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written by Robert J. Schwalb.

''Exemplars of Evil'' is an accessory that shows how to build memorable villains for ''

'' and presents eight ready-to-play villainous groups of various levels. Each villain comes with complete game statistics, as well as adventure seeds, campaign hooks, statistics for minions, and a fully described lair.

Publication history

''Exemplars of Evil'' was written by Robert J. Schwalb, and published in September 2007. Cover art was by Ron Spears, with interior art by Jason Chan,

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, Kieran Yanner, and James Zhang. The brief that Schwalb received for this project included a selection of nine archetypical villains, which he,

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, Creighton Broadhurst,

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, and Allen Rausch were assigned to develop into more interesting and compelling villains.

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