Seems like most people on these boards play characters that simply steal everything and kill everyone, even innocent people.

One of the main reasons I never steal or kill is because I always play a good guy, and I can't imagine stealing or killing in real life, so my character in the game never does.

Also, perhaps the main reason I never kill anyone I don't have to in games, is because that's one less NPC to populate the already sparse world. I'm not about to go decreasing the population of a province when we already complain that the cities and roads aren't populated enough. Hell, maybe that's WHY everyone complains about that, is because they have killed everyone off!

i played a pacifist monk once who spawned creatured to take care of threats

:blink: Most?

I very rarely kill innocent people in game, even if they're giant dikes to me. I solemnly steal, but when I do I make sure it's worth it.

It just seems to me you can get all the awesome items in these games without stealing from innocents or killing them, so it makes the task kind of frivolous unless I, for whatever reason, want to run from a bunch of power hungry guards.

I play as a good guy too. You are not alone.

If i see some peasant with a funny hat i want then i'm afraid there is no other way.

There are evil TES players that just like to kill, and some that RP so some NPC's live

I have different characters with different moralities. That solves stuff.

Plus, if I keep killing everyone, I'll sever the thread of fate, and I'll have to reload the game or wander the doomed world I've created.

I will steal but only in these circumstances : some fat, pampered noble, who can afford it anyway, has a rare book, or a good vintage wine, just lying there. Going to waste. Shame, but not to worry, I will give it a good home.

I kill ALOT of bandits But not NPCs, NPCs are precious for questing and giving a unique feel to the world. So I do not kill NPCs unless they really piss me off and I unrelentforce them to Oblivion.

Stealing? Sometimes
Random killing sprees? Never

Nope. I usually only kill if I'm doing a Dark Brotherhood quest. If not I end up going back to a previous saved game so that the population stays up. Stealing is a different story though, I take everything in sight and bring it to a fence. Even if it's only worth 1 gold I'll take it if its light enough.

I have tried playing a good character before, honest. It's just really hard when someone's got something I want, or they annoy me, or they look at me funny. The urge is just too much...

Well, depends on the character.

I usually play a nice guy, but sometimes it's fun to play a villain.

I only really play goodies. But they're not above a five finger discount, more for the adventure than anything.

I played a seedy
Puppet master before
I looted several homes without killing anyone yet they were dead because i'd get a random npc to attack them
Or attack me so that the guards would kill them
Then i'd loot the body for the house key

Ive also played a devout hero loyal to martin/gods/ect holy

Ive also played purely evil characters

But my favorite are the psychotics
They are fine one minute but the second something is out of place or missing
Then theres 6 dead guards and 3 citizens strewn about on the streets
I always get enough bounty to be hunted eventually
(i.e 5 armed gaurds will confront u while ur dungeon exploring)
Then i always run to the shivering isles where i can feel at home

Nope. I do that [censored] for fun.

Also, think your post through more before you post. The minority of people who emulate moral rules in videogames when given perfect reason not to are like you. But, like I said, they're the minority. People play videogames to do what we can't in real life. The vast majority of people who played GTA IV, played it like an [censored]. The game is meant to let you do that. You can't reasonably expect anyone other than yourself to not pick up 5 dollars off the street and spend it.

Civilization and morals are systems set in place by weak-minded pre-homohabilis to faciliate their survival in a world full of things that can kill them. It's natural behavior to revert to animal behavior in it's most basic form. People spend their lives following rules they don't want to. You give them a place that lets them do that with no meaningful or physically painful consequences, they're gonna do it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55h1FO8V_3w

Same as you i never kill or steal without a reason. I never joined the dark brotherhood or the thivers guild. I have a mod that give me rep when i kill them.
NPC make the gameworld a lot more believable and less barren.

No, not if I don't see that character as a bad person. Lets say I need money in the game, I could kill NPC EvilFace for some fame and appreciation, or NPC InnocentGirl for 2000 Septims. I would still go with killing NPC EvilFace. On ALL my characters. It's just they all have different ways of being good, it's just that, none of them kills inoccents. Example my main, (in Oblivion) would find evidence against Ulrich Leland to imprison him, while my Khajiit assassinated him.

I always steal no matter what.

I don't usually kill innocent npcs but if a guard or person is pissing me off... :chaos:

In hindsight, I think my characters with high Personality were the easiest to play "good."

Charisma is such a dump stat though, so the rest of them--warriors, mages, thieves, whoever--found it harder to pick the "I won't kill you" options during quests.

Except it is mandatory to kill in this game.................................. I mean you literally cannot get very far in the game with out killing it's a built in mechanic.

I handle things as they occur, nevermind following some imaginary morals

Nope. I always end up murdering or stealing when I get bored.