How do you roleplay as wizard?

[Suppanut]

How do you roleplay as wizard? Could you play as 'not evil' death wizard, etc.

[JustOneMoreTurn]

Lots of maniacal evil laughter.

[Anskiy]

I pretty much roleplay my wizard as a treasure hunter who also packs a lot of heat against his enemies.

[Suppanut]

I found that it is difficult to play "dark is not evil" death wizard which avoid using undead is very difficult as half of Death realm are related to undead in some way or another. I could not imagine play full black death wizard without using undead. More practical way to play dark is not evil is to not use undead which gain by being created (undead which not become one or served wizard willingly).

It is much easier to play "not-evil" chaos wizard, it is just banned ourselves from using a few spell in the realm (not using Armageddon, Great Wasting, Meteor Storm, and other Civilian-damaging spells, or maybe include chaos channal, and doom mastery if you could not convince that your troop would volunteer for taken you super soldier upgraded) which make it a bit more challenge but not create much trouble when you decide to role-playing.

On the opposite, there is no Life realm spell which could be considered as naferious or evil by usage. (Perhaps Seravy should create some life spells which has questionable moralty issue to create vibe that Life/purity is not always good). It seem only way to play not-good life wizards so far seem to be either play as hypocrite ones or "burn them all and god will sort his own" ones.

[Seravy]

Hadriex always calls the Life spells that reduce unrest "brainwashing" so I guess those can be considered evil.
Guardian Spirit summons a ghost which is kind of like an undead.

It only takes imagination and any spell can be evil.

[Suppanut]

I see. So it could reimagine as Tau in Warhammer40K. Yes, Life wizard seem to be on verge of brainwashing and specific way of mind-bending (toward positive emotion, no matter how forcing it would be, different from neutral emotion of sorcery, negative emotion of death, all of them bend the perception toward reality). So Life realm is sorcery with sugar and death is sorcery with salt?

[massone]

If you want to role play a dark is not evil wizard, just change your morality. Why would a death wizard consider themselves evil? It's Life and Nature that's evil for perpetuating this fake reality, full of tragedy and sadness and unfairness. People should be grateful that you're releasing their souls from their painful mortal prisons, and have their bodies become vessels of your power. Death is the great equalizer, and only you can help resentful dead spirits fulfill their wishes. Pass on? Heaven is a lie. Attain true peace by eradicating the living.

[Suppanut]

What you say make me want to play something like buddhist-ish death wizard who try to open eye of people to reality of universe against lie of radiant lie which pretend to be life and sorcery mirage.

Possession? No, those spirits I send to those poor soldiers are to open their eye, they join me on their own volition and I resettled them after the battle.

Undead? No, I just give them second chance to correct their mistake in their life if they want to, not all of those who die would become undead to served me after all.

Lycanthrope curse? No, I just grant them healthy life and correct the mistake cause by the lie you perpetuated.

[teelaurila]

Given the premise of the game is you as someone who seeks to obtain absolute and sole power over all mortals (and quite a few supernatural entities while at it), the tools by which you go about it would not seem to matter much when considering the morality.