How to Play Evil Characters - RPG Philosophy

124K views • 5 years ago • 19:35 So you want to be evil? Here's my thoughts on evil characters, ways to interpret them, their motivations, the value of consequences, how to pitch an evil PC concept to your Game Master, and some rambling about Firefly. If you want to read some kickass Urban Fantasy about monster hunters and their magic weapons, my novels and audio books can be found here: https://amzn.to/3lqpQen Find my Tip Jar (Patreon) here: https://www.patreon.com/SSkorkowsky Find me on Twitter, where I mostly talk about movies or random crap I'm thinking about: https://twitter.com/SSkorkowsky Guest starring Todd and Jack the NPC. 0:00 Intro 02:02 Alignment 03:34 Villainous 06:21 Evil Heroes 06:50 What is "Theirs"? 10:43 Motivations 13:01 Consequences 14:58 Convincing Your GM to Let You Play Evil 16:29 The Man They Call Jayne 18:43 A Great Character is All That Matters