How to roleplay a criminal " Looking for How to roleplay an evil character or How to roleplay a villain ? " This article is here to teach you how to roleplay a criminal successfully . While they may be able to just simply steal things and commit crimes . What ' s the fun in that ? This will help you make your criminal the best possible . What is written below is not set in stone , nor a rule you must follow , it is simply a guide on how one can choose to RP - and there are many choices out there ! A little bit of information about criminals . Criminals are lawless people only restricted by what they want to do . They can be considered Neutral Evil . One advantage criminals have is that , like said before , are only restricted by who they are . Some may just be the thief , but not try to hurt others . While some just kill whenever possible . There are many ways to roleplay a thief , but with those many options can come a big restriction in what he does . For example , a killer would not just walk into Stormwind waving at the commander of the guards . If he even walked into Stormwind he would be thrown in the Stockades . If you are planning on spending a good amount of time in Stormwind , you better have a good reason . Advantages . Thieves have some advantages that come with them to consider . As said before twice , you have no limits besides what roleplaying and your character will allow . It ' s also possibly easier to get money in the game with the robbery and everything . Disadvantages . With advantages come disadvantages , and this is no exception . You will want to consider these before making your character a thief . You are hated by the guards . You ' re a criminal , guards hate criminals . Things to ask yourself . There are some things you ' ll have to ask yourself when roleplaying a thief . Does he work alone or does he prefer to stay with a group whenever possible ? What ' s his motive behind thievery ? How far of lengths is he going to go to steal something ? Is he a true criminal or just confused ? If he is confused , does he try to help the Alliance / Horde whenever possible ? Is he stealing for personal gain , a group he ' s with , or his faction ( Alliance and Horde ) ? When you ' ve asked yourself these questions , then you have most of him figured out . But , before you ask yourself these questions , you have to make sure that they fit together perfectly . A person who prefers to fight alone is probably not going to be very trusting of his allies and may keep an eye on them . He ' s also probably going to not be trusting of his commanders and may do things his own way . You have to make sure everything is going to go together . But don ' t think that the starting emotions of your character are going to stay that way throughout his journey through Azeroth . You ' ll want to develop him and show change in times of great tragedy . A reckless person may try to be more careful when a close friend is hurt or injured from his / her ' s actions . But the changes are not going to be instant . They are still going to be reckless for a little bit , more than likely unintentionally , but soon they will learn from their mistakes . Even criminals have limits . Now you may be thinking to yourself , " Criminals have limits ! ? They ' re murderous villains with no real emotions and will do whatever they want ! ! " Truthfully , that ' s what criminals are generally portrayed as a lot in the media . But some criminals are quite the opposite . The limits will determine who he truly is and the options of how far he will go is determined by those questions you ask yourself . I doubt a criminal who would not kill a person is going to join the new Defias or some other organization of people who kill . He ' s more than likely going to just rob nothing more than a few gold and run off , and may even show hesitation in that ! The major thing is what determines how he does things he does . If he ' s a person seeking vengeance , he ' s going to be willing to do whatever he can to stop the person he ' s after , and since you are playing a criminal , you are probably stealing his prized possessions to hurt his pride and money to fund your missions and make it harder for him to do stuff . And may even cause distrust among his ranks if he has any . Or sending some of your best ( or worst depending on your character ' s personality ) soldiers to destroy his base . Some things to remember . Criminals can not just steal things for absolutely no reason . You need to add depth to your character and make him come alive ! A great way to start in your criminal ' s motivations and history is by looking up the various criminal organizations throughout World of Warcraft on WoWPedia ! Maybe your character was one of the Stonemasons but wanted to get their revenge in your own way ? Or he is one of the few survivors of the Defias looking to help get the organization back into action ? It ' s all up to you ! So , now the rest is up to you on how to roleplay your character .