Playing Evil

[Azrai]

Just curious if anybody likes playing an evil charakters.

In my opinion it's not easy to play an evil one, especially in the Birthright campaign.

Which experience did you make while playing evil charakters ?

Seems that voting is "in" at the moment, so I attached a poll: which is the most-liked (and played) alignment.

[Ariadne]

In my opinion it's very hard to play an evil character over a periode of time (once or twice o.k., but longer I think it's difficult to behave evil).

My favourite alignment is cg followed by ng. I have problems to play neutral and evil alignments and I don't like the lawfull ethos...

[Trithemius]

Azrai wrote:

> Just curious if anybody likes playing an evil charakters.
>
> In my opinion it`s not easy to play an evil one, especially
> in the Birthright campaign.
>
> Which experience did you make while playing evil charakters ?
>
> Seems that voting is

I enjoy both playing, NPCing, and allowing others to play evil
characters - from time to time. It all depends on whether there is a
cooperative theme or a competitive theme to the game. I think it is a
terrible idea to play (or allow to be played) an evil character in a
cooperative game.

--
John Machin
(trithemius@paradise.net.nz)
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[Lord Eldred]

I leave evil to the NPCs and creatures in the game. I prefer playing lawful good characters.

I am assuming rg stands for lawful good. Otherwise the vote is like a hanging chad. Not very accurate.

[soudhadies]

I don't think that playing evil is neccessarily difficult unless you're playing an overt and violent type of evil. That sort of thing gets you deposed quickly. However, a scheming and patient teflon villain can last indefinitely.

[Lord Eldred]

It is harder to play that type of evil. You can't mess up! One false move and everyone will kill you.

[soudhadies]

Orginally posted by Lord Eldred

It is harder to play that type of evil. You can't mess up! One false move and everyone will kill you.

True, a devious villain will get killed off quickly if his opponents catch wind of him. However, an overt direct and violent villain better be extremely powerful (ie. The Gorgon) in order to keep the many enemies that he ends up making at bay.

[Lord Eldred]

I would have to agree it is harder to be overtly evil and survive but I still say it is harder to role play the devious villain.

[Emerald Greybeard]

I played an evil character once and yeah, it was pretty stinking hard. Had to watch every step and speak very little. Problem is, eventually, after travelling with a group and spending lots of time with them, they start to sense your carefulness and start to grow suspicious.

[zukie]

For me it depends, Vos are really easy to run its there nature to be evil, with the harsh envirement there in and the trible wars and Belinik and Kriesha dont help matter much eaither. But in a more civilazed part of cerila well they do have to be carful.

One of the best campaigns I ran was in the Vos Guards the PCs survived and retired now, ones even an Awnsheghlien.

[Sellenus]

I had to vote... no best liked. I think that each game has a flavor, and I would rather adjust to the game rather than have the game fit my preference.

[Celerian Tempest Rainques]

I find that in the Baldur's Gate set, playing Evil doesn't have much effect on the game play. Sure, you are more easily accepted by the few bad NPC's in the game, but isn't that what the bosses usually are? So, I mean, no matter what alignment, you always have to wind up taking out an evil NPC. Evil characters seem to get ignored by the lack of readily available quests that they can go on. So usually, I'll choose Chaotic Good, just so I can tell people to handle soemthing on their own when I'm sick of their bitching. Plus, when a thief steals from me, he dies. :P

[Emerald Greybeard]

I just had a GREAT idea for an adventure!!!! Anyone ever play the PC game Dungeon Keeper? hehehe

[Ludwig_II]

Sometimes, it's funny to be a tyrant. In one of my favorite campaign, Danigau felt under a dark countess' iron fist. Well, after all it's only a game...

[Lord Eldred]

as long as everyone remembers it is only a game I think everything is o.k. It is when you lose sight of that fact!

[Onwen Agelmore]

I had a rougue in BR. He almost kill a friend of mine inside rolle-play, whille he was spleeping...
Butt it is to bad to do to a friend,...
So...
I just toke his gold
:)

[Sir Justine]

<Your character was not evil, Owen, was neutral, so I still think you made the right thing. Besides, if you had killed Karl d'Leon that day, things would be pretty hard for you today, with Owen, hahehahhaha!>

I'm playing a Star Wars campaign with an Emperor's Hand (the Emperor's assassins - evil to the core...). It's fun, but this is an exception, not the rule, and I will not play with this character that way for much long. For Birthright and other fantasy campaigns I woudn't like to play evil... maybe a Vos mercenary pretty ruthless or a very greed Brecht rogue, but even then this exemples would be more neutral than evil.
In other words, IMO evil can be fun for a while and as a change of pace, but for the long run, I would certainly play good (I voted CG).

[Sir Justine]

Speaking of computer games, have any of you played Fallout? It's from the same designers of the Baldur's series, and I would just like to say, it's the only eletronic RPG I ever played that you can actually play evil and it has an effect in the game - I mean, there are quests for evil characters and you can kill the good npcs (at least some of them...) and the game will go on!

[Lord Shaene]

I enjoy chaotic neutral or lawful neutral

[marcum uth mather]

I have to vote no favorite at the moment. i have pleyed a evil player before, just not in BR. I was in FR and a zenterium knight. my two friends were thaten wizards on the lamb, and we were out to resurect Bane. it was the best campaing of my life. The DM was always having secret role playing times with diffrent people in the group so we could plot our dirty little tricks. The problem was after awhile we all started working togher to get thinks done instead of working for our indapentent goals. after that campaing, I have played a string of palidins, thus coming a full 180. o and speaking of good PC games Neverwinter nifgts is the best i have EVER seem.