Evildoer Spotlight 3: The Rat Collector (d20)
The evildoer spotlight is a new Saturday Morning Tabletop RPG series of short books (5-10 pages)¸ introducing knew enemies¸ animals and other antagonists. Included in every book will be a brief summary of the evildoer¸ their character traits and possible plot hooks to tie that evildoer into an adventure¸ and of course their stats.
Bonus material will also be included in each evildoer spotlight. The nature of the bonus material may be a new magic item¸ a supporting cast of weaker evildoers or even a new evildoer trait to add to the list of traits found in the evildoer toolkit at the end of the core rule book.
Book #3: The Rat Collector
When one has the power to summon and control thousands¸ it's only natural that they live in squalor and wear patchwork cloths stitched together from various scraps of cloth and eat the kind of food that anyone else would question is even worth calling food..... right? Well it is when you're summoning controlling and even identifying as... RATS! Eeeew¸ rats...really?... YUP!
Included in this spotlight is Ferdinand Underhill¸ the rat collector & his verminous minions. Additionally included are two new evildoer traits for your evildoer creation toolkit¸ The vermin mage trait & swarm trait as well as 4 sample creatures using the swarm trait. Also at the end of the book is a variant use for the swarm trait¸ illustrating how it can be used for gangs of creatures¸ so that having your heroes have a harrowing fight facing countless enemies can be a lot easier and more epic to run!
The rat collector and his minions are intended to be used against level 4-7 heroes¸ depending on how much like a manipulative mastermind the rat collector is played. With the new evildoer traits however¸ new enemies that can pose unique threats to your group of heroes can be made that can haunt those heroes for the entirety of their adventuring career!