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Easydamus does a lot of character listing, and goes with NE for the Emperor and LE for Vader: http://easydamus.com/lawfulevil.html http://easydamus.com/neutralevil.html Maybe the Emperor's scheming (and putting the whole galaxy into a massive chaotic war, purely to further his schemes) might...

There are philosophies based on "love and compassion for all beings- even those who are evil" and so on. That's just the front page- which is mostly taken from the 3.5 PHB. The individual articles for each alignment go into more depth- but also have more Palladium-based content- and pre-3.5...

A big early step in Anakin's fall in the movies, was his vengeful slaughter of the Sandpeople (including innocent children) for the torture and murder of his mother. Imagine an alternate Star Wars, where Anakin instead of doing so, captured some of the ones who did it or ordered it, said (to...

Think of the Order of Illumination as willing to fight those nonevil guys that support and defend evil guys (maybe because the nonevil guy is a family member of the evil guy). This is why their abilities work regardless of alignment of target- whereas a Paladin only gets Smite Evil. They...

Darth Vader as Chaotic Evil and Emperor Palpatine as Lawful Evil? Are you sure it's not the other way round? Maybe it's just me, but Vader always seemed a little more Lawful than The Emperor. "Power! Unlimited power!" vs "With our combined strength we can end this destructive conflict and...

The point to be made is that both the LE blackguard and the LN inquisitor fit the alignment system- if splatbooks are taken into account. As to why LE and not some other strain of Evil: PHB page 105: Some lawful evil villains have particular taboos, such as not killing in cold blood (but...

"Well, first I'd like to say that if you are using BoVD and BoED as your sources of moral authority and ethical philosophy then you are already digging yourself a hole that will be difficult to climb out of." They're being applied to the D&D world- they might not apply in the real world. "To...

Sounds like a pretty good best-case scenario- where the player is willing to accept the mechanical penalty- and try and atone for the act. The PHB does say that characters aren't completely consistant- they will act in ways that don't fit their alignment on rare occasions. So it follows the...

Unless you're using BoVD and BoED- BoVD suggests that the truly sadistic- those who delight in inflicting suffering on others, are evil. And BoED is of the "torture is always an evil act" type. Fiendish Codex 2 also lists torture as always a corrupt act, and has "inflicting indescribable...

It did mention "few people are completely consistent" and that "A neutral person can be inspired to perform a noble act" though. Possibly because CG characters shouldn't really have qualms about behaving in a slightly Lawful fashion toward the greater good? In Eric Holmes Basic D&D, the...

The point to be made is that the Code says "paladins punish those who harm or threaten innocents" Not "Paladins punish those who are evil aligned" or "paladins punish those who commit evil acts" The idea that a paladin might be faced with having to punish a Neutral enemy who has harmed the...

Nope- he's a lot more discriminating than that. "Non-Innocents" for him, is virtually synonymous with "Those who debase or destroy the innocent for fun or profit." And even then- it's at the high end of the scale- acts that could reasonably, in a D&D world, carry a death penalty. If you...

Answer- the LN crusader is the sort of guy who, in war, gives orders he knows will lead to the deaths of the innocent, or even kills them himself, if he thinks it's "the only way to win against evil" Like, say, ordering his wizards to nuke an evil city- which also has a lot of innocent...

Thing is, on the subject of dealing with the evil aligned, and those who commit evil acts, the paladin's code really has only one guideline: "Punish those who harm or threaten innocent life" Which can lead to some pretty interesting situations. Here's a little sketch on the subject I drew...

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Given the construct-like nature of angels in 4E: "construct with delusions of grandeur" might fit.

Eberron adventures: I haven't heard of Curse of the Dragon's Eye before. I have heard of Eyes of the Lich Queen- that one hasn't been listed.

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David Gemmell's Drenai series and Sipstrassi Tales series have a pretty high magic level- although they generally don't have wizard protagonists. L.E Modesit Jnr.'s books also have a lot of magic- usually they do have magic-using protagonists.