Gamer’s Tavern turns to the Dark Side! Want to play evil but are worried about the players turning into murderbunnies? Or dissolving into PvP chaos? We talk about how to use evil player characters and even entire evil parties and still tell great stories and have fun.
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Jason Yarnell
Bryant Smith
Marine Corps 1st Tank Battalion
Episode 5: Horror Role Playing Games
What We’ve Been Playing
Dark Nova (Darryl and Ross)
Sink the Titanic (Darryl)
Pathfinder (Jason)
Hero System (Jason)
D&D 5th Edition (Jason)
World of Tanks (Bryant)
Final Fantasy VII (Bryant)
Arduin Grimoire (Ross)
Champions (Ross)
Evil Player Characters
Pillage and Burn/For the Evulz – “Remember men, pillage before you burn!”
Lawful Evil – “Look, we both said a lot of things you’re going to regret. But I think we can put our differences behind us. For science. You monster.”
Amoral/Mercenary – “I ain’t in this for your revolution and I’m not in it for you, Princess. I expect to get paid.”
Vigilante/Grey Moral – “I’m not locked in here with you. You’re locked in here with me!!”
Gamer’s Tavern Episode 21: Graphic Content
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Gamer’s Tavern Episode 28: Alignment
Gamer’s Tavern Episode 33: Character Death
Gamer’s Tavern Episode 27: Birthright
Games Mentioned
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition
Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition
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2 thoughts on “Episode 34: Evil Player Characters, or We Have Cookies”
Something that occurred to me while listening to the show, is that not all evil parties are going to be about screwing each other over and PvP. Two evil parties that come to mind are Bonny and Clyde, and Malory and Mickey Knox from Natural Born Killers…who were not only evil, but chaotic evil. So as a GM, don’t forget that you can start things off with “oh…and you like each other”.