@Mornmagor Role playing Neutral Evil in BG is pretty straightforward: only do things that benefit yourself and don't take risks that aren't commensurate with the potential profits. Betraying people for power or profit rarely becomes problematic with Neutral Evil. Lawful Evil is a bit more of a challenge, because you have to balance being lawful with being evil. I usually have a code of ethics that I set at the beginning of the game, like not harming children (which justifies freeing Hendak in the Copper Coronet and killing the slavers) and keeping my word when given, no matter the moral consequences. I always kill "Feldeposts' Thugs" for Silke in Beregost because I agreed to protect her, but, after that contract is over, I turn around and kill her for lying to my party.
I like to think of Lawful Evil as principled ruthlessness.
@Mortianna, i am afraid in the end i'm gonna end up Chaotic.
How else could i justify a person that sees the world as a pot of suffering because of destiny's whims, where evil is abundant and always there to take advantage of the weak, and thus he sees the whole nature of humans as an enemy?
He wants to bring down the fabric, or illusion if you want, of peace and ethics, and establish his own peace, ruled by an iron hand, but to do that possibly he will have to tear down everything through war, or becoming the next god of murder - or at least that's how he sees it.
Enforcing rule and becoming tyrant is Lawful alright, but tearing down society and laws as they are? I think that's more Chaotic i guess.
I guess it could pass as Lawful as well, since he believes in order and laws, however he believes he needs to enforce them himself.
Nah, i guess it could pass as Lawful no problem :P
As long as you're tearing down one society to rebuild another, it's perfectly lawful behavior. Think of all the revolutionary movements that became the ruling party/government of their own societies: the German National Socialists, the Russian Bolsheviks, the Italian Fascists, the American Revolution, the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, etc.
As you said, tearing down a society and its laws as an end in itself it definitely chaotic behavior. Your PC sounds disillusioned with the status quo and the current social order. He still wants a strong social and political system, but one that is in line with his own ideals. You could go Lawful Neutral with that, maybe with evil tendencies as well.
Indeed, of course, a Blackguard will be Evil, and since there's gonna be a big bloodshed towards that goal, of innocents maybe as well, i guess Evil will be more appropriate.
Ho ho
However, indeed it might be Chaotic to tear down society, but when it happens towards a very specific goal methodically, i guess this is Lawful in the end.
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I like to think of Lawful Evil as principled ruthlessness.
How else could i justify a person that sees the world as a pot of suffering because of destiny's whims, where evil is abundant and always there to take advantage of the weak, and thus he sees the whole nature of humans as an enemy?
He wants to bring down the fabric, or illusion if you want, of peace and ethics, and establish his own peace, ruled by an iron hand, but to do that possibly he will have to tear down everything through war, or becoming the next god of murder - or at least that's how he sees it.
Enforcing rule and becoming tyrant is Lawful alright, but tearing down society and laws as they are? I think that's more Chaotic i guess.
I guess it could pass as Lawful as well, since he believes in order and laws, however he believes he needs to enforce them himself.
Nah, i guess it could pass as Lawful no problem :P
As you said, tearing down a society and its laws as an end in itself it definitely chaotic behavior. Your PC sounds disillusioned with the status quo and the current social order. He still wants a strong social and political system, but one that is in line with his own ideals. You could go Lawful Neutral with that, maybe with evil tendencies as well.
Ho ho
However, indeed it might be Chaotic to tear down society, but when it happens towards a very specific goal methodically, i guess this is Lawful in the end.
Lawful Evil Blackguard incoming ~_o <- evil eye looking at you, Paladins
I've found it interesting how many of us use our own "IRL alignment" as our PC's alignment.