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* The Big Bad 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 demon lord who rules the undead), and Lolth / Lloth (the goddess of the eeeviiilll Drow). The term commonly used for these villains is BBEG; "Big Bad Evil Guy."

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* The Big Bad in ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' varies between settings and editions, but the recurring cast is Asmodeus (a {{Satan}} stand-in), (the lord of the Nine Hells and a SatanicArchetype), Vecna (the god of the liches), Tharizdun (the god of {{Omnicidal Maniac}}s), Orcus (a ridiculously powerful demon lord who rules the undead), and Lolth / Lloth (the goddess of the eeeviiilll Drow). The term commonly used for these villains is BBEG; "Big Bad Evil Guy."
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* In ''TabletopGame/{{Massacards}}'', The Killer is the one behind Master Massacre’s murder and also one of the three mandatory roles in the game.
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* In ''TabletopGame/BlueRose'' 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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* In ''TabletopGame/BlueRose'' 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 [[{{Pun}} bad to the bone]].
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** ''Blood Lords'' gives us the Vetalarana vampire Chancellor Kemnebi, the [[TreacherousAdvisor duplicitous advisor]] to the Ghost King Geb, who is creating a new kind of poison through alchemy and magic, and is trying to use it against Geb's neighboring nations.
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** ''Outlaws of Alkenstar'' features the BigBadDuumvirate of [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Ambrost Mugland]] and [[DirtyCop Anjelique Loveless]], plotting to use the new explosive called pyronite for their nefarious purposes.
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** ''Abomination Vaults'' has Belcorra Haruvex, an undead sorceress plotting horrific revenge upon the Otari region.
** ''Fists of the Ruby Phoenix'' gives us Syndara the Sculptor, the RivalTurnedEvil to the tournament host Hao Jin. [[DrivenByEnvy Consumed with jealousy]] over Hao Jin's greater skills, he plots to destroy his old friend and claim her power to himself.
** ''Strength of Thousands'' has the King of Biting Ants, a powerful WormThatWalks plotting to return to the world after being defeated and sealed away by [[GreaterScopeParagon Old-Mage Jatembe]].

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** Finally there is the [[GodEmperor Emperor of Mankind]]. Responsible for the expansion, domination and atrocities of the [[TheEmpire Imperium]], he is now a rotten, helpless figurehead while his misguided underlings have turned his atheistic xenophobic (evil?) empire into a religous xenophobic (evil!) empire. To anyone but the Imperium, the Emperor was even in his prime an unrepentant warlord mercilessly slaugthering anyone who did not fit his view of how the galaxy should be, regardless if you were hostile or not.

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** Finally there is the [[GodEmperor Emperor of Mankind]]. Responsible for the expansion, domination and atrocities of the [[TheEmpire Imperium]], he is now a rotten, helpless figurehead while his misguided underlings have turned his atheistic xenophobic (evil?) empire into a religous fundemantalist xenophobic (evil!) empire. To anyone but the Imperium, the Emperor was even in his prime an unrepentant warlord mercilessly slaugthering anyone who did not fit his view of how the galaxy should be, regardless if you were hostile or not.

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* The Setting of TabletopGame/TheDarkEye offers two independent ones, which one is prealent depends mostly on where in the timeline you are. In the start and after the Third Demon Battle the Bog Bad is the Nameless God, in between he [[PutOnABus almost gets forgotten]] and in steps Borbarad, a demigod mage.



