![]() ![]() Arabian Nights: Adventures of Sinbad: Sinbad encounters quite a few of these.An undead Evil Sorcerer will probably be called a Lich. Female versions are likely to also be a Vain Sorceress or Lady of Black Magic. Compare the Wicked Witch and (for the more modern descendant) Mad Scientist, although some overlap isn't unheard of. It's likely that every sorcerer will be this if Magic Is Evil. If they're an Evil Archmage, everybody should watch out. ![]() The Evil Sorcerer can be at several levels of the Super Weight scale (depending on how strong magic is in a given setting) but he'll almost always be far more powerful than the heroes (unless they manage to get physical with them), and will probably be at least superficially stronger than their good counterparts (owing to possessing powers that the good can't or won't use). Killing the Evil Sorcerer is one way to stop their Keystone Army. In a villainous hierarchy, they'll most likely be the Big Bad, The Dragon, or the Evil Genius (though they could also be The Man Behind the Man or, if they're little loyalty to any particular faction, the Wild Card). They might also be upstaged by a God of Evil - but then, the most powerful Evil Sorcerers often have delusions of godhood themselves. This makes them prone to learning the painful lesson that Evil Is Not a Toy. Where they're a second-stringer, they're likely to only be one-upped by a demonic bargain gone wrong - probably because they cheated. The Evil Sorcerer nearly always gets top billing as a villain, as one of their most common traits is pride. They will probably be a Sorcerous Overlord, dwelling in an Evil Tower of Ominousness and ruling the land with an iron - but also magical - fist, though they may also show up as an Evil Chancellor, using their powers to subvert the throne more subtly. From them, one can expect anything: hordes of demonic (or undead) Mooks as the bluntest tool, More than Mind Control as the subtlest one, and anything between those two and beyond. Evil Sorcerers are very dangerous foes, as they are creative as well as clever. They deal in Black Magic and might well have made a Deal with the Devil. They've achieved great power, but at the expense of their soul. They're the mage who has delved too deeply into Things Man Was Not Meant to Know and mastered The Dark Arts. The Evil Sorcerer is the living (or occasionally undead) proof of the maxim that power corrupts and that absolute power corrupts absolutely. ![]()
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