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** Perhaps the least powerful, but most iconic (to the point that he made it onto the cover of the Fourth Edition setting book), Big Bad of the setting is the Lord of Blades, a renegade warforged who seeks to subjugate living beings to his kind (and possibly [[AGodAmI become a god in the process]]). He was designed to hark to traditional [[SuperVillain supervillains]] and is frequently compared among fans to DoctorDoom and/or {{Magneto}}.
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** Perhaps the least powerful, but most iconic (to the point that he made it onto the cover of the Fourth Edition setting book), Big Bad of the setting is the Lord of Blades, a renegade warforged who seeks to subjugate living beings to his kind (and possibly [[AGodAmI become a god in the process]]). He was designed to hark to as an antagonist in the vein of traditional [[SuperVillain supervillains]] and is frequently compared among fans to DoctorDoom and/or {{Magneto}}.
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** On a more mundane level, the Aurum are a conspiracy of wealthy and powerful merchants and aristocrats who seek to control Khorvaire from the shadows.
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** Perhaps the least powerful, but most iconic (to the point that he made it onto the cover of the Fourth Edition setting book), Big Bad of the setting is the Lord of Blades, a renegade warforged who seeks to subjugate living beings to his kind (and possibly [[AGodAmI become a god in the process]]). He was designed to hark to traditional [[SuperVillain supervillains]] and is frequently compared among fans to DoctorDoom and/or {{Magneto}}.
** Perhaps the least powerful, but most iconic (to the point that he made it onto the cover of the Fourth Edition setting book), Big Bad of the setting is the Lord of Blades, a renegade warforged who seeks to subjugate living beings to his kind (and possibly [[AGodAmI become a god in the process]]). He was designed to hark to traditional [[SuperVillain supervillains]] and is frequently compared among fans to DoctorDoom and/or {{Magneto}}.
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** ''TabletopGame/{{Eberron}}'' has a wide variety of potential {{Big Bad}}s, fittingly for a DnD setting designed to provide challenges for a wide variety of stories and player power levels:
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** Though those are the main "unambiguously evil" threats facing Eberron, the setting's use of moral ambiguity and GreyAndGreyMorality means that even some of the more seemingly benevolent or neutral organizations (the Dragons of Argonessen, the Undying Court, or the Dragonmarked Houses, for example) can be potential Big Bads if the PCs get mixed up the wrong way in what they're doing.
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** Though those are the main "unambiguously evil" threats facing Eberron, the setting's use of moral ambiguity and GreyAndGreyMorality means that even some of the more seemingly benevolent or neutral organizations (the Dragons of Argonessen, the Undying Court, or the Dragonmarked Houses, for example) can be potential Big Bads if the PCs [=PCs=] get mixed up the wrong way in what they're doing.
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** ''TabletopGame/{{Eberron}}'' has a wide variety of potential {{Big Bad}}s, fittingly for a DnD setting designed to provide challenges for a wide variety of stories and player power levels:
** The Biggest and Baddest are the [[AbusivePrecursors Overlords]], who straddle the line between DemonLordsAndArchDevils and GodOfEvil and ruled the world millennia ago, but are currently all SealedEvilInACan, and are therefore forced to work through their less powerful (but still incredibly nasty) minions, the Lords of Dust. They're ''far'' from the only nasties out there, however.
** The Kalashtar vs. Inspired subset of the MythArc has the Dreaming Dark, which seeks to control all mortal dreams and already rules TheEmpire of Riedra through the PathOfInspiration [[note]] WordOfGod from setting creator Keith Baker puts the Dreaming Dark collectively at roughly the same level of power as a single Overlord[[/note]].
** Then there are the Daelkyr, HumanoidAbomination rulers (maybe) of the plane of Xoriat, who view destroying worlds as a form of art and tried to destroy Eberron millennia ago; while they were stopped, several Daelkyr remain imprisoned on the mortal plane and like the Overlords, they have their share of minions of worshippers still active.
