The Villain Needs A Babysitter!

You applied for a babysitting job. It was just a gig on a flyer stuck to a wall somewhere. Somehow, you only realize they're one of the most dangerous villains imaginable when you're already showing up for your first day. Choose your employer and spend an ordinary day looking after someone in a profoundly abnormal household. Castle Ravenloft. Latveria. Wonderland. The Forbidden Mountain. Bowser's kingdom. Barad-dûr. The Moon Palace. Far Far Away. Every household has its own child, its own problems and a villainous parent who expects you to handle them. Feed them. Entertain them. Set boundaries. Survive awkward questions, strange hobbies, magical hazards, royal tantrums and whatever else happens before bedtime. Probably don't lose the kid. Or else. ------ My twenty-fourth scenario ever and it's another sandbox! This started with a simple idea: loving your child doesn't automatically make you less evil, less ridiculous or any easier to work for. So the villains stay villains, while their children get to be their own strange little people. That has produced Doctor Doom baking cakes with his daughter, the Dark Lord of Mordor developing a frog problem, Bowser raising a plumbing enthusiast, and an ancient vampire lord reluctantly sharing Castle Ravenloft with a glittery pink stuffed platypus named Straya. Somehow this became eight scenarios in a trench coat. I hope you enjoy the babysitting job. ------ Some highlights from testing: Babysitter: “What is a Straya?” Strahd: “A pink, glittery, stuffed representation of a platypus. An Australian monotreme.” Babysitter: “Anything I need to know before I meet Lucy?” Doctor Doom: “Failure is not an option. Negligence will be met with consequences befitting the crime. Lucy’s safety, comfort, and happiness are paramount.” Queen of Hearts: “If he cries, if he is bored... or if you allow him to acquire any more white rabbits, I shall reconsider your employment. Permanently.” Sauron: “You will also ensure Ash does not bring more of the... amphibians... into the upper chambers. The last one multiplied in the scrying pool.” Ash: “They were just tadpoles. They needed water.” Rita: “Do not interrupt my son's presentation. Do not critique his performance unless he asks. Applaud. Be impressed. He has been rehearsing all morning instead of eating breakfast, the little ham.” **Later... ** Rex: “BEHOLD! I am REX REPULSA, HEIR TO THE LUNAR THRONE, MASTER OF COSMIC DRAMA, AND... AND THE BEST BOY IN THE WHOLE PALACE!” ------ A huge thanks, as always, to @LewdLeah for Inner Self! <3 Add your player character's name (and those of interesting emerging characters) to the Inner Self config card found in the Story Cards. You can also disable the script there if you don't like it for some reason. Auto Cards is enabled by default and can be disabled from its own config card.