RPing Evil Druid

[lordcloaker]

How do you roleplay a Evil Druid ? Normally when you think evil you think about mass destruction, killing spree and other silly normal evil things. Evil sometimes involves domination (tirany, etc)... but how does evil fit with a druid ? Druids can be LN, NN, CN, NG, and Neutral Evil. PHB says its normal for Gnoll Druids (accepted but not liked), but its not my focus on Gnolls, just the alignment really.

Druids praise life and the living, which really fit well goodie guys. I can see a Evil druid being harsh (death maybe?) on expanding farmers destroying a forest, but other than that I really cant see how a evil druid acts and sees the world. Anyone played one ? Tips, ideas ? Anything will help.

Thanks in advance

 

[Brother MacLaren]

1) Civilization is a threat to nature and must be wiped out. Personally, I hate this variant, but it's the one most often raised.
2) Druidic magic is a source of power, to be used and exploited just as arcane magic or any other source of power would be. Animals can be useful servants or warriors (properly directed), and the ability to alter the weather can destroy an army. The druid dominates and controls nature. My favorite.
3) The druid likes being red in tooth and claw. He is the top predator in his world, and everything else is prey. Nothing personal, you understand. Good for a warshaper/nature's warrior type.
4) The druid serves an evil nature god; the god of plague-infested swamps and rabid wolves.
5) The druid used to be good, but has become corrupted; perhaps a blighter.

 

[Twiggly the Gnome]

In my Eberron game, I have a Unseelie Greensinger Druid NPC who's a bit of a malicious prankster.

 

[jgbrowning]

Have the druid plan on warping a small village of humans into the mutant version of honey ants. But have the sugar be a weapon that can be used against larger population centers. The end goal: the druid living off the fat of the effort of others—literally.

joe b.

 

[Voadam]

Eco terrorists.

Human sacrifices.

Evil sorcerer whose magic is nature based.

Greatest game hunter.

Protects sacred grove with extreme prejudice.

Goes for power within druid circle ruthlessly.

Druids are often advisors to kings in mythology, an evil power behind the throne in a tribe is easy to see.

Likes kittens, kicks babies.

Curse master (think of witch stories for the archetype).

 

[Testament]

First thing that comes into my mind is "Ultimate Predator". This is THEIR territory, and everything else that comes in is a trespasser, prey, or both.

Ecoterrorist is the other one that comes to mind. Like a Werewolf: The Apocalypse game gone into full cliche mode.

 

[Sejs]

Self-centered.

Predatory.

Egotistical.

Bemused.

Sarcastic.

 

[kolikeos]

an evil druid might not see himself as protecting nature, he may be munipulating the power of nature for his own goals. animals are there to be his slaves and servants, trees are to be his animated army (not unlike the nacromancer with his army of the dead). there is no bueaty in nature, it is there to be used by those with the power to use it.

 

[Oryan77]

Yeah I have an evil Druid Gnome that is hunting down the PC's. I created him as the overprotecting master of an evil grove. The grove isn't impressive at all, rocks, dirt, fiendish wildlife, dead looking trees, no green plants, ect ect; but it's beautiful to him and he keeps it looking that way. When a PC druid died and the party buried him in this grove (not knowing about the evil Druid), the evil Druid was furious about the PC's tainting his grove with the body of a good creature, and a good Druid to top it off. So he hunted the party down for revenge.

 

[Henry]

In Eberron, the Ashbound are typically the "civilization is evil" types, but there is another type: The Children of Winter, who believe (as your druid could) that the world is due for a rebirth, and the only way to hasten this cycle of rebirth is to corrupt and destroy as much as possible. So, to hasten the greater good of the Rebirth, you corrupt and destroy now.