* The Setting of TabletopGame/TheDarkEye offers two independent ones, which one is prealent depends mostly on where in the timeline you are. In the start and after the Third Demon Battle the Bog Bad is the Nameless God, in between he [[PutOnABus almost gets forgotten]] and in steps Borbarad, a demigod mage.
* ''TabletopGame/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 go into straight up conflict with him.
* ''TabletopGame/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.
* The BigBad of ''TabletopGame/{{Torg}}'' is the Gaunt Man, the leader of the squabbling Darklords and the architect of the invasion of Earth.
* The ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' setting has its share of these guys, notably Chaos warlord Archaon the Everchosen, Malekith the Witch King, Grimgor Ironhide, Nagash the Undying, the Von Carstein family, and the Skaven Council of Thirteen. However, all of these are separate villains who usually don’t work with each other- for example, at one point Grimgor and Archaon fought against each other.
* There are plenty of people in ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' who could make claims for this spot:
** Abbadon the Despoiler, Warmaster of Chaos (Archaon's sci-fi counterpart). Has led thirteen Black Crusades against the Imperium from the Eye of Terror. Thankfully, they were all stopped from reaching Terra, although each time, millions of innocent people on dozens of worlds died. Come the ''Gathering Storm'' arc at the end of 7th Edition, Abaddon smashes aside the Imperial defenses that had held him at bay for so long, setting Chaos as the true Big Bad for 8th Edition.
** Ghazghkull Mag Uruk Thraka (Grimgor's SF counterpart). An Ork Warboss the size of a Dreadnought, making him the biggest and baddest Ork in existence. Claims to receive visions from the 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 [[EldritchAbomination C'Tan]] Star-Gods. One of them, the Nightbringer, is responsible for ''making every living thing fear death''.
** [[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.
** The [[HordeOfAlienLocusts Tyranid]] Hivemind. As a faction, they're a good contender for the overall Big Bad of ''Warhammer 40000''. Consumed thousands of worlds, and it is hinted that everything we've seen so far is just a ''tiny percentage'' of what they're capable of. Their goal is to sweep through the galaxy and eat every living thing in it, and the scary thing is that at the rate they're going, [[CrapsackWorld they will very likely succeed]].
** Finally there is the [[GodEmperor Emperor of Mankind]]. Responsible for the expansion, domination and atrocities of the [[TheEmpire Imperium]], he is now a rotten, helpless figurehead while his misguided underlings have turned his atheistic xenophobic (evil?) empire into a religous xenophobic (evil!) empire. To anyone but the Imperium, the Emperor was even in his prime an unrepentant warlord mercilessly slaugthering anyone who did not fit his view of how the galaxy should be, regardless if you were hostile or not.
* ''TabletopGame/WarhammerAgeOfSigmar'' plays up Nagash as the central villain of the setting, with Chaos getting a bit of a demotion (due to having spent centuries getting soft and overconfident after one big win).
* ''TabletopGame/RocketAge'' has a classic one. The Red Scorpion, head of the Red Scorpion Crime Syndicate in ''the Trail of the Scorpion''. As to the Black Scorpion's identity...


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* ''TabletopGame/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 go into straight up conflict with him.
* ''TabletopGame/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.
* The BigBad of ''TabletopGame/{{Torg}}'' is the Gaunt Man, the leader of the squabbling Darklords and the architect of the invasion of Earth.
* The ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' setting has its share of these guys, notably Chaos warlord Archaon the Everchosen, Malekith the Witch King, Grimgor Ironhide, Nagash the Undying, the Von Carstein family, and the Skaven Council of Thirteen. However, all of these are separate villains who usually don’t work with each other- for example, at one point Grimgor and Archaon fought against each other.
* There are plenty of people in ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' who could make claims for this spot:
** Abbadon the Despoiler, Warmaster of Chaos (Archaon's sci-fi counterpart). Has led thirteen Black Crusades against the Imperium from the Eye of Terror. Thankfully, they were all stopped from reaching Terra, although each time, millions of innocent people on dozens of worlds died. Come the ''Gathering Storm'' arc at the end of 7th Edition, Abaddon smashes aside the Imperial defenses that had held him at bay for so long, setting Chaos as the true Big Bad for 8th Edition.
** Ghazghkull Mag Uruk Thraka (Grimgor's SF counterpart). An Ork Warboss the size of a Dreadnought, making him the biggest and baddest Ork in existence. Claims to receive visions from the 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 [[EldritchAbomination C'Tan]] Star-Gods. One of them, the Nightbringer, is responsible for ''making every living thing fear death''.
** [[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.
** The [[HordeOfAlienLocusts Tyranid]] Hivemind. As a faction, they're a good contender for the overall Big Bad of ''Warhammer 40000''. Consumed thousands of worlds, and it is hinted that everything we've seen so far is just a ''tiny percentage'' of what they're capable of. Their goal is to sweep through the galaxy and eat every living thing in it, and the scary thing is that at the rate they're going, [[CrapsackWorld they will very likely succeed]].
** Finally there is the [[GodEmperor Emperor of Mankind]]. Responsible for the expansion, domination and atrocities of the [[TheEmpire Imperium]], he is now a rotten, helpless figurehead while his misguided underlings have turned his atheistic xenophobic (evil?) empire into a religous xenophobic (evil!) empire. To anyone but the Imperium, the Emperor was even in his prime an unrepentant warlord mercilessly slaugthering anyone who did not fit his view of how the galaxy should be, regardless if you were hostile or not.
* ''TabletopGame/WarhammerAgeOfSigmar'' plays up Nagash as the central villain of the setting, with Chaos getting a bit of a demotion (due to having spent centuries getting soft and overconfident after one big win).
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** ''Agents of Edgewatch'' features Olansa Terimor, a powerful member of Absalom's High Council and secretly an high priestess of the evil god Norgorber. She's manipulating events behind the scenes with the goal of becoming her god's herald on Golarion.

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** ''War for the Crown'' has Panivar Lotheed, a powerful wizard who made himself immortal thanks to a pact with the [[EldritchAbomination sahkil tormentor]] [[GreaterScopeVillain Thassritoum]], and now leads the [[OmniscientCouncilOfVagueness Immaculate Circle]] as they rule Taldan behind the scenes. He is the one responsible for [[spoiler:bringing Prince Cassius back from the dead as a pawn for him to control]].



** ''Tyrant's Grasp'' has Tar-Baphon the Whispering Tyrant himself, finally free from his prison. The heroes are able to (temporarily kill him) by turning his own weapon against him.

