Supervillain Plot Generator List & PnP Cards

A Print-and-Play deck of 80 cards to help you generate crimes & capers for PC supers to battle against. Useful for all kinds of superhero games- Wild Talents, Mutants & Masterminds, Masks, Hit the Streets, etc.. Combine this with the Supers City Event Generator and the Supers B-Plot decks. This includes a print and play pdf, a pdf of the text table, an rtf version.

Each card includes five elements:

• Plot: What operation is the villain carrying out? Switch Bodies, Raid Alternate Worlds, Capture Hero
  
• Goal: Why is the villain doing this? Dissolve Trust in Something, Gain New Powers, Attack and Dethrone God
  
• Low-Stakes Location: Incidental places for investigation, encounters, or preliminary skirmishes. Gymnasium. Waterway Runoff, Megacorp Distribution Center.
  
• High-Stakes Location: Key sites for operational targets, hidden bases, and final battles. Private Military Contractor, Bio-Weapon Lab, High-Speed Train.
• Complications: Twists, turns, and swerves which may impact the heroes and/or villain. Turncoat Hero Involved, Family Ties Revealed, Need the Help of a Foe.

If you've got a great villain made up or picked from a rogues gallery sourcebook, this is an excellent way to quickly generate ideas and backstory and get them to the table.

The text of this is released under CC 4.0 Share Alike Attribution.  It is not AI generated nor to be used with any kind of generative AI.

Art by grandfailure (Adobe Stock).