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<blockquote data-quote="Ravensblood" data-source="post: 2031004" data-attributes="member: 17707"><p>I'm not a big fan of Evil PC parties. They just seem to de-evolve rapidly. Usually one or two evil characters in the party manages to piss off everybody else. This is typically the greedy rogue type that does eveything selfishly, or just a player who hadn't thought his actions through. But i have been a part of instances where an evil party was fun in the short term. </p><p></p><p>We had a DM who ran a mid to high level evil PC campaign, and then afterwords, we had to create a good party to combat and undo everything the evil group had done. We got to play both sides of the coin in the same storyline. It was most gratifying.</p><p></p><p>Personally, I've enjoyed playing an evil PC seeking redemption. For instance, a cleric who under a terrible curse (death effect where I rolled a 1 for my save) was turned into a vampire. While seeking to change himself back, he captured an imp with some info. The imp found its wings fixed to a door with daggers while it was tortured for information. The vamp cleric tried to resist drinking blood and eventually failed (another failed save) leading him to find and kill the tyrant magistrate of the town, etc. Even tried a character who was a werewolf and didn't know it. Eventually was confronted with his own suspicions, and tried to redeem himself.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ravensblood, post: 2031004, member: 17707"] I'm not a big fan of Evil PC parties. They just seem to de-evolve rapidly. Usually one or two evil characters in the party manages to piss off everybody else. This is typically the greedy rogue type that does eveything selfishly, or just a player who hadn't thought his actions through. But i have been a part of instances where an evil party was fun in the short term. We had a DM who ran a mid to high level evil PC campaign, and then afterwords, we had to create a good party to combat and undo everything the evil group had done. We got to play both sides of the coin in the same storyline. It was most gratifying. Personally, I've enjoyed playing an evil PC seeking redemption. For instance, a cleric who under a terrible curse (death effect where I rolled a 1 for my save) was turned into a vampire. While seeking to change himself back, he captured an imp with some info. The imp found its wings fixed to a door with daggers while it was tortured for information. The vamp cleric tried to resist drinking blood and eventually failed (another failed save) leading him to find and kill the tyrant magistrate of the town, etc. Even tried a character who was a werewolf and didn't know it. Eventually was confronted with his own suspicions, and tried to redeem himself. [/QUOTE]
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