You could try starting as an ordinary person, one who tried to do evil in the world, but then gradually, through weakness, falls into good habits, becoming increasingly Good, though he struggles against it. Then, near his lowest moment, he sees the darkness, and remembers his true self. He turns, fights against Good and eventually triumphs in Glorious Evil. At the end he looks back on his life, and he has a quiet satisfaction of having done the Evil thing. In the background though, not far away, is the ominous calling of Good again...
Seriously?! This would be an awful character to play for me.
I think Shadowheart is evil. Lae'zel I would probably say more neutral though, only concerned about her quest to defeat Illithids, no matter the means. Astarion definitely evil too.
I see Shadowheart and Astarion being the evil characters for sure, and Lae'zel being the question mark (evil or neutral).
Could be good fun for those who can laugh and understand that it's not real, it's just a game, but I can't. Hurting others feels painful, there's no joy in it.
Every time I did something slightly wrong, in an RPG, just by not understanding how that choice turns out, had to stop and was either game over, or had to restart, because no longer was fun.
I am exactly the same way. I also will rather restart my game than continue on in the face of having made a choice that resulted in something awful happening later on.
No real spoilers here. So the premise of Tyranny is that a malevolent and immortal despot has already mostly conquered the world, but that was hundreds of years ago (if I recall correctly), and things have become more routine. You are a high level functionary of the government with a lot of authority and autonomy to handle situations as you see fit. Even though the government is cruel and heartless, you don’t need to be. Thee game has some issues, but I thought it was really neat from a role playing perspective to be thrust into this Charlie Foxtrot grimdark world and try my best to be decent.
Also, the major conflict is between factions within the evil government, basically Lawful Evil v. Chaotic Evil, and of course there is a resistance to join if you want nothing to do with either. There is always a resistance to join in these sorts of games. Even before the game was released and people were complaining about being “forced to be evil,” I was saying “just join the resistance.”
This is interesting and useful information. Thanks for sharing. Maybe I'll keep an open mind about possibly playing Tyranny in the future.
