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<blockquote data-quote="Zappo" data-source="post: 1918298" data-attributes="member: 633"><p>I allow evil PCs, "at your own risk". That is, expect realistic reactions from everyone involved.</p><p> </p><p> Law officers <em>will</em> come after you if you break the law. They <em>will</em> capture you, try you and hang you if they can. Being busted out of jail <em>will not</em> be reasonably easy for a low-level party.</p><p> </p><p> Keep it up and more and more powerful people <em>will</em> arrive and they will probably KOS you if they can. Their level will be proportioned to your evil deeds, <em>not</em> to your own level. Your actions <em>will not</em> be forgotten if you lay low for a week.</p><p> </p><p> Your enemies <em>will</em> exploit any party infighting to the fullest if they find out. Fellow PCs <em>are</em> expected to react to your actions appropriately. Sending the paladin to take a coffee while you torture the prisoner <em>will not</em> work easily. Aforementioned paladin <em>will lose</em> his paladin powers if he finds out and doesn't at the very least throw you out of the party.</p><p> </p><p> OTOH, your alignment <em>will</em> be changed if the worst evil you do is wearing black, or if you base your roleplaying on metagaming concerns. </p><p> </p><p> Personally, I don't like to play evil characters. I am so dreadfully sick of players wanting to have an E on the sheet at all costs but actually never doing anything evil, that by reaction I make my evil NPCs seriously disturbing. Enough that I wouldn't want to play them as a player.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zappo, post: 1918298, member: 633"] I allow evil PCs, "at your own risk". That is, expect realistic reactions from everyone involved. Law officers [i]will[/i] come after you if you break the law. They [i]will[/i] capture you, try you and hang you if they can. Being busted out of jail [i]will not[/i] be reasonably easy for a low-level party. Keep it up and more and more powerful people [i]will[/i] arrive and they will probably KOS you if they can. Their level will be proportioned to your evil deeds, [i]not[/i] to your own level. Your actions [i]will not[/i] be forgotten if you lay low for a week. Your enemies [i]will[/i] exploit any party infighting to the fullest if they find out. Fellow PCs [i]are[/i] expected to react to your actions appropriately. Sending the paladin to take a coffee while you torture the prisoner [i]will not[/i] work easily. Aforementioned paladin [i]will lose[/i] his paladin powers if he finds out and doesn't at the very least throw you out of the party. OTOH, your alignment [i]will[/i] be changed if the worst evil you do is wearing black, or if you base your roleplaying on metagaming concerns. Personally, I don't like to play evil characters. I am so dreadfully sick of players wanting to have an E on the sheet at all costs but actually never doing anything evil, that by reaction I make my evil NPCs seriously disturbing. Enough that I wouldn't want to play them as a player. [/QUOTE]
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