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oh, sweet, i found a character discription that perfectly portrays me and morgan. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="
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Everybody knows what a Chessmaster is like - cold, logical, methodical, sitting above the fray and pulling the strings. His minions and catspaws are everywhere, but he himself stays safe in his fortress, laying his plans with painstaking care. There are no people in his designs, only pieces to be moved about the board.
And then there's the Magnificent Bastard.
The Magnificent Bastard is what happens when you combine the Chessmaster, the Trickster, and the Manipulative Bastard (sometimes throwing in a bit of Large Ham). He is a bold and charismatic (though not always loveable) rogue who likes to work on his own. He may or may not have a power structure supporting him, but if he does have one, he isn't nearly as dependent on it as a traditional Chessmaster. His best weapons are his audacity, his charisma, and his self-reliance.
Instead of trying to control every variable, the Magnificent Bastard is a gambler who plays the odds and wins regularly. In the grand game, he always puts himself into play - he is his own most effective piece. It means being exposed to danger at times, but the benefits are considerable. When an unexpected opportunity appears, he's there to spot it and seize it. He can play other people's emotions like a piano. And when his plans go awry, he's ready to turn a setback into an advantage.
All this gives him an extraordinary ability to bounce back from defeat. Unlike most Chessmasters, he knows that the best-laid plans can fail, and when it happens, he never has a Villainous Breakdown. At most, he will allow himself a single moment of fury; more likely, he passes it off with a shrug and a laugh. After that, he sets about weaselling his way out of the consequences of his actions, and usually succeeds. His fondness for working on his own means that even when you deprive him of wealth and status, take away his dupes and catspaws, and foil his elaborate plot, he remains a force to be reckoned with.
Although he may be charming, the Magnificent Bastard is not a nice guy - he's selfish, ruthless, and treacherous. Still, audiences usually love him for his style, his wicked sense of humor, and his utter refusal to descend into Wangst. While he is sometimes the Big Bad, he's just as likely to be a Wild Card or The Starscream, and may well end up helping the heroes for his own reasons.
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