How do you write a believable chaotic evil character?

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By writing them as something other than a drooling retard mashing the murder button.

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make them Genghis Khan

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>>55239408
>How do you write a believable chaotic evil character?
Give him actually believable and sympathetic motivations.

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>>55239408
Give them an ambition, a goal, a longing. Then think, "if I had no scruples, how would I reach that goal?"

I think pic related is a good example of a believable chaotic evil character, though a case can be made for lawful evil too.

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>>55239408
I am going to be starting in a new campaign soon. Thinking of making a chaotic evil character. A monk type character wanting to reach Nirvana by violence ala Kill Six Billion Demons.

>>55239408

There are many ways to write most alignments.

CE needs some extra attention to have the end result still be a valid addition to a party, but not so much if you're just writing a villain.

Remember, Chaos and Evil combined place you about as far as you can possibly be from caring about outside authority, rules, consequences, etc. So whatever their goals, motivations, beliefs, etc. are, make sure they pursue them even if it violates those. Because Chaotic Evil isn't just self interest, it's self interest that the character in question pursues even if the rules or feels or well-being of others is in the way.

>>55239560

However, if you're making a PC, you should take care to think about why your largely amoral character would team up. If there are no reasons, you need to do another pass and establish some goals, values, or other concerns that would give him reason enough to be a team-player at least to some extent.

>>55239408
Where is that picture from?

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>>55239659
The artstyle reminds me of a friend's drawfag friend, but it's hard to say for certain if it's their particular brand of scribble or just something similar

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>>55239731
I do not remember that particular picture being that scribbly. Also I need to sort my shit, this one took ages to hunt down.

>>55239659
Strike Witches Quest