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Reply Subj: Re: And that doesn't disturb you? Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 at 09:10:43 am EDT (Viewed 435 times) | |||||||
Quote: Quote: There are two ways to address this. One by having someone her powers can't work on for some reason, thJe other by having someone whose powers in no way conflict with her own. I'll address this latter idea below.Quote: The powers-don't-work scenario would most likely attract the involvement of the Lair Legion, so people would wonder why they didn't get involved.I mean if the villain could, say, absorb and be empowered by Lara's energy emissions. It might also explain his interest in her. Quote: Quote: But looking at the PVB cast and where the unfilled niches are, I'd say that a Xavier-level evil psychic would fit the bill. There was an early PVB villain called Psychic Mastermind who's long since destroyed, but otherwise we've been pretty quiet on the uber-psychic mindwalkers. If the villain could also possess people he could evacuate one body, say a GMY drugord, and be the CEO of New Tommorrow Industries tomorrow and the head of the Cult of Shabba'Dhabba'Dhu the day after. He could have been around for ages in one body after another.Quote: I actually had one, kind of, with Marvellous Marv, but I kind of wore the concept out and I need something new.Indeed. The other thing about an archvillain is that they work best with a personal link to the hero. DR DOOM is Reed Richards' academic rival and he blames Reed for his disfigurement. MAGNETO is Xavier's former friend and they worked closely together until they disagreed about fundamentals. BARON ZEMO killed Bucky and GREEN GOBLIN killed Gwen Stacy. So a villain for your characters might be an ex-lover, a dead man murdered by one of them, the man behind Yuki's original "accident", a former mentor, or all of the above, I suppose. The personal connection helps explain why certain villains tend to clash with particular heroes. "It's personal." Quote: Maybe she might go out on her own to protect them, because she feels she has unique and unpredictable powers that a Big Bad hasn't prepared for, and if she fails, hey, there's still the LL healthy and safe. Occasionally I can use the LL has already failed scenario but I have to be careful not to wear that out.There are all kinds of reasons the big dogs don't come in every time: They might not know. It's an urgent problem right here, right now, and there's no time to call them. It might not be in their remit. The LL are supposed to work within rules of due process and international law. They're not legally able to invade sovereign countries, conduct illegal searches etc. It might be a specialist rather than a generalist problem. A mind-controlling villain could quickly turn most heroes into his slaves very quickly (although you can bet the trick wouldn't work twice on the LL), so it might be better to keep the team small and psychically-defended. It might be that the heroes are distracted. Free the Yurt in Beijing and the heroes are half a world away when you attack Washington. It might be a long-term undercover operation. The LL generally need to stand ready for rapid response, so they don't often head into deep cover investigations. It might be off-world or off-plane. | |||||||
