The BBEG, Big Bad Evil Guy/Girl or Big Bad End Guy/Girl, is a specific type of non-player character who serves as the main villain of a campaign or scenario. In role-playing games, especially ones in the action-adventure genre, the BBEG's schemes have either set the plot in motion or brought the party together against them, and the BBEG is usually the main enemy in the climactic battle of the story.
For example, Vecna was the BBEG of the first campaign of Critical Role.
A BBEG is similar to a boss monster or boss villain in video games.
External links
- Big Bad at TVTropes.org, about a similar trope in general fiction