** [[OurLichesAreDifferent Erandis Vol]], the Lich Queen, can't really compare to any of the above in terms of raw power, but she's had several millennia to spin plans and has her fingers in lots of pots across Khorvaire (the setting's main continent), and she also helped create one of the setting's major religions.
** On a more mundane level, the Aurum are a conspiracy of wealthy and powerful merchants and aristocrats who seek to control Khorvaire from the shadows.
** Though those are the main "unambiguously evil" threats facing Eberron, the setting's use of moral ambiguity and GreyAndGreyMorality means that even some of the more seemingly benevolent or neutral organizations (the Dragons of Argonessen, the Undying Court, or the Dragonmarked Houses, for example) can be potential Big Bads if the PCs get mixed up the wrong way in what they're doing.
** The Biggest and Baddest are the [[AbusivePrecursors Overlords]], who straddle the line between DemonLordsAndArchDevils and GodOfEvil and ruled the world millennia ago, but are currently all SealedEvilInACan, and are therefore forced to work through their less powerful (but still incredibly nasty) minions, the Lords of Dust. They're ''far'' from the only nasties out there, however.
** The Kalashtar vs. Inspired subset of the MythArc has the Dreaming Dark, which seeks to control all mortal dreams and already rules TheEmpire of Riedra through the PathOfInspiration [[note]] WordOfGod from setting creator Keith Baker puts the Dreaming Dark collectively at roughly the same level of power as a single Overlord[[/note]].
** Then there are the Daelkyr, HumanoidAbomination rulers (maybe) of the plane of Xoriat, who view destroying worlds as a form of art and tried to destroy Eberron millennia ago; while they were stopped, several Daelkyr remain imprisoned on the mortal plane and like the Overlords, they have their share of minions of worshippers still active.
** [[OurLichesAreDifferent Erandis Vol]], the Lich Queen, can't really compare to any of the above in terms of raw power, but she's had several millennia to spin plans and has her fingers in lots of pots across Khorvaire (the setting's main continent), and she also helped create one of the setting's major religions.
** On a more mundane level, the Aurum are a conspiracy of wealthy and powerful merchants and aristocrats who seek to control Khorvaire from the shadows.
** Though those are the main "unambiguously evil" threats facing Eberron, the setting's use of moral ambiguity and GreyAndGreyMorality means that even some of the more seemingly benevolent or neutral organizations (the Dragons of Argonessen, the Undying Court, or the Dragonmarked Houses, for example) can be potential Big Bads if the PCs get mixed up the wrong way in what they're doing.
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* ''{{Exalted}}'' has the Deathlords, ghosts of powerful First Age Solars --pinnacles of super-human achievements-- who now serve the [[BiggerBad Neverborn]]. Arguably, the biggest and baddest of them all is the First and Forsaken Lion.
** The Ebon Dragon embodies the principle of BigBad-hood [[spoiler:and is running the plan to reclaim the world with Scarlet Empress as his thrall]]. And he was one of the creators of the world. In fact, he created the [[BigGood God of]] [[TheHero Heroism]] solely for the purpose to define his own existence.
** The Ebon Dragon embodies the principle of BigBad-hood [[spoiler:and is running the plan to reclaim the world with Scarlet Empress as his thrall]]. And he was one of the creators of the world. In fact, he created the [[BigGood God of]] [[TheHero Heroism]] solely for the purpose to define his own existence.
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* ''{{Exalted}}'' has the Deathlords, ghosts of powerful First Age Solars --pinnacles -- pinnacles of super-human achievements-- achievements -- who now serve the [[BiggerBad Neverborn]]. Arguably, the biggest and baddest of them all is the First and Forsaken Lion.
** The Ebon Dragon embodies the principle of BigBad-hood [[spoiler:and is running the plan to reclaim the world with the Scarlet Empress as his thrall]]. And he was one of the creators of the world. In fact, he created the [[BigGood God of]] [[TheHero Heroism]] solely for the purpose to define his own existence.
