About this episode
Keith, Wayne, and Kristian discuss the Lords of Dust and their complex schemes. Time Markers 00:00:00 – Introduction 00:01:52 – Readings Dragonmarks: The Lords of Dust Dragonmarks: The Age of Demons and You Dragon Magazine #337, “Eternal Evil: Lords of Dust” 00:04:25 – Why Rakshasa; “Overlords” vs. “Rajahs” 00:08:20 – Overlords embody a concept of evil 00:11:47 – Exposing the PCs to The Lords of Dust’s plans without spoilers 00:17:10 – The Lords of Dust feeling “too big” 00:25:37 – Only use on one or two grand-scale villains 00:27:41 – Threats for specific genres 00:29:14 – Focus on a specific objective, not the epic scheme 00:29:42 – The essence of the Overlords and the Lords of Dust 00:33:05 – Why the rakshasas don’t just rule the world 00:37:30 – Complex manipulations of the prophecy 00:44:47 – Make your own Overlord 00:45:37 – The Overlords are not allies 00:47:04 – The world knows very little about the Overlords 00:48:44 – Overlord names, titles, and themes 00:52:25 – For Players 00:52:57 – Progressively scaling up the enemies 01:02:04 – Using the story to shape your character’s perspective 01:02:45 – Warlocks and Overlord patrons 01:04:45 – Trappings for class abilities 01:06:39 – Wrap up