Criminal

Basic Information

A criminal is a person who commits crimes.

If an act or item is criminal, it means a law proscribes a punishment for those who perform the act or possess the item.

See Also:

• Crimes
• Crime and Punishment Tropes
• Decriminalization
• Organized Crime
• Random Crimes

Criminal Types, Tropes, and Characters

• The Aggressive Drug Dealer
• All Devouring Black Hole Loan Sharks
• Bonnie And Clyde
• Boxed Crook
• Career Killers
• The Cartel
• Con Man
• Counterfeit Cash
• The Cracker
• Criminal Amnesiac
• Damn It Feels Good To Be A Gangster
• Dangerous Deserter
• Evil Poacher
• The Family For The Whole Family
• Film Felons
• Five Finger Discount
• Gang Bangers
  • White Gang Bangers
• Gayngster
• Gentleman Thief
  • Classy Cat Burglar
  • The Sandiego
• Gun Moll
• Hitman With A Heart
• Impossible Thief
• Jack The Ripper
• Kray Winstone
• Mad Bomber
• The Mafia
• The Mafiya
• Murder Tropes
• Neighbourhood Friendly Gangsters
• The Old Con
• Outlaw
  • Bandito
  • The Rustler
  • Retired Outlaw
• Phantom Thief
• Pirate
• Poetic Serial Killer
• Ruthless Foreign Gangsters
• Serial Killer
• Stealing From The Till
• White Collar Crime
• Sympathetic Murderer
• The Syndicate
• Tattooed Crook
• Terrorist
  • African Terrorists
  • Terrorists Without A Cause
  • Western Terrorists
• Thieves' Guild
• The Triads And The Tongs
• Yakuza

Sources

Bibliography

1. Wikipedia

2. TV Tropes Wiki

Game and Story Use

• Criminals can make great villains.
• A few subtypes of criminal can make for good Player Characters. See Social Bandit and Gentleman Thief, for starters. Let's not forget the person who's wanted for crimes he didn't commit.
• Exactly what things a given culture considers criminal will give you a lot of insight into that culture. GMs can use strange or harsh laws to great effect when characterizing an alien species or exotic culture.