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** ''Tyrant's Grasp'' has Tar-Baphon the Whispering Tyrant himself, finally free from his prison. The heroes are able to (temporarily (temporarily) kill him) him by turning his own weapon against him.him.
** ''Age of Ashes'' has Mengkare, a [[FallenHero tarnished gold dragon]] who wants to create an utopia and bring out humanity's potential by bringing notable people to the town he rules, and assign them as much freedom as he believes they deserve. [[spoiler: He also wants to destroy a manifestation of Dahak by sacrificing a sufficient number of perfected souls]]. [[spoiler: However, it is possible to talk him into an HeelFaceTurn]].
** ''The Extinction Curse'' features Sarvel the Ever-Hunger, an immensely powerful demon-touched [[LizardFolk xulgath]] prophet plotting to wipe out all life on the Starstone Isles.
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* The Big Bad 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 demon lord who rules the undead), and Lolth / Lloth (the goddess of the eeeviiilll Drow).

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* The Big Bad 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 demon lord who rules the undead), and Lolth / Lloth (the goddess of the eeeviiilll Drow). The term commonly used for these villains is BBEG; "Big Bad Evil Guy."
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* The BigBad of ''TabletopGame/Torg'' is the Gaunt Man, the leader of the squabbling Darklords and the architect of the invasion of Earth.

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* The BigBad of ''TabletopGame/Torg'' ''TabletopGame/{{Torg}}'' is the Gaunt Man, the leader of the squabbling Darklords and the architect of the invasion of Earth.
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* The BigBad of ''TabletopGame/Torg'' is the Gaunt Man, the leader of the squabbling Darklords and the architect of the invasion of Earth.
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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 as an antagonist in the vein of traditional [[SuperVillain supervillains]] and is frequently compared among fans to Doctor Doom and/or ComicBook/{{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 [[GodhoodSeeker become a god in the process]]). He was designed as an antagonist in the vein of traditional [[SuperVillain supervillains]] and is frequently compared among fans to Doctor Doom and/or ComicBook/{{Magneto}}.

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** ''Rise of the Runelords'' has Karzoug the Claimer, Runelord of Greed, whose resurrection kicks off all the events of the plot.

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** ''Rise of the Runelords'' has Karzoug the Claimer, Runelord of Greed, whose resurrection awakening kicks off all the events of the plot.


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** ''Return of the Runelords'' has Alaznist, Runelord of Wrath who is meddling with time itself to try to satisfy her megalomaniacal ambitions.
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** ''Hell's Vengeance'' has a strange variation. Lord Marshal Alexeara Cansellarion fulfills this role in the story, being the ultimate leader behind the [=PCs'=] foes, and the final opponent they face. The twist is that, since ''Hell's Vengeance'' is designed for [[VillainProtagonist evil-aligned characters]], she's actually a {{Lawful Good}} Paladin.
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** Finally there is the [[GodEmperor Emperor of Mankind]]. Responsible for the expansion, domination and atrocities of the [[TheEmpire Imperium]], he is now a rotten, helpless figurehead while his misguided underlings have turned his atheistic xenophobic (evil?) empire into a religous xenophobic (evil!) empire. To anyone but the Imperium, the Emperor was even in his prime an unrepentant warlord mercilessly slaugthering anyone who did not fit his view of how the galaxy should be, regardless if you were hostile or not.
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* ''TabletopGame/SentinelsOfTheMultiverse'': Baron Blade is the most consistent thorn in the heroes' side, doing everything from trying to drag the Moon into the Earth to trying to blow up Megalopolis to uniting a horde of supervillains against the heroes to just renting out his Mobile Defence Platforms.
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* The ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' setting has its share of these guys, notably Chaos warlord Archaon the Everchosen, Malekith the Witch King, Grimgor Ironhide, Nagash the Undying, the Von Carstein family, and the Skaven Council of Thirteen.

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* The ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' setting has its share of these guys, notably Chaos warlord Archaon the Everchosen, Malekith the Witch King, Grimgor Ironhide, Nagash the Undying, the Von Carstein family, and the Skaven Council of Thirteen. However, all of these are separate villains who usually don’t work with each other- for example, at one point Grimgor and Archaon fought against each other.

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* In ''TabletopGame/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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* In ''TabletopGame/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]]. And given that Nicol Bolas himself has been defeated in War of the Spark, Tezzeret may be making his own play for power



** ''Ruins of Azlant'' has Ochymua, a veiled master planning to reenact the catastrophe that destroyed Azlanti a long time ago.

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** ''Ruins of Azlant'' has Ochymua, a veiled master planning to reenact the catastrophe that destroyed Azlanti Azlant a long time ago.ago.
** ''Tyrant's Grasp'' has Tar-Baphon the Whispering Tyrant himself, finally free from his prison. The heroes are able to (temporarily kill him) by turning his own weapon against him.

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