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<blockquote data-quote="Methinkus" data-source="post: 256026" data-attributes="member: 3248"><p>Is intent just as damning as action? Lets say I have a CN fighter who is only concerned with improving his own skills and abilities. Lets say he respects dragons and views them as the ultimate target. Lets say he would be more than willing to kill a Gold dragon just to prove he could do it. There is no anger towards the dragon, he never crossed it in the path and actually respects its views on morality even though he does not share them, but he would want to fight and kill it as a way of testing his mettle. Evil?</p><p></p><p>Ok, example the second; lets say this guy is hired to kill this other guy – he has no levels of assassin and is therefore not already damned as “evil” (I disagree with this ruling, but that was a whole different thread) – whom he knows nothing about. He is ok with this, but a week before the deadline – get it? “dead”line? Ha ha ha – the man falls ill and dies on his own. The first man never committed an evil act. Does his alignment change?</p><p></p><p>The point is, in both the examples no crime was committed. We can even say that they have both been outstanding members of their communities in the past. However, both people were willing to do something rather questionable (well, hideous). They never acted on these evil impulses, but philosophically they fit the mold as outlined in the PHB of evil. In my experience as a player action counts more that intent when it comes to alignment and a persons normally wouldn’t change until that character had actually done something very evil. How would you rule these cases as a DM or even as another player in the group?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Methinkus, post: 256026, member: 3248"] Is intent just as damning as action? Lets say I have a CN fighter who is only concerned with improving his own skills and abilities. Lets say he respects dragons and views them as the ultimate target. Lets say he would be more than willing to kill a Gold dragon just to prove he could do it. There is no anger towards the dragon, he never crossed it in the path and actually respects its views on morality even though he does not share them, but he would want to fight and kill it as a way of testing his mettle. Evil? Ok, example the second; lets say this guy is hired to kill this other guy – he has no levels of assassin and is therefore not already damned as “evil” (I disagree with this ruling, but that was a whole different thread) – whom he knows nothing about. He is ok with this, but a week before the deadline – get it? “dead”line? Ha ha ha – the man falls ill and dies on his own. The first man never committed an evil act. Does his alignment change? The point is, in both the examples no crime was committed. We can even say that they have both been outstanding members of their communities in the past. However, both people were willing to do something rather questionable (well, hideous). They never acted on these evil impulses, but philosophically they fit the mold as outlined in the PHB of evil. In my experience as a player action counts more that intent when it comes to alignment and a persons normally wouldn’t change until that character had actually done something very evil. How would you rule these cases as a DM or even as another player in the group? [/QUOTE]
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