#RPGaDay2025 - 26 Nemesis

I like the idea of a nemesis. It’s generally not that realistic, but it’s a clean way to get some drive and control over a story’s narrative.

I’m actually starting to like the narrative idea that everyone has a soul-mate. However, the twist is that we don’t know whether the soul-mate is a lover, a platonic companion, or a nemesis. The soul-mate is someone who completes you, but you don’t really get to choose how they complete you. Who would Superman be without Lex Luthor? Who would Batman be without the Joker? Who would Thor be without Loki (I’m thinking just as much about mythology as Marvel comics and cinema in this one)?

The nemesis always sit in the background and drives the story as an antagonist when things aren’t necessarily moving of their own momentum, but the same could be said of a lover or some other regular companion. This might be a fun avenue to explore in a game some time (or at the very least in the supplement to some sort of game).

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