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[Briannandoah]

So, I didn't vote, because I don't know. It depends, how do you define real evil. Of course the way this question puts it, it is defined in here. But because to me nothing is so black and white, I find it hard to answer questions like this.

But I really do not need epic battles in a game (especially in a table top game) to enjoy it. In fact I kind of dislike them. And I dislike the pompous evil that boasts how evil and strong he/she really is. When I run a game, I tend to make my villains more realistic, they aren't entirely evil but when they do evil things, the things are really evil. But my villains never explain themselves. Their motives are their own, and how would the pc know them?

In movies I like cinematic evil. I don't usually see the real evil movies, because I think I get enough real evil (if you define it real evil) from the news .

Though I think that when it comes to BG series, they are set in a world that is already defined with existing rules. Of course you can make any kind of mod or game you like, but is it anymore AD&D game then? I don't really know that much about AD&D world, because I soon changed to other games after I began RPG (because of many reasons), and I play BG because it is good RPG for computer. I don't expect it to be as good as table top gaming though.

[Efreet]

Kill the heroes rather than telling them your plans and then dropping them into an easily escapable death trap, murder the hostage, organise a series of brutal ethnic cleansings for political gain, blow up shops and buildings killing dozens / hundreds / thousands to terrify a populace . . .

I think the last case of the villain killing hostages was in Icewind Dale. ( That drow mage who had blinded all his slaves because he worked with umberhulks)