RPing Evil Druid

[deClench]

In Eberron, the Ashbound are typically the "civilization is evil" types, but there is another type: The Children of Winter, who believe (as your druid could) that the world is due for a rebirth, and the only way to hasten this cycle of rebirth is to corrupt and destroy as much as possible. So, to hasten the greater good of the Rebirth, you corrupt and destroy now.

The beauty of the Children of Winter is that they can be played along the spectrum of evil. They can actively seek to hasten that "rebirth" as you say or they can take a more "red in tooth and claw" as mentioned earlier. Everything this latter version does is with brutal efficiency with no dissenting conscience. They are the epitome of the dark side of nature: following need and desire rather than rational thought. They have no real goals; they are simply living as an animal. They live "survival of the fittest." I would actually view those trying to proactively hasten a "rebirth" as an extreme sect.

Cheers.

 

[Teemu]

Lordcloaker, you’ve ever watched the news?

Earthquakes killing thousands; hurricanes and forest fires destroying everything in their paths; tsunamis obliterating thousands and thousands of lives, families, and homes; diseases reaping people; floods devastating towns and villages.

Then there’s the smaller stuff, such as random attacks by animals.

Have you ever watched nature documentaries? Predators don’t necessarily kill their targets as quickly as possible. Killer whales, among others, play with their prey before killing and eating them.

There’s supposed to be Good in nature?

 

[Reynard]

Goes for power within druid circle ruthlessly.

I like this one best. Still a druid. Still doing druidy things. But when it comes to that old 'single combat' thing, poison and politics all the way. Whee!

(and he's definitely not a hippie )

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

Reynard -- you make me miss the 1E druid, who had to challenge his superiors for mastery to gain levels (much like the 1E monk, too).

 

[Wormwood]

Two words:

Wicker Man

 

[fusangite]

We learned, initially, of the druids from the Romans who did believe them to be Neutral Evil. I would take seeing all living things in the same category to its logical conclusion -- cannibalism, human sacrifice, bestiality, etc.

 

[Trepelano]

I usually think of druids as viewing nature through their alignment. Good druids tend to see nature as a benefactor, Chaotic druids tend to see nature as wild and untameable, Lawful druids tend to see nature as inviolate and orderly, Evil druids tend to see nature as brutal and savage.

These views are broad enough to allow druids of the same alignment to still have some variety in personalities.

 

[Hatchling Dragon]

Druids praise life and the living, which really fit well goodie guys. I can see a Evil druid being harsh (death maybe?) on expanding farmers destroying a forest, but other than that I really cant see how a evil druid acts and sees the world. Anyone played one ? Tips, ideas ? Anything will help.

Evil can be a matter of perception. What we consider 'evil' isn't always such to those that practice it. Think of Ecco-terrorists of today, destroying the 'evils of civilization' that are themselfs destroying nature. Think of those same people actualy being granted power from Nature itself. What better way to stop those that are destroying all you hold dear than to use the powers you were given to stop them, thus prooving that your ideals were better all along. After all, in nature only the strong survive, and you are obivously the stronger. You have Mother Nature herself on your side!

 

[TheAuldGrump]

Two words:

Wicker Man

We'll keep the fire burnin' for ya!

And do not forget The Wild Hunt...

The Auld Grump - Nature, red in tooth and claw...

 

[Sejs]

There’s supposed to be Good in nature?

No, there's not supposed to be any of that stuff in there either. Just Neutral through and through.