Top Ten D&D Villains of All Time

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Top Ten D&D Villains of All Time

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Just sitting here recovering from an unbelievable bout with the flu (as if I didn't see that coming, after 4 months of 16 hr days, 7 days a week! :roll: ), I was looking through some old D&D material and decided to open a discussion of our Top Ten D&D Villains of All Time. Mine would be:

1. Halaster Blackcloak
2. Szass Tam
3. Orcus
4. Tiamat
5. Demogorgon
6. Asmodeus
7. Vecna
8. Acererak
9. Baba Yaga
10. Lloth

If I wanted to make it harder and narrow it to the Top FIVE D&D Villains of All Time, mine would be:

1. Halaster Blackcloak
2. Szass Tam
3. Orcus
4. Tiamat
5. Vecna

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Actually, I was looking at this the other day and I'm going to revise it. If I had to narrow it down to just my Top 5, those would be:

1. Halaster Blackcloak
2. Szass Tam
3. Orcus
4. Tiamat
5. Baba Yaga
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No Strahd?
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I would have said Dracula but I guess Strahd is that version. Btw, I'm watching the Dracula series on netflix. Its certainly a little different esp powers and weaknesses of the vampire.
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Actually, I was never that big a fan of Strahd. Just seemed to be another Dracula variant to me. Now that I think about it, none of the Ravenloft or Dragonlance villains ever really appealed to me that much. Iuz from Greyhawk came close to making the list though.
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Well you know vamps...

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Post by Beowulf »

Most of my favorite AD&D villains are Dragonlance.
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Speaking of ravenloft this series is odd but when it reached the dollmaker ideas flooded in my mind. Fantastic ravenloft or githic earth red death material.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=S8j5iEklHyI
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On a different note of sorts (waaaaay back). I made use of THIS!. for villains and heroes. It was kind of hilarious tbh.
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God how I love that cartoon! The theme takes me back like a time machine! :lol:
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