{"id":7468,"date":"2021-08-18T10:22:34","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T15:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/?p=7468"},"modified":"2021-11-02T14:11:04","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T19:11:04","slug":"my-first-evil-character","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/my-first-evil-character\/","title":{"rendered":"My first evil character"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My very first RPG character was Dinara, a Chaotic Evil Magic User in Advanced Dungeons &amp; Dragons. I repeatedly manipulated the other PCs into betraying and killing each other so they (and I) could get the dead PC&#8217;s stuff. Back then, we always started characters at 1st level, so after a while I had the highest level character by a significant margin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unfortunately, after the &#8230; fifth time, I think? &#8230; the other <em>players<\/em> must have compared notes, because at the beginning of the next game session, Dinara walked into the tavern, and all of the other PCs stood up from the table and drew their weapons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We need to have a talk,&#8221; one of them said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Fireball,&#8221; I replied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That killed all but two of the other PCs, who then killed Dinara.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was worth it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"268\" height=\"268\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/fireball_lana.gif\" alt=\"Fireball Lana\" class=\"wp-image-7469\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Keep in mind that this was 1980, we were 15 (or maybe 14, now that I think of it), we were friends, we were <em>all<\/em> new to the game, and we were the only AD&amp;D players we knew. 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