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user-inactivated  ·  3093 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The first draft of the player's guide to my new world

    I am trying to set it up so there always be some areas where my players will find antagonists

You will find a good way in the quote I've provided. Antagonists are not necessarily those opposing the protagonists: they may be chasing after one thing - be it wealth, admiration of one person or the public, perfection in an art or anything else - and, in the process, damage another that the protagonist values greatly.

The antagonists seek whatever it is they seek for the same reason that the protagonist might wish to deny them that: because they believe it, with their whole heart, to be the right thing to do.