GC Roundtable - The "Evil" Asshat

[Desertpuma]

QFT. There is precisely zero reason - ever - to play a character that's disruptive (and for the record, evil does not equal disruptive and never has to). I have absolutely no tolerance for showboats and disruptive players. RPGs are a communal exercise - if you can't figure out how to play nicely with others, you probably shouldn't play.

I'm in totally agreement. I've known a player or two who feel they have to be the star at the table. When I run, they usually end up pouting nowadays. At least one of them is a certain simulationist that Pat is familiar with, especially after that GenCon SoCal mission where he rolled an error on placing an explosive. This is where the rule of: "If you roll an error and there is no set DC, it still counts as an error" rule came from BTW.

[TheAuldGrump]

QFT. There is precisely zero reason - ever - to play a character that's disruptive (and for the record, evil does not equal disruptive and never has to). I have absolutely no tolerance for showboats and disruptive players. RPGs are a communal exercise - if you can't figure out how to play nicely with others, you probably shouldn't play.

In a long running Birthright game the Evil PC ended up being the one with contacts to everybody. Overall his people had a high standard of living, enriching the community and allowing him to make long range plans for conquest.... A tyrant, but one who practiced enlightened self interest.

Even the paladin PC had contracts with him.

The Auld Grump