Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Next
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
Twitch
YouTube
Facebook (EN Publishing)
Facebook (EN World)
Twitter
Instagram
TikTok
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
The
VOIDRUNNER'S CODEX
is coming! Explore new worlds, fight oppressive empires, fend off fearsome aliens, and wield deadly psionics with this comprehensive boxed set expansion for 5E and A5E!
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*TTRPGs General
Evil Parties - and Evil PC's - A Discussion
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Kradlo" data-source="post: 2028904" data-attributes="member: 28133"><p><strong>Relative Evil</strong></p><p></p><p>Personally, I play all sorts of characters, from shining heroes and to blackest villains, skulking cowards, and everything in between. I find that this helps me roleplay NPCs when I GM, as I have more insight into different mindsets and personality types.</p><p> </p><p>One of my favorite characters is Mistress Varta, a priestess of Loviatar. She's Lawful Evil, with the accent on "Lawful." Part of her character concept came from a passage regarding the goddess Loviatar herself, when she returned to the realm of the living, "to resume her just punishment of Mankind." That's what made it click for me.</p><p> </p><p>Mistress Varta believes that her purpose is to punish the guilty... and everyone's guilty of something. Those that transgress the law must suffer the consequences. Is she evil? Yes, because she enjoys her work too much, and knows herself to be deserving of punishment from her superiors (Sadomasochistic tendencies). </p><p> </p><p>She's a fun sort of antihero to play. On the one hand, she's a capable combatant in melee, a powerful spellcaster, and a capable healer. On the other hand, she tends to give the other players the willies. She tends to her party's wounded with tender loving care. "Oh this should scar up nicely," she smiles as she sews up a fighter's wound. Her healing salves burn like the dickens, "Or else you wouldn't know it was working." And there isn't a better choice when it comes to interrogating the prisoners, though some may be squeamish about her actions.</p><p> </p><p>In her mind, she's not about spreading evil, she's about maintaining order, by whatever means necessary. Her methods are certainly evil, but not her aims.</p><p> </p><p>Not every adventuring group will accept someone like Mistress Varta, but she's an interesting addition to any that will.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kradlo, post: 2028904, member: 28133"] [b]Relative Evil[/b] Personally, I play all sorts of characters, from shining heroes and to blackest villains, skulking cowards, and everything in between. I find that this helps me roleplay NPCs when I GM, as I have more insight into different mindsets and personality types. One of my favorite characters is Mistress Varta, a priestess of Loviatar. She's Lawful Evil, with the accent on "Lawful." Part of her character concept came from a passage regarding the goddess Loviatar herself, when she returned to the realm of the living, "to resume her just punishment of Mankind." That's what made it click for me. Mistress Varta believes that her purpose is to punish the guilty... and everyone's guilty of something. Those that transgress the law must suffer the consequences. Is she evil? Yes, because she enjoys her work too much, and knows herself to be deserving of punishment from her superiors (Sadomasochistic tendencies). She's a fun sort of antihero to play. On the one hand, she's a capable combatant in melee, a powerful spellcaster, and a capable healer. On the other hand, she tends to give the other players the willies. She tends to her party's wounded with tender loving care. "Oh this should scar up nicely," she smiles as she sews up a fighter's wound. Her healing salves burn like the dickens, "Or else you wouldn't know it was working." And there isn't a better choice when it comes to interrogating the prisoners, though some may be squeamish about her actions. In her mind, she's not about spreading evil, she's about maintaining order, by whatever means necessary. Her methods are certainly evil, but not her aims. Not every adventuring group will accept someone like Mistress Varta, but she's an interesting addition to any that will. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*TTRPGs General
Evil Parties - and Evil PC's - A Discussion
Top