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<blockquote data-quote="MechaPilot" data-source="post: 6506537" data-attributes="member: 82779">I enjoy both playing evil characters and DMing groups that have evil characters in them.&nbsp; However, I always make it clear when I DM for evil characters that simply being evil doesn't mean you treat everyone like crap, turn traitor to join with evil foes, and mindlessly murder anything that moves.Evil characters have values, twisted values, but values all the same.One of my favorite characters was a neutral-evil, fiendish cleric of her own divinity (profanity, whatever.&nbsp; The point is that her faith was that she was a nascent hell-goddess).&nbsp; She worked with a party of varying alignments, including good characters, and she fought evil enemies.&nbsp; At first blush, the character seemed good.&nbsp; However, the good things that she did fit with her goals and twisted values.Killing evil enemies as part of a party had a few benefits for her:It eliminated the competitionIt allowed her to stockpile wealth and magical goodsIt made her look like a hero to the peopleIt endeared her to a group of heroes (the party) that she could potentially manipulate if she needed real heroes to do some dirty work for her down the line.She used her status with the people and her cleric powers to recruit worshipers as she traveled.&nbsp; One of these recruited worshipers traveled with the party and eventually became the high priest of her religion.&nbsp; She also used her wealth and magical goods to build and stock a temple to house her cult.What she didn't do was try to burn down every village the party visited while slaughtering survivors and cackling manically in the light of the burning village.&nbsp; Likewise, she didn't harm the other PCs; although she did murder an NPC hireling who was with her when the group was split in a dungeon and who witnessed something she didn't want the party to know about.&nbsp; She actually used his skin as the leather for the cover of the empty spellbook that she intended to turn into her religion's bible by compiling the best moments from her travel diaries.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MechaPilot, post: 6506537, member: 82779"] I enjoy both playing evil characters and DMing groups that have evil characters in them. However, I always make it clear when I DM for evil characters that simply being evil doesn't mean you treat everyone like crap, turn traitor to join with evil foes, and mindlessly murder anything that moves. Evil characters have values, twisted values, but values all the same. One of my favorite characters was a neutral-evil, fiendish cleric of her own divinity (profanity, whatever. The point is that her faith was that she was a nascent hell-goddess). She worked with a party of varying alignments, including good characters, and she fought evil enemies. At first blush, the character seemed good. However, the good things that she did fit with her goals and twisted values. Killing evil enemies as part of a party had a few benefits for her: It eliminated the competition It allowed her to stockpile wealth and magical goods It made her look like a hero to the people It endeared her to a group of heroes (the party) that she could potentially manipulate if she needed real heroes to do some dirty work for her down the line. She used her status with the people and her cleric powers to recruit worshipers as she traveled. One of these recruited worshipers traveled with the party and eventually became the high priest of her religion. She also used her wealth and magical goods to build and stock a temple to house her cult. What she didn't do was try to burn down every village the party visited while slaughtering survivors and cackling manically in the light of the burning village. Likewise, she didn't harm the other PCs; although she did murder an NPC hireling who was with her when the group was split in a dungeon and who witnessed something she didn't want the party to know about. She actually used his skin as the leather for the cover of the empty spellbook that she intended to turn into her religion's bible by compiling the best moments from her travel diaries. [/QUOTE]

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