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Message: <blockquote data-quote="+5 Keyboard!" data-source="post: 3755027" data-attributes="member: 48586">It really pisses me off that my first post got lost in the ether, so regardless of already posting my opinion, I'll try the detailed explanation of how I got there... again. To repeat, I believe this person is Lawful Evil. Here is how I came to that conclusion:My answer to this is based on the entire picture painted here. This individual has a personal code he adheres to or more accurately, a fetish or quirk. One that's inconsistent with his overall lifestyle, but most villains, and yes this is a villain, have a few strange quirks with which they fool themselves into believing they are actually good or rationalize their behavior by espousing these good qualities. These ones are a couple that this villain uses to that end.Well, based on the rest of this guy's qualities, especially seeding maidens for a plan to raise his own little bastard army, this is only because he a) doesn't support the policies or laws that this government enforces, b) wants to overthrow the government and place himself or someone of his choosing in power, or c) all of the above. By thinking of it in terms of "saving" the world makes him believe that his plan is "good". You could construe this alone as Chaotic behavior, but given the rest of the behavior, it is Lawfully Evil motivated.This might be strange behavior isolated by itself, but this person is lying to himself that he is good. A lot of good deeds are done by people that just want the world to think that they are great people. This guy is probably motivated to do this to earn the esteem and hero worship of the "little people".  Not because he's truly compassionate Whatever the reason, there is a sinister motivation.Irrelevant when it comes to alignment. His loyalty may be motivated by different things than a LG or NG or CE person, but it all comes down to the fact that people are social creatures and enjoy having friends. This one is really at odds with everything else. It reeks of trying to be good, but given everything else it just seems like he, again, is trying to build up a reputation as a great guy. Either that or it's a strange code of conduct he has decided to live by. Maybe by doing this, it eases his conscience about the other things he has done and continues to do? It's a ping on the good side, for sure, but not enough to change that he's at heart a villain.This is evil. It doesn't matter what your rationale is.Sadistic and cruel. The reason for doing things like this is irrelevant. It's just an excuse for this villain to do the things he enjoys doing.This is the epitome of Lawful Evil behavior and gives some incite into this PCs megalomaniacal behavior. You could also say it was Neutral Evil behavior by itself, but given the methodical practices described, I'm sticking with LE.Seducing women is irrelevant. In D&D terms, libido has no real bearing on alignment by itself. How chaste or whorish you are is unimportant. If we apply real world religious values to this PC one could argue that this wanton act of fornicating everywhere he goes is evil. But we are not applying that to D&D. It's the motivation for why he is doing which is truly devious and evil. He want to impregnate every maiden he can so he can create his own army he obviously intends to come back and collect for his own selfish reasons.Lawful Evil. Definitely Lawful Evil.</blockquote>

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