How to roleplay an evil character " Looking for How to roleplay a criminal or How to roleplay a villain ? " How to roleplay an Evil character ? Well , first off , you should take in note that your character is EVIL . If you are looking for a bad guy with some good in him , go look at being a villain or criminal . You should , first off , make sure your character has a reason to be evil . And here begins the fun , because you are evil , not a villain , not a criminal , just evil . It might just be killing cockroaches for fun , burning cats cause you ' re mad , or anything ! then spend time in the cities . . . until your character does something bad . * Presents a warlock forsaken * This is Bob , he is evil . he never did anything , his human life was tranquil . He never killed anybody , he is merely known as a newly risen . He might be evil for many reasons : He is mad , crazy , not O . K in the head , whatever makes your day to call him , he might be evil cause he hates . . . who knows . . . let ' s say he ' s evil cause he hates Justin Bieber , and until he was risen , he listened to him all the time . ( No offense to people who like JB ) . and now he wants to take revenge on mankind for this . He is not hated , of yet , he didn ' t do anything . He is just evil . Now , what you character BECOMES . ( Note that an evil paladin . . . is not exactly ideal ) . He can become good , but you have to give an outer excellent reason , otherwise it ' s not gonna take up with the RP . i . e . : I was evil , but I became good because I learned that burning baby seals for fun wasn ' t nice . " That , my friend ( or NOT ) , is a big NO . No . NO . you can ' t become good for something dumb like this . Otherwise might as well start as Neutral evil , or as neutral simply . " Roleplay basics . Well . . . many of you just get bored about it , so you can skip this one , but for new RP ' ers , here ' s a chance to learn a little something about roleplay today . Sit down kids * waits until you sit down * . Now , we ' re gonna speak to you about the basics on roleplaying , as an evil dude , of course . The name kind of has to be something dark , or not , depending on what you plan for your character . Don ' t name him Hulk if he ' s gonna be a scholar . The actions , you will hear this more than once . NEVER . GOD . MOD . You are gonna get on the black list of everyone . . . definitely . EVERYONE . Godmod with one person , this person gets rumors about you sucking at RP and godmodding all the time to three guys , four up , not so bad huh ? Well , these three tell three , and these nine , tell three OTHERS . What are we at now ? 27 + 9 + 3 + 1 . Do the math . And take 27 x 3 and add it to THAT total . You ' ve got about two hundred player blacklisting you . Grats . Now , your actions should follow the lore , right ? It ' s been established before Wow started , so you will follow it . You will . Or you will be blacklisted . That ' s how it works . Of course you can explore subjects that were more or less explained . and about your character . Unless you roleplay as Sylvanas Windrunner , nothing is pre - defined about you . Just don ' t over power yourself , ok ? The race and class . You should look out at your race and class as well . It is more or less decent to play an evil Bronzebeards Dwarven Holy Priest Named Hulkster . As Bronzebeards are the good dwarves , and Holy Priest is good , no matter what , which is why it ' s HOLY and . . . well . . . you ' re in for a surprise , but priests don ' t deal in wrestling . So the name Hulkster isn ' t exactly fitted for a Priest . Also , don ' t roleplay a class you ' re not . Otherwise it ' s gonna be the * * * * . Because some smartass is gonna come one day and ask an IC demonstration of your powers . i . e . gonna ask a priest who roleplays a Druid to turn into a bird . Pretty embarrassing there , isn ' t it ? Well , here is something MORE embarrassing , when you roleplay a bad guy with a class that is good . and only good , like . . . Paladin , if you wanna roleplay an evil paladin . Death Knight goes into your way . " Yes , but Pandarens cannot be death knights ! " They can ' t be paladins either , can they ? Now , here goes , to roleplay as an evil , or even good guy , you should be in the right race . cause a warlock human is generally gonna be more or less appreciated in the society , but not gonna be immediately arrested for being a warlock . ( Personally , you should see locks getting arrested . . . they consort with demons , they ' re based on EVIL ! ) Which brings us to another point , you should keep in mind the class . Like you can ' t roleplay an holy warlock . you would think death knights are only evil , but they can be good as well , as they WERE paladins , and they never chose their destiny . Warlocks though , consorts with DEMONS , and DEMONS aren ' t known for their compassion . The professions . Whatever people may say , professions ARE important , they can save your life in roleplay , literally and figuratively . They can fit , or not , with your character ' s race and class . Like . . . an archeologist Forsaken isn ' t the most common thing , right ? You ' ll see more Enchanters , scribes , and alchemists , why ? Because Blizzard made it so . Forsaken BREW their plagues , they INSRIBE magic parchments , they ENCHANT their gear . Even blacksmiths are seen . But archeologists ? Not so much . Also , orcish enchanters and scribes would be seen as " weak " by the orcish community , so roleplay that , it can be very . . . interesting . if you character is an orc , and is a scribe , you can roleplay it like . . . A roleplaying orcish scribe could be seen as weak by most of the society of Orgrimmar , but seen as one of the rare intelligent specimens of the orcs in Silvermoon . Which bring to interesting situations . Also , a scribe could turn from good to evil because of this mockery . like hate every orc , turn into a warlock , and burn them all . Not faction like , but interesting , nonetheless .