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Message: <blockquote data-quote="haakon1" data-source="post: 3214773" data-attributes="member: 25619">Why?  Because people are coming to gaming from playing computer games, not from reading sci fi/fantasy or watching sci fi/fantasy.  It's not all about role playing a character, but about the player getting a great build.Also, some players are immature and want to test out what it's like to be evil in a consequence free environment.  This is usually a short-lived phase.And in our modern culture, we're back to a pre-Star Wars 1970s view of things.  If it's not tatoo'd, pierced, wearing spikey armor, and worshipping evil, it's like a total lamer.  Tune in, turn on, drop out, and rock hard, dood!My ways of dealing with this as a DM: 1) Let people play whatever evil character they want, once.  But give evil in game, logical consequences.  It helps if you ground your game in a society, with laws, social norms, and law enforcers.  For really clueless players (like the one who wanted to eat peasants that orcs had killed to save on iron rations), I will warn them that if someone finds out they are a cannibal, they will be subjected to medieval justice.2) Don't play with people who you don't like/people who are annoying gamers.  Generally, if a person is not a pain in normal life, they aren't nuts at the gaming table either.</blockquote>