** The Ebon Dragon embodies the principle of BigBad-hood [[spoiler:and is running the plan to reclaim the world with the Scarlet Empress as his thrall]]. And he was one of the creators of the world. In fact, he created the [[BigGood God of]] [[TheHero Heroism]] solely for the purpose to define his own existence.
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* The BigBad in ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' varies between settings and editions, but the recurring cast is Asmodeus (a {{Satan}} stand-in), Vecna (the god of the liches), Tharizdun (the god of {{Omnicidal Maniac}}s), Orcus (a ridiculously powerful undead lord), and Lolth / Lloth (the goddess of the eeeviiilll Drow).
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* The BigBad in ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' varies between settings and editions, but the recurring cast is Asmodeus (a {{Satan}} stand-in), Vecna (the god of the liches), Tharizdun (the god of {{Omnicidal Maniac}}s), Orcus (a ridiculously powerful undead lord), demon lord who rules the undead), and Lolth / Lloth (the goddess of the eeeviiilll Drow).
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** [[TheChessmaster Asdrubael Vect]], the ''de facto'' kingpin of the [[SpacePirate Dark Eldar]]. Every Dark Eldar raid and attack in the galaxy from the last few thousand years can be traced back to this monster.
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** [[TheChessmaster Asdrubael Vect]], the ''de facto'' kingpin of the [[SpacePirate Dark Eldar]]. Every Dark Eldar raid and attack in the galaxy from the last few thousand years can be traced back to this monster. Oh, and the Dark Eldar's ancestors were responsible for creating the Chaos God Slaanesh, and the previously mentioned Eye of Terror.
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* Abbadon the Despoiler is perhaps the best example in ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'', though he's by no means one of the ''real'' Big Bads, which tend to be evil gods and the like.
** The entire Chaos faction seems to be the overall Big Bad of the setting.
** There are plenty of others. Ghazghkull Mag Uruk Thraka is both bigger and badder than most of the people on this page, while the [[EldritchAbomination C'Tan]], among other things, are responsible for ''making humans fear death''.
** As well as the HordeOfAlienLocusts that consume entire worlds. And so far only sent scouting fleets into the galaxy with background implying they have eaten their way across the universe. CrapsackWorld anyone?
** Even the GodEmperor of Mankind could be considered a BigBad, and the Imperium of Mankind is possibly the [[BlackAndGreyMorality closest]] to a good faction(through a case could be made for the Tau, and by extension the Eldar too). [[RunningGag As indicated in every trope page that applies to 40k]], it is definitely the crapsackiest CrapsackWorld in fiction.
** The entire Chaos faction seems to be the overall Big Bad of the setting.
** There are plenty of others. Ghazghkull Mag Uruk Thraka is both bigger and badder than most of the people on this page, while the [[EldritchAbomination C'Tan]], among other things, are responsible for ''making humans fear death''.
** As well as the HordeOfAlienLocusts that consume entire worlds. And so far only sent scouting fleets into the galaxy with background implying they have eaten their way across the universe. CrapsackWorld anyone?
** Even the GodEmperor of Mankind could be considered a BigBad, and the Imperium of Mankind is possibly the [[BlackAndGreyMorality closest]] to a good faction(through a case could be made for the Tau, and by extension the Eldar too). [[RunningGag As indicated in every trope page that applies to 40k]], it is definitely the crapsackiest CrapsackWorld in fiction.
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** Abbadon the''real'' Big Bads, which tend to be evil gods and Despoiler. Warmaster of Chaos. Has led thirteen Black Crusades against the like.
** The entire Chaos faction seems to beImperium from the overall Big Bad Eye of the setting.
Terror. Thankfully, they were all stopped from reaching Terra, although each time, millions of innocent people on dozens of worlds died.
**There are plenty of others. Ghazghkull Mag Uruk Thraka is both bigger Thraka. An Ork Warboss the size of a Dreadnought, making him the biggest and badder than most of baddest Ork in existence. Claims to receive visions from the people on this page, while Ork gods telling him to unite all the Orks in the galaxy under a big WAAAAGH, and already has millions of Orks under his banner.
