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Message: <blockquote data-quote="payn" data-source="post: 7971193" data-attributes="member: 90374">I think it is really important to consider how societies in the game world view evil as has been mentioned. I also think it has huge implications as to law and chaos, but ill stick to evil for this post. If I am playing an evil character i'm going to look to the world around me. Are you part of an openly evil society? Then, overt and obvious evil actions are going to be expected. Though, if you are evil in a society that is hostile to evil actions, you need to be smart about it. That means not stealing everything in sight, or kicking every puppy, killing everything in your path etc. I think the same goes for the adventuring party (especially is you have a mix of good and evil PCs). If you are all ruthless pirates at sea and everyone is on the same page, then anything goes. That means kicking your fellow PCs puppies and trying to kill them are par for the course. If you are members of a good society openly evil actions will attract adversity and roadblocks (to say the least). In this type of group attacking the fellow PCs will be unproductive. You may have to get clever about how your evil PC is going to do their thing in this situation. You may ask why would an evil PC live in a society or join a party that limits their evilness? Well, evil can be quite destructive and good quite protective. A clever individual may use the protections of a good society while pursuing their own means. That means compromise, which I know is something that doesn't seem like evil, but it can be. Honestly, I think the most interesting games are those of the mixed varieties. The best fiction chains a paladin with an assassin. For some reason fate has bound their paths and they must work together.  How do they manage to achieve their shared goal together? Who will change whom? The longer the ride the more interesting the story, imo. Sometimes a black and white game makes things really simple and enjoyable too. A friend of mine loves doing vampire meets John Wick type games. You are either vamps or vamp hunters and you just go around laying waste to your enemies. Shoot first and who cares later. This can be a really fun change up (albeit one i prefer to only last a few sessions tops ymmv.)    I think the expected morality of the game is just as important as the type of setting. This is something that the GM and players should work out together before the game starts. This will greatly impact what it means to properly do evil. -Cheers</blockquote>

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