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<blockquote data-quote="Loincloth of Armour" data-source="post: 3288209" data-attributes="member: 28201"><p>Actually, I think intention has some baring... just not as much as actions.</p><p></p><p>For me, alignment is made up of three parts: before the act, the act itself, and after the act.</p><p></p><p><strong>The intention:</strong> what did the person intend the act to acomplish? (Of all, this is holds the least importance, say give it 1 point.)</p><p></p><p><strong>The act:</strong> What did the person do? (This is the most important, 3 points)</p><p></p><p><strong>The aftermath:</strong> What did the person learn? (This is almost as important as the act itself, 2 points.)</p><p></p><p>As I see it (and others certainly can disagree), a good person can have good intentions yet commit an evil act (1 point of good, 3 points of evil). That makes their behaviour slightly evil. What makes or breaks them is what they do afterwards. </p><p></p><p>If they say, "Meh. The ends justify the means," then they've shown they've made a decision to be evil, and begin the alignment slide. (1 point of good, 5 points of evil.) If they say, "I didn't mean for that to happen, I'll learn from this and not do it again," then they can hold on to their good alignment... depending on what they do from then on. (3 points to good, 3 points to evil.)</p><p></p><p>Doing evil with the best of intentions doesn't make you evil (in my books)... but if you don't learn the right lessons from it, you're on the way down.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Loincloth of Armour, post: 3288209, member: 28201"] Actually, I think intention has some baring... just not as much as actions. For me, alignment is made up of three parts: before the act, the act itself, and after the act. [b]The intention:[/b] what did the person intend the act to acomplish? (Of all, this is holds the least importance, say give it 1 point.) [b]The act:[/b] What did the person do? (This is the most important, 3 points) [b]The aftermath:[/b] What did the person learn? (This is almost as important as the act itself, 2 points.) As I see it (and others certainly can disagree), a good person can have good intentions yet commit an evil act (1 point of good, 3 points of evil). That makes their behaviour slightly evil. What makes or breaks them is what they do afterwards. If they say, "Meh. The ends justify the means," then they've shown they've made a decision to be evil, and begin the alignment slide. (1 point of good, 5 points of evil.) If they say, "I didn't mean for that to happen, I'll learn from this and not do it again," then they can hold on to their good alignment... depending on what they do from then on. (3 points to good, 3 points to evil.) Doing evil with the best of intentions doesn't make you evil (in my books)... but if you don't learn the right lessons from it, you're on the way down. [/QUOTE]
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