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<blockquote data-quote="Tequila Sunrise" data-source="post: 6262273" data-attributes="member: 40398"><p><strong>Good, Neutrality, and Evil</strong></p><p></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">2e associates Good with honesty and charity. 2e clarifies that nobody is perfect; good people make mistakes, but try to fix them.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">2e further makes a point of clarifying that Good has no absolute values; different cultures have different interpretations of what is good and evil. While this statement is in unusual agreement with the real world for 2e, it makes one wonder what happens when a Good character from culture A visits culture B, which has dramatically different notions of what is right and wrong. Does he become neutral (or even evil)? Or does he simply ping as neutral/evil to <em>know alignment</em> spells cast by culture B casters?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">3e associates Good with altruism, respect for life, and a concern for the dignity of sentient beings. Good characters make personal sacrifices to protect innocent life, and to generally help others.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">2e associates Neutrality with a refusal to pass judgment on anything. Things are neither good nor evil; whatever is, is.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">3e again paints Neutrality as a middle-ground...mostly. Neutrals are committed to others via personal relationships, and have compunctions against killing innocents, but lack the commitment to protect innocent strangers. Later, 3e mentions that some Neutrals actively seek a balance between Good and Evil.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">2e defines Evil as the antithesis of Good, with a similar clarifier that Evil too is subjective. 2e clarifies that few evil people actively seek to harm others; most simply don't realize or care that the pursuit of their personal goals hurt others.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">3e associates Evil with hurting, oppressing, and killing others. Some Evil creatures simply lack compassion, while others actively seek to harm others.</li> </ul><p></p><p>So I'm not sure what to make of 2e's emphasis on Good and Evil being subjective; this assertion doesn't seem to be carried over into its individual alignment descriptions, and it makes no similar claim for Law and Chaos.</p><p></p><p>It's odd how honesty went from being a Good trait in 2e to a Lawful trait in 3e.</p><p></p><p>I again find myself preferring 3e's middle-ground take on Neutrality to 2e's odd philosophized take.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tequila Sunrise, post: 6262273, member: 40398"] [B]Good, Neutrality, and Evil[/B] [LIST] [*]2e associates Good with honesty and charity. 2e clarifies that nobody is perfect; good people make mistakes, but try to fix them. [*]2e further makes a point of clarifying that Good has no absolute values; different cultures have different interpretations of what is good and evil. While this statement is in unusual agreement with the real world for 2e, it makes one wonder what happens when a Good character from culture A visits culture B, which has dramatically different notions of what is right and wrong. Does he become neutral (or even evil)? Or does he simply ping as neutral/evil to [I]know alignment[/I] spells cast by culture B casters? [*]3e associates Good with altruism, respect for life, and a concern for the dignity of sentient beings. Good characters make personal sacrifices to protect innocent life, and to generally help others. [*]2e associates Neutrality with a refusal to pass judgment on anything. Things are neither good nor evil; whatever is, is. [*]3e again paints Neutrality as a middle-ground...mostly. Neutrals are committed to others via personal relationships, and have compunctions against killing innocents, but lack the commitment to protect innocent strangers. Later, 3e mentions that some Neutrals actively seek a balance between Good and Evil. [*]2e defines Evil as the antithesis of Good, with a similar clarifier that Evil too is subjective. 2e clarifies that few evil people actively seek to harm others; most simply don't realize or care that the pursuit of their personal goals hurt others. [*]3e associates Evil with hurting, oppressing, and killing others. Some Evil creatures simply lack compassion, while others actively seek to harm others. [/LIST] So I'm not sure what to make of 2e's emphasis on Good and Evil being subjective; this assertion doesn't seem to be carried over into its individual alignment descriptions, and it makes no similar claim for Law and Chaos. It's odd how honesty went from being a Good trait in 2e to a Lawful trait in 3e. I again find myself preferring 3e's middle-ground take on Neutrality to 2e's odd philosophized take. [/QUOTE]
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