** The [[EldritchAbominationC'Tan]], among other things, are C'Tan]] Star-Gods. One of them, the Nightbringer, is responsible for ''making humans every living thing fear death''.
**As well as [[TheChessmaster Asdrubael Vect]], the HordeOfAlienLocusts that consume entire worlds. And so far only sent scouting fleets into ''de facto'' kingpin of the [[SpacePirate Dark Eldar]]. Every Dark Eldar raid and attack in the galaxy with background implying they have eaten their way across from the universe. CrapsackWorld anyone?
last few thousand years can be traced back to this monster.
**Even The [[HordeOfAlienLocusts Tyranids]]. As a faction, they're a good contender for the GodEmperor overall BigBad of Mankind could be considered ''Warhammer 40000''. Consumed thousands of worlds, and it is hinted that everything we've seen so far is just a BigBad, ''tiny percentage'' of what they're capable of. Their goal is to sweep through the galaxy and kill every living thing in it, and the Imperium of Mankind scary thing is possibly the [[BlackAndGreyMorality closest]] to a good faction(through a case could be made for the Tau, and by extension the Eldar too). [[RunningGag As indicated in every trope page that applies to 40k]], it is definitely at the crapsackiest CrapsackWorld in fiction.rate they're going, [[CrapsackWorld they will very likely succeed]].
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* ''TechInfantry'' has a variety of Big Bads, from The Bugs, to Rashid King, to Modred. Ultimately, the biggest bad of all is the CrapsackWorld nature of the universe itself.
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* In ''MagicTheGathering'', it was formerly Yawgmoth before he got wiped from existence. Now...it's a three-way BigBadEnsemble between [[FromASingleCell the remains]] of [[TheVirus Phyrexia]], [[SealedEvilInACan the Eldrazi]], and [[TheChessmaster Nicol Bolas]].
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** Chejop Kejak can be seen as the BigBad for the returned Solars. The Sidereal old man engineered the Usurpation of the Solar Deliberative! ...[[AntiVillain Well, he had his reasons]].
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* The BigBad in ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' varies between settings and editions, but the recurring casts is Asmodeus (a {{Satan}} stand-in), Vecna (the god of the liches), Tharizdun (the god of {{Omnicidal Maniac}}s), Orcus (a ridiculously powerful undead lord), and Lolth / Lloth (the goddess of the eeeviiilll Drow).
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* The BigBad in ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' varies between settings and editions, but the recurring casts cast is Asmodeus (a {{Satan}} stand-in), Vecna (the god of the liches), Tharizdun (the god of {{Omnicidal Maniac}}s), Orcus (a ridiculously powerful undead lord), and Lolth / Lloth (the goddess of the eeeviiilll Drow).
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* The BigBad in DungeonsAndDragons varies between settings and editions, but the recurring casts is Asmodeus (a {{Satan}} stand-in), Vecna (the god of the liches), Tharizdun (the god of {{Omnicidal Maniac}}s), Orcus (a ridiculously powerful undead lord), and Lolth / Lloth (the goddess of the eeeviiilll Drow).
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* The BigBad in DungeonsAndDragons ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' varies between settings and editions, but the recurring casts is Asmodeus (a {{Satan}} stand-in), Vecna (the god of the liches), Tharizdun (the god of {{Omnicidal Maniac}}s), Orcus (a ridiculously powerful undead lord), and Lolth / Lloth (the goddess of the eeeviiilll Drow).
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* In ''MagicTheGathering'', it was formerly Yawgmoth before he got wiped from existence. Now...it's a three-way tie between [[FromASingleCell the remains]] of [[TheVirus Phyrexia]], [[SealedEvilInACan the Eldrazi]], and [[TheChessmaster Nicol Bolas]].
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* Abbadon the Despoiler is perhaps the best example in ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'', though he's by no means one of the ''real'' Big Bads, which tend to be CosmicHorror grade gods, forces, and the like.
