evil aligned parties
ber5nie5
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i pretty much exclusively play parties that are neutral to good in alignment. when i play, i like to "role play" according to my charname's alignment.
it's fun to role play an evil aligned charname and be "evil" on occasion. also gives me the opportunity to meet and play with evil aligned npc's.
i rarely play an evil charname anymore for a couple of reasons.
1. higher prices at vendors.
2. becoming kos to guards when your reputation falls too low.
it's a shame that it is made alot more difficult to the point of just not playing an evil aligned party due to the difficulties i encounter as a result. what makes it even more heart wrenching is that the best npc's for various classes are of an evil alignment. edwin and viconia being a couple of examples.
i know money is plentiful in the game and you can do quests to raise your reputation, but it's a shame that you have to play "out of character" to avoid being kos to guards.
i know we'll probably never see it, but i think it would be awesome to maybe have one "evil" vendor in each town where you get better prices the lower your reputation gets.
and why be kos to guards if you haven't broken any laws (that they know of) in town. no photography back in those days. so how do they know who you are anyways? would be great if guards only come after you if you are witnessed doing a crime.
just wishful thinking on my part "sigh". would like to hear other's thoughts on making the game easier to play with an evil aligned party.
it's fun to role play an evil aligned charname and be "evil" on occasion. also gives me the opportunity to meet and play with evil aligned npc's.
i rarely play an evil charname anymore for a couple of reasons.
1. higher prices at vendors.
2. becoming kos to guards when your reputation falls too low.
it's a shame that it is made alot more difficult to the point of just not playing an evil aligned party due to the difficulties i encounter as a result. what makes it even more heart wrenching is that the best npc's for various classes are of an evil alignment. edwin and viconia being a couple of examples.
i know money is plentiful in the game and you can do quests to raise your reputation, but it's a shame that you have to play "out of character" to avoid being kos to guards.
i know we'll probably never see it, but i think it would be awesome to maybe have one "evil" vendor in each town where you get better prices the lower your reputation gets.
and why be kos to guards if you haven't broken any laws (that they know of) in town. no photography back in those days. so how do they know who you are anyways? would be great if guards only come after you if you are witnessed doing a crime.
just wishful thinking on my part "sigh". would like to hear other's thoughts on making the game easier to play with an evil aligned party.
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You can also donate at temples. Plenty of evil people in real life do this for their image
As Lawful or Neutral Evil it's fine to run around all the way up to 17 rep (so your evil characters doesn't leave), and it isn't out of character at all. It just means you're fairly smart and understand what reputation is and how it can benefit you.
In fact, if you're doing runs like me, which includes things like pickpocketing tomes of wisdom and rings of regeneration, you're probably playing an evil character more than a good anyway from a RP perspective.
Most of my life i've been playing RPG games as one of those Cocky Jercks ''Charname'' and from what i've seen and hear / read i think that the majority of players are misguided or just don't know what and Evil Char or Party is.
Basically being Evil doesn't mean that u need to cleave your way trough the streets or steal from everyone you see (Except if you are not one of those Solo Sorcs in BG2 he he).
There are lot's of ways to do a bad things and not destroy your reputation.
Being at low rep means that you did bad things and from doing bad things - items / gold / stuff come for free ... so there you go!
A karma mini game would be extremely complicated for such an involved story. This isn't bethesda. They are not all quests that are barely related and the story doesn't flow from one note found on a dead body to another.
I personally like the idea of if you're truly evil you really can't be hero either. they do have evil options though. its just harder cause no one wants to help u and u dont want to help them to get exp and items.
i was making choices on quests that i thought was consistent with my charname's alignment and had a rep of 3 by the time i made it to baldur's gate in bg1.
when you start off with only a 9 rep after adding an evil npc to your party. it doesn't take much to get a low rep if you are not doing the "goody goody" quests, if you will.
i appreciate all the comments. i have only played an evil alignment a few times. you all have helped alot. i liked the comment about sarevok almost becoming a duke. makes sense to be smart/sneaky evil.
your comments have helped me to see being "evil" in a new light. thanx again for all the comments.