Special:Badtitle/NS90:Forum:Trope Talk/Manipulative Bastard and Chessmaster/reply

It's in the first paragraph of Manipulative Bastard, but basically, the difference is the Chessmaster is wholesale, and the Manipulative Bastard is retail. The Chessmaster manipulates events and groups -- think fanon Dumbledore guiding Wizarding Britain. The Manipulative Bastard screws with people's heads one person at a time.