>>96701235
The thing is that I don't even read the usual suspects you're alluding to, I'm going by the old Republic Sith lore and Bane's destruction of the Old Sith system. Bane's system was to get rid of the Jedi and assume the control of the galaxy, after which the survivor/victor (Palpatine) would be able to set the foundations of the new Sith Order according to their own principles.

Where in the Sith code does it tell you that you're supposed to electrocute puppies and tk ewoks into wood-chippers?

Peace is a lie. There is only Passion.
Through Passion, I gain Strength.
Through Strength, I gain Power.
Through Power, I gain Victory.
Through Victory my chains are Broken.
The Force shall free me.

Anything here that can be interpreted as evil can be "Through Power, I gain Victory.", due to nature of power and how one may achieve it. Nothing else here really says that you have to be evil, beyond generational trauma and abuse of thousands of years ago. The Sith, whom the Republic genocided are long extinct, their culture and grudges in truth died with them. Banites are only working against the Jedi/Republic, due to being inducted into the order and that they can't be Sith openly and seek power or risk certain death/imprisonment.

All I am saying that it's not unreasonable to wonder, based on their code alone- if sith can be salvaged and could a sufficiently reasonable Banite Sith steer the order in a different direction. Before anyone mentions Gravid, yes he did what I am talking about and in the worst way possible as he destroyed too much invaluable knowledge base of the Sith.

Alternatively- George said that the Sith are the cancer of the Living Force and we'll leave it at that, the same George who sold SW to Disney. You eternal faggot

>>96493495
Make it more ritualistic, go the way of old empires and mash them all together. Try to instill a moral system from the antiquity and have True Sith operate inside the bounds of that system. Make them more grey and draw clean lines of distinction between sith lords who are gigachad conquerors with some measure of honor and completely rotten schemers/deviants.
Have your players be torn between mastering the Dark Side (somewhat) and letting it consume them for easy power.
At least this is how I would run it.

Then I read you wanted to do TORtanic era and at that point just play them as Imperial goons in a Byzanthine labyrinth of intrigues, but instead of 1 Palpatine and Vader, there are thousands of them, but weaker.