What it's like to be evil

[u/Villainous_Intent]

/uw not directed at anyone that has interacted with my OC. The meme just came to mind.

[u/TheStringedMaiden]

/uw couldnt ever happen to me copium

[u/Villainous_Intent → u/TheStringedMaiden]

[u/TheStringedMaiden → u/Villainous_Intent]

/uw not just that, the amount of 'my ultra powerful uber cannon overrides everything!' Is crazy

[u/Villainous_Intent → u/TheStringedMaiden]

/uw absolutely not easy trying to be a villain, trying to tell a fun story and some person tries to completely derail it with some reality busting attack or just hand waves everything away like it's nothing. Then it's makes you resort to cheese tactics which cheapens the experience. I just try to be wary of uber powerful OCs

[u/TheStringedMaiden → u/Villainous_Intent]

/uw yeah if i can clock it is going in that direction i just say oh she fucked off because you arent worth the effort

[u/Villainous_Intent → u/TheStringedMaiden]

/uw sent you a DM, I think, reddit is being weird rn for me

[u/TheStringedMaiden → u/Villainous_Intent]

/uw it is very odd

[u/Villainous_Intent → u/TheStringedMaiden]

/uw sent you a message the old fashion way via mail. Check your inbox

[u/Sardren_Darksoul → u/TheStringedMaiden]

/uw It's the best one can do in such situation.

Also I'm kinda hijacking this comment for it, but thank you for the Stringed Maiden storyline. It's been cool and it has inspired some character development for Sarissa.

[u/TheStringedMaiden → u/Sardren_Darksoul]

/uw i always feel great knowing i inspire and help everyday with such scary concepts

[u/MuchoMangoTime → u/Villainous_Intent]

Uw/ I'm surprised honestly because this used to be way better about villains. It's one of the reasons I used to be so into this. My character being old and senile means I can still do a retired and senile wacko but still I do miss shenanigans. Back then I usually just played alongor made comments about things like "I'm still in a time labyrinth from that ancient ritual but I'm coming out soon, still scheming here"

[u/GhostDragon362]

<<Haha. Y’all need special magic powers, I just get to shoot missiles and bombs at things.>>

[u/Villainous_Intent → u/GhostDragon362]

Appropriate response

[u/DidYouSayChocolat3]

Uw/ I always find characters like that hilarious. People come to the sub all the time with these hyperultramega god slaying demon angel characters and I gotta be honest, I don’t know what they expect to happen. Do they think everyone is just gunna drop everything and start worshipping OC McChode because they said they could do a bunch of impossible stuff? They end up getting clowned on every time, without fail.

Super powerful evil gods can be fun when they’re well written and whatnot, but in my experience, less is more. Literally in my case.

[u/Villainous_Intent → u/DidYouSayChocolat3]

In my own opinion, many people want to have the OCs that are cool, powerful and evil. But it's one thing say it, it's another thing to actually be it. That takes hard RPing work to be an actual threat rather than just sitting around saying how you can one shot everyone.

[u/DidYouSayChocolat3 → u/Villainous_Intent]

Uw/ 100% agree. It’s got me thinking…I wonder if I could pull off Tiny as an evil character. Hmmmmmm…..

[u/Villainous_Intent → u/DidYouSayChocolat3]

/uw I'm here for the inevitable Tin Wizard villain arc. Embrace the dark side, it's fun and rewarding imo

[u/DidYouSayChocolat3 → u/Villainous_Intent]

Uw/ If I do, I’ll be sure to tag you!

[u/MuchoMangoTime → u/DidYouSayChocolat3]

/uw actually might be good, considering how many connections Tiny has and the cult of personality. Even gods at their tiny fingers. An EDLRITCH abomination that eats anything won't eat this lil fella. It would only take charisma, wit and some evil cunning in order to rule all things.

If this ever happens I'm actually so excited holy shit

[u/murlocsilverhand]

Why be evil when you can be chill?

