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Tab Creations
@tabcreations.com

GM Tip: Want your players to hate the villain? Have her impose annoying inconveniences on the party. For example, if the villain is a corrupt city ruler. Have her soldiers impose a tax on the party, or search their possessions and seize an object of moderate value. #ttrpg #dnd #rpg #ttrpgCommunity

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Tim
@swan65.bsky.social

Actually charging players taxes on treasure has always been in D&D. Just like a thief has to pay the local thieves guild and clerics had to tithe to their church or what have you. Failure to do certain things can lead to circumstances.

Tim
@swan65.bsky.social

They might get away without paying taxes to a small town, only to be followed by the dreaded tax men.

Saice
@saice.bsky.social

The odd bit is you just need to bother the players. So even meta stuff can get them to hate the villain. I had a plot once where the players kept getting dreams to help guide them to the BBEG. By the end they wanted them dead just to stop having to deal with dreams every time they rested