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Villains, Vampires and Vile creatures...

Neutral evil is a fun alignment... Generally operating under a plan, but not bound to a series of rules. If the rules prove inconvenient, break them.

Chaotic evil is too unpredictable, while lawful evil is too bound by rules.

Granted, it's even more fun when someone plays it well on the bacon / necktie axis. That's the Z-axis to good-evil, lawful-chaotic's X and Y axesif you wonder.

Characters well out on that axis operates contrary to what most consider logical. Not out of need for Chaos, but because they have a different set of logic. But few can play that well.

Villains, Vampires and Vile creatures...

Ah. We misread,@Loud Angry Dead. 'Twas early morning.

Villains, Vampires and Vile creatures...

It's not us that defined them as always chaotic evil,m@Loud Angry Dead & @MelonHead. They frequently destroy and kill rather than capture for the use as hosts. That is where the chaotic element comes in.

But as we mentioned above, it's far better to look on TVtropes for exactly why they are defined as they are. Just keep hold of your soul if you go there.

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Indeed, @Loud Angry Dead... Many evil characters don't consider their acts evil, but instead consider them necessary. Some few might consider their acts to be cruel, brutal or even evil, but at a necessary level, that anything less will not achieve the goal. That is the justification we spoke of earlier in the thread.

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Would you consider the xenomorphs from the Alien franchise as creatures that consider themselves evil, @MelonHead? They're always chaotic evil.

For the more interactive characters of that alignment, the less complex excuses used will typically "its fun" or "I can" or "its necessary". Just because everyone else considers their acts to be evil, rarely means that they themselves do. Many chaotic evil characters are incapable of restraint for some reason or other. When you're incapable of that, you generally can't decide whether you're good or evil.
For far better explanation and examples, we send you here.

We'd suggest going with a fairly standardized plot,@Blackmist16. Maybe a small twist or two to make it unique, but make the essence what others have done before.

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You can also use the anti-hero. Its not a villain per se, but neither is it a true hero.

but one important thing to remember. Unless you're going for the comedic, you won't see a villain that considers himself/herself to be evil. Virtually all proper villains have some sort of justification for what they do. It might not make sense or seem right to the "heroes", but that doesn't make it less justified in the Villain's mind.

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