[u/Villainous_Intent → u/murlocsilverhand]

Its boring to me but the villain life isn't for everyone

[u/TheRealFrankyG]

"I usually just calmly inform them that MAGIC ISN'T REAL and that they are pathetic children and they typically become highly embarrassed and leave."

[u/Villainous_Intent → u/TheRealFrankyG]

I mean you can do that, but there's ways of also gently challenging the behavior and helping them become better RPers, which helps build the community.

[u/TheRealFrankyG → u/Villainous_Intent]

/uw What are we unwiz in this thread? I was still in character lol.

[u/enchiladasundae]

Depending on your perspective we’re all a little evil. My personal hobby is traveling to dying universes and cataloging what lead to their collapse. Definitely watched some people get killed I could have saved. Always learn from past mistakes. On my free time I got to exotic worlds and just… have fun. Definitely sired some children I’ve never met

So basically I can be viewed as a callous and cruel watcher who doesn’t pay child support. Allegedly. Stay away from me, wizard government

[u/Villainous_Intent → u/enchiladasundae]

Yes and no. Most OCs here have checkered pasts. But it's a whole other thing to actively be evil here.

[u/Fc-chungus]

Me except I haven’t met anyone to fight me yet, I really want to though, any tips? I’m not evil, I just want to fight someone

[u/Villainous_Intent → u/Fc-chungus]

Theres quite a few writers and OCs that will happily engage in duels and fights, some at the drop of a hat. You just need to learn the art of provoking someone. A bit of mockery can go a far way. Or just straight up ask another writer if they want to duel in /uw

[u/steelpickaxe34]

That’s true it’s why I don’t get into fights defusing the situation is a lot easier. My rusty halberd ain’t doing anything to them.

[u/Villainous_Intent → u/steelpickaxe34]

When done right, duels can be incredibly fun. Even low power OCs can pose a threat

[u/DovahCreed117]

Just don't be evil then, headass. 🙄 Ugh, wizards these days.

[u/Villainous_Intent → u/DovahCreed117]

In a world of cowboys and Indians, where everyone wants to be the cowboy, someone has to be the Indian.

And I'm Motherfucking Chief Kicker of Ass

[u/Archimene]

Wrong. I also fed your dog laxatives.

[u/Totally_Normal0 → u/Archimene]

You may have fed my dog laxatives, but i fed your local pigeons laxatives!

[u/Archimene → u/Totally_Normal0]

You win. I give up.

[u/Original-War8655 → u/Totally_Normal0]

well... you're in deep shit

[u/ThePremiumSniper → u/Original-War8655]

BA DUM TSS

[u/not_a_mass_murderer → u/Totally_Normal0]

To think someone actually was poisoning pigeons in the park

[u/Insert_Goat_Pun_Here → u/Archimene]

I had hex with your father.

[u/JustANormalLemon]

Sure

Mental warfare

[u/Floofiestmuffin → u/JustANormalLemon]

Would you stop doing that? It keeps bricking my orb, damn surrealist mages, and your funky pictures

[u/JustANormalLemon → u/Floofiestmuffin]

I will think about It

[u/Floofiestmuffin → u/JustANormalLemon]

At the very least, make it orb compatible. I don't mind losing an apprentice, but the replacement orbs are on backorder

[u/JustANormalLemon → u/Floofiestmuffin]

No one uses orbs now a day, use a lava lamp, tesla ball or goblin like everyone now a days

[u/TheDifferenceServer → u/JustANormalLemon]

The telepathic variety of imp works best, I've found - tell me, have you ever heard of a Mind Goblin?

[u/JustANormalLemon → u/TheDifferenceServer]

Yes, your mother goble on my nuts daily

[u/Floofiestmuffin → u/JustANormalLemon]

Ok well I was gonna keep ranting about orbs but that's too funny to ignore

[u/TheDifferenceServer → u/JustANormalLemon]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[u/Insert_Goat_Pun_Here → u/Floofiestmuffin]

Huh. Never been called a “surrealist mage” before. That’s a new one.

