Table 1-24: Gain Favor of Another Villain (or Villainous Organization)

Table 1-24: Gain Favor of Another Villain (or Villainous Organization) (d10)

For use with Table 1-11: Master Table of Villainous Plans

The villain is either involved with some other villain, or wants to be. This relationship might be that of a minion to a leader; might be the relationship of a prospective minion to a leader; or could even be the relationship of a leader to his followers, especially if the leader relies on popularity to remain in his dominant position.

Citation

Tome of Adventure Design, p. 40 (http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/97423/Tome-of-Adventure-Design?affiliate_id=678287)

A random result will be collated from each column

d10	Method of Gaining Approval of Other Villain	Relationship of first villain to second villain
1	Bring it back to life	Disgraced follower performing a task set by the more powerful villain as a means of re-admittance to favor
2	Bring its minions back to life	Disgraced follower seeking to regain favor on own initiative
3	Offer it economic power	Initiation to a higher, formalized level within the second villain’s organization (becoming a captain of thieves, for instance, or a fully ordained priest of an evil cult)
4	Offer it something that increases its personal capabilities	Minion acting on own initiative to curry favor
5	Providing food	Minion following orders but going the extra mile (possibly going beyond the scope of his authority or allotted task, too)
6	Providing slaves	Obtaining a specific task or favor from the second villain. In some cases, often when the second villain is a supernatural creature, the second villain might automatically have to perform the favor if the first villain completes the task.
7	Rescue it from prison	Offspring or younger sibling of a more powerful villain
8	Rescue its minions from prison	Powerful villain maintaining popularity with his followers, or one powerful follower
9	Summon it from another plane of existence	Prospective minion (initiation or introduction)
10	Take political power on its behalf	The Method of gaining favor must be performed on an ongoing basis, and the second villain can’t do it alone. In this case, the first villain has considerable power over the second villain, who depends upon the first villain to keep performing the requisite task.