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** Even the GodEmperor of Mankind could be considered a BigBad, and the Imperium of Mankind is possibly the [[BlackAndGreyMorality closest]] to a good faction. [[RunningGag As indicated in every trope page that applies to 40k]], it is definitely the crapsackiest CrapsackWorld in fiction.
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** Even the GodEmperor of Mankind could be considered a BigBad, and the Imperium of Mankind is possibly the [[BlackAndGreyMorality closest]] to a good faction.faction(through a case could be made for the Tau, and by extension the Eldar too). [[RunningGag As indicated in every trope page that applies to 40k]], it is definitely the crapsackiest CrapsackWorld in fiction.
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* Abbadon the Despoiler is perhaps the best example in ''{{Warhammer 40000}}'', though he's by no means one of the ''real'' Big Bads, which tend to be CosmicHorror grade gods, forces, and the like.
** The entire Chaos faction seems to be the overall Big Bad of the setting.
** There are plenty of others. Ghazghkull Mag Uruk Thraka is both bigger and badder than most of the people on this page, while the [[EldritchAbomination C'Tan]], among other things, are responsible for ''making humans fear death''.
** The entire Chaos faction seems to be the overall Big Bad of the setting.
** There are plenty of others. Ghazghkull Mag Uruk Thraka is both bigger and badder than most of the people on this page, while the [[EldritchAbomination C'Tan]], among other things, are responsible for ''making humans fear death''.
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* The ''WarhammerFantasy'' setting also has its share of these guys, notably Chaos warlord Archaon (Abaddon's fantasy counterpart), Malekith the Witch King, Grimgor Ironhide (Ghazghkull's fantasy counterpart), and the Skaven Council of Thirteen.
* From the MutantsAndMasterminds setting [[EagleLand Freedom City]], Darkseid-expy [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Omega]] may qualify as a possible BigBad, [[OmnicidalManiac due to his desire to drag the entire universe into the Terminus with him]]. There is also the mysterious ManOfWealthAndTaste, [[ObviouslyEvil Mr. Infamy]], who [[LiteralGenie grants]] [[JackassGenie wishes]], for a [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor payment to be specified later]]. His calling card [[NumberOfTheBeast sure has a lot of sixes on it]].
* From the MutantsAndMasterminds setting [[EagleLand Freedom City]], Darkseid-expy [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Omega]] may qualify as a possible BigBad, [[OmnicidalManiac due to his desire to drag the entire universe into the Terminus with him]]. There is also the mysterious ManOfWealthAndTaste, [[ObviouslyEvil Mr. Infamy]], who [[LiteralGenie grants]] [[JackassGenie wishes]], for a [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor payment to be specified later]]. His calling card [[NumberOfTheBeast sure has a lot of sixes on it]].
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** Tharizdun could be seen as the [[BiggerBad]], because as of 4th Edition he is responsible for the current evilness of all of the above villains except Vecna, and in ''Demonomicon'' it is explicitly stated that the shard of evil he [[spoiler: created the Abyss with]] gave him a huge power boost. Since he was already a god this makes him the most powerful being in the setting, strong enough that the level cap of 30 isn't high enough for the characters to fight him.
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** Tharizdun could be seen as the [[BiggerBad]], BiggerBad, because as of 4th Edition he is responsible for the current evilness of all of the above villains except Vecna, and in ''Demonomicon'' it is explicitly stated that the shard of evil he [[spoiler: created the Abyss with]] gave him a huge power boost. Since he was already a god this makes him the most powerful being in the setting, strong enough that the level cap of 30 isn't high enough for the characters to fight him.
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** In terms of overall campaigns, Vecna's one of the more common, and it's implied that his ascension to godhood was one of the key factors in the storyline changes between 2nd and 3rd editions.
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* Divis Mal from ''[[TrinityUniverse Aberrant]]'' is probably the biggest candidate for being a BigBad, though there are definitely other threats out there.