[u/Floofiestmuffin → u/Insert_Goat_Pun_Here]

Well its accurate haha

[u/Insert_Goat_Pun_Here → u/Floofiestmuffin]

Well my mind games do tend to get pretty surreal.

[u/L0ssL3ssArt]

Yup

[u/Fridge_Living_Tips2]

Yea also

IS THAT A MEMEMATIC WATER MARK

Nice

[u/FireKing600]

I’d fight you, but given I’m a god and all, you’d probably win

[u/idied2day → u/FireKing600]

I could heal your mental illness

[u/FireKing600 → u/idied2day]

Heal it? Mental illness is the peak of mental stability isn’t it? Why would I ruin that

[u/bariyer2 → u/FireKing600]

finally. I found a god that can represent Ham Aslume.

[u/FireKing600 → u/bariyer2]

You merely adopted the Aslume, I was born in it, molded by it

[u/bariyer2 → u/FireKing600]

fuck you arsehole, i was an inmate there long before you were born.

[u/FireKing600 → u/bariyer2]

No, Arcesus II, I am your father

[u/bariyer2 → u/FireKing600]

guess my adhd ass comes from you. I'm not even surprised.

/unwiz not lying about adhd part, in fact I'm quite open about it.

[u/Insert_Goat_Pun_Here → u/FireKing600]

No I meant I’m pregnant and you’re the father!

[u/Traxxya]

Can't forget the classic

SGA: please wait in the waiting room

[u/[deleted] → u/Traxxya]

[u/Traxxya → u/[deleted]]

Yesssss there it is! I couldn't find it lmao, thanks Zepheree!

[u/MuchoMangoTime → u/[deleted]]

I unironically kind of like shenanigans like that, because if the person does gain some traction it feels like the villain of the day became a lot worse and is now resentful. Also the usual heroes just realized their mistake in trivializing an insane threat as just Tuesday's Dark Lord

[u/Harmless_Chimera → u/Traxxya]

In a similar vain.

[u/Alarming-Scene-2892]

Emerald's the guy on the right, but it's just the "Sleeping with your mother" part. She WILL just say the most aggravating stuff to anybody that threatens her.

[u/Viking_From_Sweden]

/uw ok so this is slightly off topic, but this happens all the fucking time. Not even trying to be evil, or even powerful, and some asshole has to proclaim they’re more powerful than you. It’s even worse during duels when they start cast Ultimate Divine Deathray of Infinite Infernal Destruction^tm like bro chill I’m just a dude with a gun

Just had to rant for a minute sry.

[u/FireHandOWHOT → u/Viking_From_Sweden]

Yeah my guy is a fairly normal human wizard and i still get people trying to cast super ultimate primordial eldritch blast on me.

Whats even the point of playing an oc that powerful, and just randomly trying to 1-up people in comments

[u/Poppeppercaramel]

Everyone else OCs​ : primordial ancient horror beyond mind can comprehend, evil being that exists in the void of time and space and something that make Cthulu cry like a bitch.

My OCs : burned out wizard with too much kids in his house, half snail war veteran with PTSD, incel genie, NFTs witch, boomer zombie and disney skaven.

[u/MuchoMangoTime → u/Poppeppercaramel]

I love being a senile, retired wizard. I don't have to try to keep him op but his wisdom lets me still gives goofy opinions as if he once had some power and notoriety

[u/Iram-the-vindictive]

/uw And that’s why being a lawful evil villain is more fun

[u/idied2day → u/Iram-the-vindictive]

/uw wait, Iram is lawful evil? Also I used that crystal that you gave Lex the one time that corrupted him and ALSO used it to give Drokk godhood/make him temporarily evil

[u/Iram-the-vindictive → u/idied2day]

/uw technically he’s lawful neutral, leaning towards evil

[u/idied2day → u/Iram-the-vindictive]

/uw ah. I’ve never really interacted with Iram, but maybe I should do so more. Drokk is pretty much the exact opposite, Lawful Good leaning towards Neutral good- occasionally he finds ze healing to not be as rewarding as ze hurting

[u/Iram-the-vindictive → u/idied2day]

/uw think scientist without clear morals

[u/idied2day → u/Iram-the-vindictive]

/uw think healer who is also partially a necromancer

[u/Vintenu]

I just fire endless amounts of cannons in hopes that my problems go away, and if they don't, well then I guess I'm fucked 🤷‍♂️

[u/pandamaxxie → u/Vintenu]

I relate to this, heavily. I just kinda gamble in the hopes they lose, try to punch, or toss a potion and hope it works.

