As a certified player of roles, allow me to clear up the obvious confusion in this thread and display the bestest, greatestest and most goodest way to RP a spy.
1.) Make sure everyone knows you are a spy. It should be the first thing people know about you. Tattoo the word spy on your forehead, paint it all over your clothes. Even if the conversation has, in no way, anything to do with your profession, force it into your dialogue regardless. The best agents of deceit are ones who everyone knows about.
2.) All spies ARE assassins. And voidblades. And thieves. And marksmen. And archers. And everything. You must have ever skill imaginable, even ones that your character would realistically have no way of getting. You should be an archmage in arcane magic and the world’s greatest fencer, along with a master-tier blacksmith and the owner of your own personal harbor.
3.) All spies are incredibly handsome or beautiful, no exceptions. To qualify as a spy, you can have no physical character flaws or disabilities. If you do feel oddly compelled to give your character a flaw, make it a sexy flaw, like having tragically lost your parents or being an alcoholic. A casual, fun alcoholic though. Which brings me to the next point, actually.
4.) Your entire family must have died in horrific fashions while you, yourself, have lived. This will give you plenty of ammunition to get pity points when you do something bad, or need to excuse your psychotic behavior. It is optional but encouraged to have at least one sibling who is as powerful as you to use as an antagonistic in your personal plot. Bonus points if you-yourself murdered your family.
5.) You must be part of the SI:7, a Shadow in the Uncrowned, and a secret member of the Shattered Hand to boot. On top of this, be sure to have your own secret cadre of elite spies that outclass all of the aforementioned agencies.
6.) Act like an alien pretending to know what human emotion is. Your facial expressions should range from a smirk or a grin, nothing in-between, save a threatening glare to those fools who get in your way. Say curse words as often as possible, including some slang you took off of urban dictionary. If someone you find hot turns in your direction, flirt with them until they ignore you or give you attention. If anyone else tries to interact with you, immediately attempt to kill them. If anyone attempts to intervene in your justified bloodshed, threaten them with jailtime because you are an agent of [AGENCY], even if these individuals are members of the local law enforcement.
6.) You can’t just be the race you’re playing. You must secretly be something else. A spy isn’t exotic enough to warrant attention nowadays. Be a Pit Lord disguised as a spy, or a void-corrupted blue dragon who is secretly part of the Horde. Don’t try to hide these things, by the way. Make sure everyone knows them too. It makes you stand out more. Make sure to chug as many growth pots as humanly possible to boot. Spies are always monstrously large and should stand out.
I think my hamburger is finally done unthawing, so I’m going to go start making dinner now. Feel free to share this fool proof guide on how to play an amazing spy character from me, well known community figure, Male Human Paladin#5245292-F.