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<blockquote data-quote="kitsune9" data-source="post: 5720879" data-attributes="member: 18507"><p>I know when I much younger my friends wanted to play evil characters simply because they wanted to do whatever they wanted with their power. It simply wasn't much fun to them to <em>restrain </em>oneself when you can lob <em>fireballs</em>, backstab a commoner for x3 damage that outright kills him, perform an assassination check, or host of other powerful effects. Why should you put up with backtalk from an uppity guard? Who is this noble think he is when you can cleave him and his guards in half? </p><p></p><p>The lure of evil for my friends was all about power. That's why they wanted to play evil characters.</p><p></p><p>For me, I never really got into playing evil characters, but a few years ago, I did have a friend who ran an evil mini campaign, but only got in one adventure. I ran two characters, a fighter who was a larcenous thug, but wanted to pass himself off as a respectable gentleman. He spoke with a Cockney accent and called everyone by their last names or at least address them by "Mr. xxxx" or "Ms. xxxx". He was rather dimwitted and I played him more for laughs than for outright depravity or cruelty. The other character I had was a necromancer who did terrible and unholy experiments upon the dead and was without remorse in looking to perform such horrible experiments in order to achieve undeath. However, he was a socially inept when it came to the living. We had fun with the game. Other characters was a cleric who wanted to promote his evil religion and convert everyone accept that undeath was a "natural" part of life. Of course, his character was preaching to the choir with my necromancer. Another was a noble character who constantly berated and belittled his manservant, ordered him around to do everything, and at times, made the manservant do some fighting for him while he held out a glass for his manservant to fill it with wine. Really funny. There were other characters, but I can't remember what they were or did.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kitsune9, post: 5720879, member: 18507"] I know when I much younger my friends wanted to play evil characters simply because they wanted to do whatever they wanted with their power. It simply wasn't much fun to them to [I]restrain [/I]oneself when you can lob [I]fireballs[/I], backstab a commoner for x3 damage that outright kills him, perform an assassination check, or host of other powerful effects. Why should you put up with backtalk from an uppity guard? Who is this noble think he is when you can cleave him and his guards in half? The lure of evil for my friends was all about power. That's why they wanted to play evil characters. For me, I never really got into playing evil characters, but a few years ago, I did have a friend who ran an evil mini campaign, but only got in one adventure. I ran two characters, a fighter who was a larcenous thug, but wanted to pass himself off as a respectable gentleman. He spoke with a Cockney accent and called everyone by their last names or at least address them by "Mr. xxxx" or "Ms. xxxx". He was rather dimwitted and I played him more for laughs than for outright depravity or cruelty. The other character I had was a necromancer who did terrible and unholy experiments upon the dead and was without remorse in looking to perform such horrible experiments in order to achieve undeath. However, he was a socially inept when it came to the living. We had fun with the game. Other characters was a cleric who wanted to promote his evil religion and convert everyone accept that undeath was a "natural" part of life. Of course, his character was preaching to the choir with my necromancer. Another was a noble character who constantly berated and belittled his manservant, ordered him around to do everything, and at times, made the manservant do some fighting for him while he held out a glass for his manservant to fill it with wine. Really funny. There were other characters, but I can't remember what they were or did. [/QUOTE]
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