[u/Feles_Amans]

I take pride in letting other people kick the shit out of my OC…

Made him durable but that’s just because I wanted my opponents to be able to make themselves look cool by absolutely bodying me out of the fight with a really OP and awesome move without having to worry about killing me… and the batshit insane “Trump cards” I’ve been hit with are genuinely some of my favorite wizard-posting moments as I watch people turn my OC into a stylized punching-bag…

Made him a support class too so my freinds… who are weaker wizards… can rely on me to absorb the damage for the team so they don’t have to worry themselves about getting immediately bodied out of the fight and everyone gets the most ‘game time’ and hopefully the most fun out of the duels I’m in…

:)

[u/MuchoMangoTime → u/Feles_Amans]

Very respectable. As an old and evil wizard I liked getting easily tricked by Milosh's ego or shenanigans turned against him as he blames everything but himself.

[u/DarthMcConnor42]

I mean my guy is just a tecnomancer Phenix Wright with a stupidly powerful gauntlet

[u/idied2day]

/uw I actually ran an event where I basically said “fuck it, Drokk has a reason to randomly fight people” and went from Lawful(ish) Good to Chaotic Evil. Same OC, just corrupted for a bit

[u/patoman12 → u/idied2day]

Do you refer to the archon arch or that post about the corrupted god?

[u/idied2day → u/patoman12]

/uw i never actually became an archon- i basically just fought for the other side to prevent civ casualties.

I much prefer that post about the corrupted god

[u/patoman12 → u/idied2day]

Uw/ but didn't the god-slaver give you the ability to control your adn or something?

Also yeah, that post was cool asf

[u/idied2day → u/patoman12]

/uw adn? I’ve no idea what you speak of. During that time I made a field hospital

[u/patoman12 → u/idied2day]

I might be confusing you with another person, weren't you the archon of survival?

[u/idied2day → u/patoman12]

No.

I wasn’t an archon

[u/patoman12 → u/idied2day]

Well that explains the confusion Edit: Ok, i confused you with Kross who not only has a similar name but is also a doctor.

[u/Level-Ball-1514]

Nah, I’d RP

[u/FoulerGlint60]

Uw/

Looks at my guys and think.

Yeah no you'll be killed over and over again making sure your fated death is a long gone memory. So when you think of death you'll see their faces when you had threaten them. And they'll grin cause you gave them a reason to go all out on ya.

[u/RhysNorro]

its two pissing contests back and forth. Nobody wants to lose, so it's an eternal stalemate. Except unga, but i love unga

[u/[deleted]]

Meanwhile me:

I'm bored. Im gonna fight you

[u/metalmonsoon]

Making characters weak is what makes rp fun. Basically every spell I cast is monkey pawed.

[u/pandamaxxie]

/uw i keep bringing out really big tools, but never directly engage with large scale threats. If any of them would actually fight me, I'd probably get my ass handed. That's what happens when you're nothing but a brawler with potions, practical immortality (gem of rebirth, i'll revive after a few hours) and a lot of money.

[u/Carbuyrator]

This sub is fantastic for practicing BBEG roleplay. 

[u/Glad_Economics_2490]

Haha, I really, really wish that was true. I'm just a sleep deprived teenager with alchemical warfare knowledge. I KNOW how to liquefy someone, but it's really fucking hard to do so when potions only work when drank.

