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<blockquote data-quote="hawkeyefan" data-source="post: 7970885" data-attributes="member: 6785785">I think the best way to play it is to set aside alignment for a bit and apply some bad traits to the character. Maybe they’re selfish. Maybe they’re cold and uncaring. Maybe they’re disloyal. Maybe they’re bloodthirsty. Think about what you want and then give the character those traits and play them accordingly. Having goals for the character certainly helps. It helps put things in perspective about what’s most important to them. The problem that I’ve seen come up most for folks playing evil characters is that their goal seems to be “be evil” and it’s utterly dull and it goes nowhere. And very often, these characters can’t work well with a group....which can pose a problem for a game with more than one player. Look to fiction for examples of characters who we would classify as evil, but who also had some redeeming qualities, and who could cooperate with others and who could be loyal and so on.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="hawkeyefan, post: 7970885, member: 6785785"] I think the best way to play it is to set aside alignment for a bit and apply some bad traits to the character. Maybe they’re selfish. Maybe they’re cold and uncaring. Maybe they’re disloyal. Maybe they’re bloodthirsty. Think about what you want and then give the character those traits and play them accordingly. Having goals for the character certainly helps. It helps put things in perspective about what’s most important to them. The problem that I’ve seen come up most for folks playing evil characters is that their goal seems to be “be evil” and it’s utterly dull and it goes nowhere. And very often, these characters can’t work well with a group....which can pose a problem for a game with more than one player. Look to fiction for examples of characters who we would classify as evil, but who also had some redeeming qualities, and who could cooperate with others and who could be loyal and so on. [/QUOTE]

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