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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Flamestrike" data-source="post: 7971727" data-attributes="member: 6788736">Rick Sanchez (Rick and Morty). The Hound (GoT) before Arya left him to die. Titus Pullo (HBO'S Rome). Best friends to the (very LN) Lucius Vorenus.Anyone who holds no real code, is angry at the world at large, is unconventional, impulsive, reckless and/or headstrong (Chaotic) and also holds little or no qualms about hurting other people (Evil).If you think about it, you probably know people like this in real life.The problem with CE is most immature nerds play CE like Kharn the Betrayer, the Joker or Ramsay Bolton. Burning down an orphanage or the tavern 'just because' or murdering some NPC over a few coppers. People like that dont exist (or if they do, they are completely deranged).Play your CE protagonist as someone who is angry or disillusioned at the world, and sees laws, a code, and honour as weakness. They value their own individualism, and dont care who they harm in the process.To add dimensions to them, give them a reason for their outlook. Rick Sanchez caused the death of his wife, which has led him to be the nihilist he is. The Hound was badly abused as a child, and came to hate the world and how it worked. Bonus points if you also give them a redeeming feature. The Hound for example has genuine empathy for Sansa (and later Arya), seeing in her a mirror of himself and shielding her from abuse, while also holding a genuine affection for her.Of course, the Hound being the Hound, he then tries to teach both Sansa and Arya how to stop having honor, stop caring about the world, look after yourself, and kill whoever gets in your way for a few silvers or a roof for the night (the outlook he himself developed to survive when he was alone and being victimised).Give your PC a reason for their bleak outlook, and within that reason, you'll find places where you can explore your PCs darkness in a way that doesnt involve 'kill, main, burn' and may involve some actual depth to your PC.</blockquote>

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