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<blockquote data-quote="Lord Pendragon" data-source="post: 807543" data-attributes="member: 707">Along the lines of some posters here portraying a more neutral selfishness as evil (which I agree is happening here) I think that there is also a general side-lining of the importance of the chaotic part of the alignment.An evil character who keeps agreements, is loyal to his comrades, etc. is a lawful evil character, not chaotic evil.&nbsp; Lawful is to be ordered, and to honor rules and restrictions, even if you use them to selfish or evil ends (such as extracting a vow from a paladin under false pretenses).&nbsp; Chaotic is to give such things no value.&nbsp; Chaotic characters are not bound to keep thier word unless it suits them on the particular day.&nbsp; Nor does authority have any special meaning to them.I can imagine playing a lawful evil PC in a good party.&nbsp; One need merely have an agreement with the party that the evil PC will honor and the other good PCs are comfortable with.&nbsp; I find it much more difficult to envision a chaotic evil PC working out.It's not so much the evil or the chaotic by themselves, but the combination that makes it crash and burn.&nbsp; I advise you to avoid the headache this will become (and the better you roleplay, the more likely it is to be a problem!) and scrap the PC now.&nbsp; If you really want to do the evil thing, make your replacement PC lawful evil.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lord Pendragon, post: 807543, member: 707"] Along the lines of some posters here portraying a more neutral selfishness as evil (which I agree is happening here) I think that there is also a general side-lining of the importance of the chaotic part of the alignment. An evil character who keeps agreements, is loyal to his comrades, etc. is a lawful evil character, not chaotic evil. Lawful is to be ordered, and to honor rules and restrictions, even if you use them to selfish or evil ends (such as extracting a vow from a paladin under false pretenses). Chaotic is to give such things no value. Chaotic characters are not bound to keep thier word unless it suits them on the particular day. Nor does authority have any special meaning to them. I can imagine playing a lawful evil PC in a good party. One need merely have an agreement with the party that the evil PC will honor and the other good PCs are comfortable with. I find it much more difficult to envision a chaotic evil PC working out. It's not so much the evil or the chaotic by themselves, but the combination that makes it crash and burn. I advise you to avoid the headache this will become (and the better you roleplay, the more likely it is to be a problem!) and scrap the PC now. If you really want to do the evil thing, make your replacement PC lawful evil. [/QUOTE]

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