinders draw their own conclusions.
131) I will not discuss my real plans in front of able-bodied slaves or new hires. I will discuss my "plans" about gardening, raising bunnies, and fundraising for orphans.
132) I will chill on wearing the spikes & skulls in public, or when incognito. Ditto for scowling. I shall encourage scowling and defensiveness among relatively unimportant people.
133) I shall purchase inexplicable tattoos for random townsfolk, most especially if my group uses tattoos too.
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