>>96910674
Take notes from Shane the Shy.
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>>96311236
In the most basic terms, someone that's directly affected your party's player characters either positively or negatively will have far more effect than just a nebulous overlord or distant threat. That's not to say you can't use them, but an evil lord's general who just put the last city the party visited to the torch will elicit far more of an emotional response than his boss will. And really, there's a lot of ways you can do this, from having them backstab the party, to threatening someone or something they value, or even actually be someone the party likes for whatever reason yet be set against them because of irreconcilable goals or moralities.
And if all else fails, you can just throw them an antagonist that just gets under their skin somehow, whether because they're too competent to be easily caught or just a petty cockbite, so that when they do catch him it makes it feel worth it. Though I wouldn't make it your first option if you don't want your players to be bitter about the experience you for a while.
In the most basic terms, someone that's directly affected your party's player characters either positively or negatively will have far more effect than just a nebulous overlord or distant threat. That's not to say you can't use them, but an evil lord's general who just put the last city the party visited to the torch will elicit far more of an emotional response than his boss will. And really, there's a lot of ways you can do this, from having them backstab the party, to threatening someone or something they value, or even actually be someone the party likes for whatever reason yet be set against them because of irreconcilable goals or moralities.
And if all else fails, you can just throw them an antagonist that just gets under their skin somehow, whether because they're too competent to be easily caught or just a petty cockbite, so that when they do catch him it makes it feel worth it. Though I wouldn't make it your first option if you don't want your players to be bitter about the experience you for a while.