Evil Characters in a Good Aligned Group | GMJ 331

About this episode

The episode features a roundtable discussion on the dynamics of having an evil character in a good aligned D&D party, reflecting on a recently concluded campaign.

This week I have a roundtable discussion with players from my D&D campaign, Blood of the Avatars, that recently ended. Brett, Craig, and Sam join me to discuss our experiences with the end of the campaign, both as players and GM. We talk about our experience with having a character who goes evil within a good aligned party. There’s a lot that can go wrong there, but Manny played Lerissa’s descent very well, and all the players handled the situation perfectly. This is as much on the players as the GM, but if you want to know how it can work and come out awesome, our campaign is a great example of it done well. Finally, we talk about the end of the campaign and the final battle. The players give their perceptions on how it all turned out. We talk about what is needed to make the ending of such a long campaign truly satisfying. There are definitely things I could’ve done better, and we discuss that, so as I always say at the top of the show, you can learn from my mistakes, or at least things I could’ve done differently and/or better. Check out my sci-fi novel, Critical Balance . Have you read Critical Balance ? Please leave a review on Amazon . Check Out my NEW PODCAST - Lex Out…

People in this episode

Host: Lex Starwalker

Guests: Brett, Craig, Sam

Topics covered

• evil characters
• good aligned party
• D&D campaign
• player experiences
• campaign endings
• character development

Keywords

• D&D
• evil character
• good party
• campaign discussion
• player feedback
• final battle
• satisfying endings

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Blood of the Avatars, Critical Balance

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