In Dungeons & Dragons and other similar fantasy RPGs, the default assumption is that players portray legendary heroes who start out protecting villages from goblins and end their story by saving the world. It's just as possible, however, for RPGs like D&D to tell the stories of ambitious despots, sinister cultists, calculating criminals, and cruel reavers who want to set the world on fire and rule the ashes.
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