Hello everyone. I am here now because I have met so many evil wannabes who don't even seem to comprehend the concept of evil. Now I don't wish for them to feel insulted, all I am saying is that they are probably good natured people who have a hard time imagining themselves in the place of a person of evil and thus can't roleplay evil properly.
So I figured I should come here and post a few guidelines (they may not be 100% accurate, these are from my sight on the matter if you have complaints I'll be glad to address them so long as they are respectful) on how to roleplay an evil character
First step is the creation of the character (obviously) but when you make him/her what kind of evil are they?
Are they a creature of pure evil that wishes destruction upon the land for the sheer pleasure of looking at the suffering faces and the burning of the corpses?
Are they evil because they have suffered an injustice such that they now desire to share their pain to the rest of the world?
Are they psychopaths who simply can't help but kill everyone for the thrill?
the list goes on.
Before you chose your type of evil make sure you have their personality set. For this is what will decide which type of evil they are.
Now if you are a creature of pure evil it is more than likely that you will not reveal yourself as such. Yes you may hide in shadows and generally avoid being seen but you won’t approach people with an air of evil around you. Many would actually be very good talkers and masters at sweet talking, with high charisma and a skill at getting people into their schemes.
This kind of evil is mostly made up of people with high intelligence. Their cunning allows them to find a way to achieve their ultimate plan by employing all the resources they have at their disposal. They know that if they are cough they will be sentenced to death and thus they will avoid public publicity. They will even get people who know silenced (but beware if they already spoke it is likely that it would raise suspicions)
The evil that suffered from injustice will do it in a twisted sense of honour or justice. They would probably say something like ‘’There is so much suffering in this world and yet they all go about their daily lives as if nothing was going on. They will soon know the suffering of those they ignored all these years! ‘’ They are usually smart ones too and rather than smooth talking people into their plans they will attract them by using the concept of ‘’True’’ or ‘’divine’’ justice to convince them.
Although this can count as smooth talking there is a difference as pure evil would usually offer something in return, often what the person desires most, but they would also often discard that person once they lost their purpose
Those ‘’psychopaths’’ are harder to play than you think, You’d expect it’s just a ‘’walk in and slash everyone to bits’’ kind of thing but not quite. They do love to kill and torture or any combination of twisted desires but they will always seek the thrill of it so they would normally begin small like rape (May seem like a big thing but compared to being tortured for days and then murdered in cold blood it’s much preferable) and steadily grow to the point where they will play games with their victims, An example would be to kidnap them, bring them in the wilderness and give them time to run away before chasseing them.
Although I did give some guidelines these don’t apply to all, there is an infinite amount of types of ‘’evil’’ just as there is of ‘’good’’ But generally: Evil will keep hidden. Only fools would go out and claim to be evil when the sentence is a all expenses paid vacation to the crystal with no return ticket.
Those that claim to be evil will be pests and nuisances but can be dealt with easily. Read their desc and take what your character would SEE in the amount of time they look and how much attention they pay (Do not take the whole thing. Nobody can see a whole person’s every detail all at once, it’s impossible, brains aren’t meant to take in that much information at once.) Then go to a guard IG and contact a gm through the whisper tab. Report to the guard that you saw a Suspicious person (I can’t stress the suspicious enough, many would say ‘’I saw somebody evil!’’ although if it is in your character’s personality to jump to conclusions go right ahead, follow your roleplay before my guidelines) And there you go, you should especially watch for those who seem like nice guys and seem just too friendly.
What you can see is annoying, what you can not is frightening.
I hope this will help many of you roleplay an evil character, I hope maybe our evil masterminds may cross paths and perhaps form an alliance
that would be epic. If you have any questions or mistakes I made feel free to reply or send a PM but make sure it’s polite, I will disregard anything that isn’t polite (I don’t mind a bit of chat cussing like ‘’wtf’’ but don’t insult me or cuss directly at me)
Until next time
