What's the worst repercussions you've experienced from playing an evil campaign?

[Lasher Dragon]

Lately I have seen a lot of posts about things that happen when a gaming group playing an evil (or at least very graphic) game/campaign collide with the general public, with anywhere from amusing to disturbing results. What's the worst thing that has happened to you as a result of these types of games?

Mine would have to be losing the best GM I've ever known. He's still alive AFAIK, however after a solid campaign that spanned nearly 5 years in Vampire: The Masquerade, suddenly he became super-religious and refused to play any kind of RPG anymore. He completely changed his lifestyle, changed who he associated with, and then moved to Alaska.

 

[Hand of Evil]

Having my plans ruined by damn kids!

 

[azmodean]

Most likely you left something out that connects your dm's life change with the campaign, but as stated it doesn't really sound like a reprecussion from the game.

 

[Mercule]

Mostly, my only complaint stems from being in email games where the other evil players were all either homocidal nutters or unable to actually do something unpleasant.

I still remember the PC group vs. PC group game I was in. We were hired to ambush and kill the good party. We planned things out, set up appropriately, and got the drop on the good guys. I was the only person who actually carried through on my part. Some of the others started off well, but eventually, they all turned into, "We'll save you from the guy who just stuck three poisoned crossbow bolts into your mage and thief."

Grr....

 

[Lasher Dragon]

Most likely you left something out that connects your dm's life change with the campaign, but as stated it doesn't really sound like a reprecussion from the game.

Well, it was what I consider a pretty typical World of Darkness game, I mean there was all kinds of evil stuff goin' on. The only other mitigating factor I can think of is it was getting close to the new millenium and perhaps he bought into the whole "end of the world, Y2K" crap. I remember that because I remember thinking how hilarious it would be to be standing in front of your god and explaining why you only became religious when you thought the end was near.

 

[Crothian]

Being told that I was actually being too evil for the groups taste and having to tone it down. It was the saddest evil campaign I ever saw; they were not evil. They just happened to follow an evil god.

 

[Lasher Dragon]

Being told that I was actually being too evil for the groups taste and having to tone it down. It was the saddest evil campaign I ever saw; they were not evil. They just happened to follow an evil god.

LOL

Dude that reminds me of when I used to play full-contact floor hockey in high school. I was repeatedly asked to "Take it easy" and "Calm down". I was like "WTF, are we playing hockey here or what?" It was especially amusing because while I may have been around 6' 3", I probably weighed the least of anyone playing at around 150 pounds.

 

[MetalBard]

Being told that I was actually being too evil for the groups taste and having to tone it down. It was the saddest evil campaign I ever saw; they were not evil. They just happened to follow an evil god.

Aw, man. If I were that evil god, I wouldn't have tolerated such slacking off!

 

[Crothian]

Aw, man. If I were that evil god, I wouldn't have tolerated such slacking off!

It was fun, but very railroaded though we didn't care. We just did what the god asked (ie what the DM wanted for us next). I had a great bard that is one of my 4 favorite PCs ever. It was a fun game, good group of guys, they just didn't want any evil in the evil campaign. It was lkots of killing, but not senseless killing. If we removed the motives (evil god) from it it felt like a typical game where you go, kill things, and take their stuff. And then plots move around you that you don't really care about.

 

[Mercule]

Being told that I was actually being too evil for the groups taste and having to tone it down. It was the saddest evil campaign I ever saw; they were not evil. They just happened to follow an evil god.

Last time I had a character involved in an evil cult game, it was an assassin who was very into not having loose ends or liabilities. There was one character in particular that didn't seem to understand that "PC" and "liability" are not necessarily exclusive of the other.

We're evil. I assume you're willing to turn on me for petty things. I've got no problem with pre-emptive strikes, even to just take out the trash. The furthest the issue was ever pushed, though, was two rounds of "study" (out of three) for my death blow.