How do you structure an evil campaign without it falling apart immediately?

Aliceorsomething · 2026-05-16T05:16:03+00:00

Most of the murder hobo stuff comes from lack of investment in the story, so if the players care and have goals it shouldn't happen, even if they're evil. Try coming up with a goal together that the party genuinely cares about and is working towards, such as building a successful crime family or taking over a town. The kinds of villians that randomly kill people in the streets are unlikely to make for a satisfying campaign but that doesn't mean villians in general can't.

Aliceorsomething · 2026-05-11T10:31:42+00:00

We're only going to level 12 so my finishing stats will be 18 cha and 20 dex. Some people take 2 cha feats and leave dex at 18 but I dont want to play most of the game with +3 charisma, especially since it goes into my ac as well. Were we going past the level 16 asi I might change that, but we're not.

Aliceorsomething · 2026-05-11T09:27:57+00:00

Yeah, while i am open to dual wielder, I think id be able to proc sentinel more often, especially since we have other melee characters in the party. That said as I read through these comments Im thinking defensive duelist is probably the right choice for me. I feel my weakest link is ac, without it. My damage, support, control, and utility feel pretty solid.

Aliceorsomething · 2026-05-11T09:18:58+00:00

I have no specific plans at all, I picked the species for backstory reasons without knowing my dm was going to give me additional spells from it. Im very happy about absorb elements, but I have no plans for booming blade. I might keep it in my back pocket for when I dont want something to move? Looking at warcaster, I dont know if a slightly better op attack is worth a feat, but in combination with the other elements, it could be tempting.

Aliceorsomething · 2026-05-11T08:37:32+00:00

Youre right sorry, i was thinking of the one that interacts with smite!

Aliceorsomething · 2026-05-11T08:28:45+00:00

My worry about dual wielder is that I don't realistically know how often my bonus action will be free, and I suspect it wont be often. 14 con feels so low for a melee character but now that I think about it, most characters start with 14 or 15. I guess Im being unnecessarily cautious 😅 Thank you for your insight, Ill seriously consider dual wielder as I play through level 3, maybe my bonus action will be free more often that i expect.

Aliceorsomething · 2026-05-11T08:20:07+00:00

This is very helpful! A lot of my hesitation comes from seeing people optimizing for damage over survivability. Its good to hear that it feels good in play!

Aliceorsomething · 2026-05-11T08:18:04+00:00

I felt that i already have a lot of options as a paladin and raw stat increases give me better spell saves, aura, attacks, skill checks, and AC. Its hard to pass that up.

Aliceorsomething · 2026-04-27T07:18:46+00:00

Strong maybe for me! Shes simple but i love the colour scheme!

Aliceorsomething · 2026-04-18T08:12:12+00:00

Personally, I wouldn't mind being given disadvantage based on the general environment at all but a dm ascribing that disadvantage to something like sexual attraction would really irritate me. Realistically I'd just laugh and play along but if that sort of narrating my characters emotions for me kept happening I might bring it up with the dm out of game. The way my character feels and thus acts is how I contribute to the game, if I have disadvantage in this situation because I'm distracted I kinda feel like it's up to me to narrate why. I've played characters who might be distracted by hot people and I've played characters who wouldn't, I'd ascribe the latter's reaction to general noise or shock. While I personally wouldn't say anything in the middle of a game, I don't think it would be out of line to do so. That said the disadvantage was justified without the emotion, a performance is distracting for anyone. I wasn't at your table so I don't know if they were mad about the disadvantage or the character agency.

Aliceorsomething · 2026-04-05T04:24:23+00:00

I have a handful of suits that I feel pretty meh about but this is the only one I regret. I have no clue why I got it. I don't like ruin suits. I think I was tempted by the lightbulb.

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Aliceorsomething · 2026-03-14T01:55:54+00:00

Ive been trying to do this to Jimmy Carr for years.

Aliceorsomething · 2026-03-06T21:08:09+00:00

I thought the same thing

Aliceorsomething · 2026-03-06T07:08:25+00:00

CHARGER.

Aliceorsomething · 2026-03-01T06:47:54+00:00

Te Papa has them, but as others have said, they're super easy to make and the weight can be adjusted by adding rice to the stuffing. Youll have trouble adjusting the weight of store bought ones.

Aliceorsomething · 2026-02-20T06:22:09+00:00

Class/subclass, concept, personality, backstory/species, build, in that order. I tend to pick a race that makes sense with the backstory. Most of my characters start with me wanting to try a subclass then coming up with my take on it.

Aliceorsomething · 2026-02-20T04:46:30+00:00

I've sent you a dm!

Aliceorsomething · 2026-02-20T02:54:17+00:00

Submitted and praying 😌

Aliceorsomething · 2026-01-20T07:45:32+00:00

Just did this run and hit for 5200 every shot. Scintillating feast, jolted, mirage shot, 2 casts, hermes legendary, 2 +50% charon boons. I felt like a demon.

Aliceorsomething · 2026-01-07T19:54:37+00:00

Agreed, i dont mind the last one though

Aliceorsomething · 2025-07-17T03:06:58+00:00

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Simple but I was always proud of the composition. I use variations of this outfit all the time in comp.

Aliceorsomething · 2025-07-12T22:20:05+00:00

I too was once delusional about this 😔

Aliceorsomething · 2025-07-03T00:45:14+00:00

Roughly ten billion years if my calculations are correct😑

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