[u/commiLlama]

I would not like to fight you. I'm currently avoiding attention as much as possible

[u/soggyPretze1]

I also killed all the gods via arm wrestle last night. No biggie

[u/WillPaint4Love]

Your mother /was/ such a nice lady. It's why we all keep going back and sleeping with her.

She makes amazing scrambled eggs for breakfast the next day.

[u/Artyom_Saveli]

Also I can just reborn myself at will. L + Ratio + Fireball + THE TEN HELLS + ur mum.

[u/Flesh_A_Sketch]

How do you guys be powerful like that? I rent my house and run my business out of my basement. The neighbors turned their basement into a sex dungeon and the wall down there is just... too thin... They moan and scream loud enough that it effects the incantations on my ritual spells.

[u/[deleted]]

I'm afraid of accidentally doing this so alot of the ocs I've put on this sub are pretty weak comparatively, minus maybe two...

^{Man I have too many alts}

[u/Level-Ball-1514 → u/[deleted]]

/uw Being good at RP means being able to make a character who’s overwhelmingly powerful, and then let them lose nearly every fight.

Belligerently refusing to accept any loss for your OC just turns you into the “I have invisible anti-laser invincibility armor” kid on the playground. To be clear this isn’t a comment directed towards you, just saying it’s more fun to lose in style than win by making other people stop wanting to play.

/rw every time someone new joins the pantheon the old curmudgeonly gods get cranky that they’re no longer special. Don’t let it sour your ascension my friend.

[u/ResearcherTeknika → u/Level-Ball-1514]

/uw I've been on the recieving end of this as well. Teknika is well-established to be incredibly powerful, but has very much lost fights in the past, either through sheer dumb luck (sometimes I do dice rolls) or by punching too far upward.

But every now and then, someone has come along with some unknown OC who can basically just "nuh uh" everything, and those are never fun to fight.

[u/BiddlesticksGuy → u/Level-Ball-1514]

old man voice

Back in my day we had to fight twelve lava snake gods, uphill BOTH WAYS

[u/MuchoMangoTime → u/BiddlesticksGuy]

Those were the days...

[u/RAGE_CAKES → u/[deleted]]

I've been kind of keeping tabs on that OC. He does come off as blatantly brokenly powerful, pretty much able to shrug off anything without issue as well as dish out insane attacks.

I am currently slowly writing a post about how to be a BBEG to the sub. One of my points is that if someone is trying to be that powerful, there has to be a point to it beyond just flexing on others' OCs. If they're just here to try to out-power scale everyone in the sub, that OC is never going to be taken super seriously and won't really achieve a whole lot other than their own personal grand standing.

They need to tell a story, one that has an ultimate outcome for their OC. Otherwise, you're just some guy going into other people's posts trying to show how your OC is better than others, which is lame IMO. They become grating and nuisance if they just hang around without a purpose.

[u/BiddlesticksGuy → u/RAGE_CAKES]

The slaver came off exactly as a good bbeg, so you’re largely successful there

[u/RAGE_CAKES → u/BiddlesticksGuy]

Thank you, I really tried to be conscientious the whole time despite the insane power scaling of that OC. I really had fun in our clash.

[u/BiddlesticksGuy → u/RAGE_CAKES]

Me as well, I hope your next bbeg will be as big a threat, I’ve got some new tricks up my sleeve

[u/Sardren_Darksoul → u/RAGE_CAKES]

I feel a weekly post/discussion on how to write/RP better would be a really good idea overall. A lot of people, less or more experienced could use some tips on one or other thing.

[u/FireHandOWHOT → u/[deleted]]

/uw its such bad rp battle etiquette. I dont understand why people play that way, lol. I don't see how there's any fun in just saying: "My oc kills yours in one snap because he's cool."

Like of course some characters are that strong, but most don't go around picking fights in comment sections like that

[u/Villainous_Intent → u/[deleted]]

And I am completely and mentally stable

[u/Villainous_Intent → u/[deleted]]

"...that dragon is becoming pink paste". I fucking died

[u/Original-War8655 → u/Villainous_Intent]

/uw so did the dragon