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<blockquote data-quote="DrunkonDuty" data-source="post: 4911246" data-attributes="member: 54364"><p>Well I've only played one evil character in recent years. An evil campaign in which we all played Orcs and related races. </p><p> </p><p>My character was, basically, a Nazi Orc. His goal was to unite the tribes, promote veneration of The Leader (the dead NPC whose horde we were all survivors of), promote racial purity (ie: he hated half-orcs) and of course gain leibensraum for the orcs by killing/enslaving other races. He was also a religious fanatic.</p><p> </p><p>Great fun and boy, was he a nasty piece of work. Treated the Goblin PC as a slave. Thought of the female Orc as a baby making machine. (Well she <em>was</em> a shaman of Luthic, the Cave Mother.) And had a rivalry with her son, the extemely powerful, yet extremely stupid (read min-maxed) Half Orc-Ogre, for leadership of our little group. </p><p> </p><p>As for his treatment of the enemy... actually no worse than most "good" PCs. He killed em and took their stuff. Although he did actively participate in the ritual sacrifice of captives. And he thought slavery just made good economic sense.</p><p> </p><p>Of course this character thought of himself as Good. A Hero looking for a homeland for his oppressed people. Seeking to free them from poverty. To drive off and punish their enemies. To save them from the genocide regularly practised upon them. To bring Order and Law to the tribes. To lead them to their Destiny! (yeah, he did want to lead, not for material benefits so much as the glory!)</p><p> </p><p>Compared to most DnD PCs was he evil? Not particularly. In many ways he much less amoral and self-serving than many Good PCs as he did genuinely care for the Orcish people. OK, he was given to acts of stupid vandalism and had no respect for other races or value systems... Mmm, again, kinda par for the course in DnD.</p><p> </p><p>So I'd say, in my experience, that evil campaigns are quite possible and that, despite the fact that many of the same actions are indulged in and same goals are aimed for, there is a difference in both attitude towards and (some) of the means used to achieve goals. And this makes the difference to me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DrunkonDuty, post: 4911246, member: 54364"] Well I've only played one evil character in recent years. An evil campaign in which we all played Orcs and related races. My character was, basically, a Nazi Orc. His goal was to unite the tribes, promote veneration of The Leader (the dead NPC whose horde we were all survivors of), promote racial purity (ie: he hated half-orcs) and of course gain leibensraum for the orcs by killing/enslaving other races. He was also a religious fanatic. Great fun and boy, was he a nasty piece of work. Treated the Goblin PC as a slave. Thought of the female Orc as a baby making machine. (Well she [I]was[/I] a shaman of Luthic, the Cave Mother.) And had a rivalry with her son, the extemely powerful, yet extremely stupid (read min-maxed) Half Orc-Ogre, for leadership of our little group. As for his treatment of the enemy... actually no worse than most "good" PCs. He killed em and took their stuff. Although he did actively participate in the ritual sacrifice of captives. And he thought slavery just made good economic sense. Of course this character thought of himself as Good. A Hero looking for a homeland for his oppressed people. Seeking to free them from poverty. To drive off and punish their enemies. To save them from the genocide regularly practised upon them. To bring Order and Law to the tribes. To lead them to their Destiny! (yeah, he did want to lead, not for material benefits so much as the glory!) Compared to most DnD PCs was he evil? Not particularly. In many ways he much less amoral and self-serving than many Good PCs as he did genuinely care for the Orcish people. OK, he was given to acts of stupid vandalism and had no respect for other races or value systems... Mmm, again, kinda par for the course in DnD. So I'd say, in my experience, that evil campaigns are quite possible and that, despite the fact that many of the same actions are indulged in and same goals are aimed for, there is a difference in both attitude towards and (some) of the means used to achieve goals. And this makes the difference to me. [/QUOTE]
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