Back in 2e I had a character who had spent his life as an alchemist (a sociopathic one--on which more in a moment). He was particularly fond of turning other people gaseous and then breathing them. He managed to acquire all sorts of weird ways of going about this; usually involving breathing in parts at a time.
Anyway, he went utterly mad doing this; he became addicted to the process as he had the most remarkable dreams every time he slept after he did this.
I played the character as a thief living on the street--years after he'd been banned from ever working in a lab. I played him as a raving lunatic who was always looking out for another chance to find ways to distill others into gas. He had powerful memories of the dreams that he'd had, and they drove him to continue to try to figure a way to get back to this. The DM did a great job describing other people to me when I played this character. The DM would point out what likely properties they'd have as contributors to his dreams.
Anyway, this character was certainly evil, in that he was killing those that he breathed, and that he was doing all of this for entirely unnecessary reasons. However, he didn't see himself as evil. He didn't even see himself as unfortunate or unusual. He saw everyone else as potentially contributing to his own experiences.
Needless to say, this guy wasn't much of a group member, and it didn't take long before I could only play him when I played one-on-one sessions with the DM, and it didn't take long for this guy to end up getting his head bashed in. But, it was a very interesting playing experience to try to play such a character.
Dave
Anyway, he went utterly mad doing this; he became addicted to the process as he had the most remarkable dreams every time he slept after he did this.
I played the character as a thief living on the street--years after he'd been banned from ever working in a lab. I played him as a raving lunatic who was always looking out for another chance to find ways to distill others into gas. He had powerful memories of the dreams that he'd had, and they drove him to continue to try to figure a way to get back to this. The DM did a great job describing other people to me when I played this character. The DM would point out what likely properties they'd have as contributors to his dreams.
Anyway, this character was certainly evil, in that he was killing those that he breathed, and that he was doing all of this for entirely unnecessary reasons. However, he didn't see himself as evil. He didn't even see himself as unfortunate or unusual. He saw everyone else as potentially contributing to his own experiences.
Needless to say, this guy wasn't much of a group member, and it didn't take long before I could only play him when I played one-on-one sessions with the DM, and it didn't take long for this guy to end up getting his head bashed in. But, it was a very interesting playing experience to try to play such a character.
Dave
, however those who actively hunted and killed people to eat were delinquent. Of course the Europeans who colonised this country thought it was evil
