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Now you done it. You just put yourself in a spot where you now have to explain why they're evil. Either that or fail to defend your claim.
Do you consider "Being afraid and protecting yourself" evil? Self preservation? Assumptions and lies that lead to such actions? Any harmful act can end well through honesty. Not through lies and assumptions. This is why honesty is so important. On failed rolls the companions will fall into denial. But that's your lack of ability. If lack of ability leads to evil...
IMO being evil is to toy with you at your own expense. It's at your expense unless you amuse me. Then what might have been at your expense might be for your benefit. Even then I still might kill you (well, not me. But you get the point). Yet through such evil acts love and trust can be forged. Quickly too. If you play. If you show you have a brain. If you don't use yourself as an excuse to give a response you "feel like" and instead make it about them.
And good? Good will likely just try to stop you or turn its back on you. Make demands. Try to have its way and be selfish while claiming you are. Instead of trying to play at all. Leaving you to suffer. Even a monster will play with you. That's the irony of it all. Such contradictions. Look at Nero in Devil May Cry 5. Or Luke Skywalker from Star Wars. Makes it ABOUT the enemy. Gets through to them. That's how it's done. What did Dante do? He went "Give me this. Stop you that." And the jedi in general? "Do it my way. You're not allowed." Just doesn't work that way. It violates choice and control. Like you can't be your own person.
And the worst part? Too many "good" and "nice" people do that. That's evil.
I'm so sorry but You've written too much for my poor english. You also dig too deep because dnd just have archetypes, so you don't need to think so hard about why they are evil.
Also not true about ‘failed rolls’. In some dialogues, even if you fail roll they still approve of your attempt. I said "they angry at you" because you initially choose the "good choice" or something similar, which does not coincide with their opinion. So their annoyance can be understood. They’re not mad cuz ‘fail roll’. Maybe only in private conversations when you try to push them and fail it. But this is a different. Because it's not about your worldview, it's about their trust you.
I mean, I don't have a problem with my companions being evil, I enjoy it, cuz I play evil way. And they can be nice with you for use you, manipulate you. We just don't know it yet. But this is also normal. We can also do this.
I just try explained why their rudeness in the first act and why I think its absolutely normal. Why should they be nice to the player from start? No reason for me.
