Take the tour ×  What are some of the major challenges in
playing an Evil Character (whether that's a formal alignment or
not) in a co-operative party game, and likewise, what are some
of the reasons many groups discourage playing evil characters in
co-operative party games?  For the GM, what are the major
challenges in running a co-operative party game where players
have Evil Characters?  share|improve this question add comment
7 Answers  up vote 16 down vote accepted  I see evil player
characters as presenting three basic challenges to a game.    1.
Motivation. The plot hooks which work to pull good PCs into an
adventure won't necessarily work for evil PCs. Worse, the hooks
that do work on evil PCs might not hold them all that well.
Depending on how invested the player is in his "evil" persona
versus how much he cares about keeping the game going, he might
just say "Screw this; I'm not getting paid enough."    2. Squick
factor. Depending on the tastes and boundaries of everyone
involved, the evil PC (or PC