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**Tharizdun could be seen as the [[BiggerBad]], because as of 4th Edition he is responsible for the current evilness of all of the above villains except Vecna, and in ''Demonomicon'' it is explicitly stated that the shard of evil he [[spoiler: created the Abyss with]] gave him a huge power boost. Since he was already a god this makes him the most powerful being in the setting, strong enough that the level cap of 30 isn't high enough for the characters to fight him.
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* ''{{Exalted}}'' has the Deathlords, ghosts of powerful First Age Solars --pinnacles of super-human achievements-- who now serve the [[BiggerBad Neverborn]]. Arguably, the biggest and baddest of them all is the First and Forsaken Lion.
** The Ebon Dragon embodies the principle of BigBad-hood [[spoiler:and is running the plan to reclaim the world with Scarlet Empress as his thrall]]. And he was one of the creators of the world. In fact, he created the [[BigGood God of]] [[TheHero Heroism]] solely for the purpose to define his own existence.
** Chejop Kejak can be seen as the BigBad for the returned Solars. The Sidereal old man engineered the Usurpation of the Solar Deliberative! ...[[AntiVillain Well, he had his reasons]].
* The BigBad in DungeonsAndDragons varies between settings and editions, but the recurring casts is Asmodeus (a {{Satan}} stand-in), Vecna (the god of the liches), Tharizdun (the god of {{Omnicidal Maniac}}s), Orcus (a ridiculously powerful undead lord), and Lolth / Lloth (the goddess of the eeeviiilll Drow).
** The Ebon Dragon embodies the principle of BigBad-hood [[spoiler:and is running the plan to reclaim the world with Scarlet Empress as his thrall]]. And he was one of the creators of the world. In fact, he created the [[BigGood God of]] [[TheHero Heroism]] solely for the purpose to define his own existence.
** Chejop Kejak can be seen as the BigBad for the returned Solars. The Sidereal old man engineered the Usurpation of the Solar Deliberative! ...[[AntiVillain Well, he had his reasons]].
* The BigBad in DungeonsAndDragons varies between settings and editions, but the recurring casts is Asmodeus (a {{Satan}} stand-in), Vecna (the god of the liches), Tharizdun (the god of {{Omnicidal Maniac}}s), Orcus (a ridiculously powerful undead lord), and Lolth / Lloth (the goddess of the eeeviiilll Drow).
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* In Magic: The Gathering, it was formerly Yawgmoth before he got wiped from existance. Now...it's a three-way tie between the IDEA of Phyrexia, the Eldrazi, and Nicol Bolas.
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* For the upcoming {{Mortasheen}} RPG, the genocidal, anti-monster, kill-all-mutants city of Wreathe counts as this in general. For a specific individual [[spoiler: the computer A.R.E. best counts as this]]
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* In ''Blue Rose'' there is [[EvilOverlord Jarek the Lich King]], who isn't just the worst villain around, but actually one of the few truly evil characters in this very [[SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism idealistic]] [[WhiteAndGreyMorality setting]]. In a world where most antagonists are misguided, or weak-willed and fallen to temptation at worst, Jarek is just plain [[IncrediblyLamePun bad to the bone]].
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* Divis Mal from ''{{Aberrant}}'' is probably the biggest candidate for being a BigBad, though there are definitely other threats out there.
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* [[SpiritOfTheCentury Dr. Methusala.]] This guy is so much more powerful than any other character that the book suggests you treat him as an event, rather than have go into straight up conflict with him.
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* Divis Mal from ''{{Aberrant}}'' is probably the biggest candidate for being a BigBad, though there are definitely other threats out there.
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"The ultimate villain of the story, who's causing the problem the heroes must solve."
Note that Big Bad is not a catch-all trope for the biggest and ugliest villain of any given story. The BigBad is the one who turns out to be behind several other seemingly independent threats.
Note that Big Bad is not a catch-all trope for the biggest and ugliest villain of any given story. The BigBad is the one who turns out to be behind several other seemingly independent threats.
