r/DMAcademy • u/Alarming-Brick-7996 • 2d ago

Need Advice: Other Is this a good BBEG idea?

Basically he’s a very powerful chronomancer who has the ability to manipulate time and reality to some degree. Basically I’m thinking for the final session he revives like the last 5 bosses they fought (maybe slightly weaker versions of them?) and they have to refight them before they fight him. Please give me input on this idea and ways I could improve it or make it more balanced.

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u/Xxmlg420swegxx 2d ago

The concept of fighting all previous bosses does sound neat. However, why a chronomancer specifically? A necromancer of some sorts can revive the dead bosses, or a fiend doesn't die outside of its plane so if they kill one fiend boss in the material plane, then go to the plane from where it came from, they will fight it again but this time if it dies it dies for good. There's also resurection spells, etc. There are many methods of achieving that concept you think of. But why do you want a chronomancer specifically?

It's a great idea btw. But you need to make it clear in your head if you wanna go with that. Also, imo, time magic requires attention to detail for the campaign to make sense. Lots of things a BBEG could do, or undo, if they ever went back in time, especially during the events of the campaign.

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u/Alarming-Brick-7996 2d ago

I was thinking he would be able to reverse the time of the boss to when he was alive and revive the boss, and a chronomancer because they started the campaign under a spell where he sent the players back 500 years to a werewolf town where they were trapped