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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 3668896" data-attributes="member: 4937">I thought I'd get a word in before this thread invariably and tiresomely vears off into the real world.  (In fact, it already has started, as various posters insist on commenting on how the real world works in thier opinion while stating this as a fact, which is only slightly less ridiculous than stating as a fact the intrinsic spiritual nature of hypothetical fantasy beings in a universe which is likely radically different than our own at least in some aspects.)Anyway, no, the target is not THAT important.  Quite obviously, you can come up with examples where the target isn't really that important at all.But, I think so far you've steered clear of asking why the target is important.  For example, I think we'd generally agree that regardless of the target it is still intrinsicly evil to take pleasure in causing pain.  Even supposing that it was intrisicly good to destroy fiends, primarily taking pleasure from the act of destruction itself (and in particular the suffering it causes) rather than from the good that is protected and the innosence that is saved is probably not sign of a morally stable person.  Regardless of the target, it is still intrinsicly depraved to participate in certain acts because you are then a part of the act.  Even if it would be impossible to do evil to the target, say it were an inanimate object, if the act is inherently depraved and you do it, then it is a sign of your own intrinsic and deepening depravity.In other words, regardless of whether it is possible to do evil to the target because of the target's evilness, certain acts are injurous to ones own moral standing.  What those acts are is probably a matter for the particular DM and a particular campaign, as there are innumerable opinions on what is inherently evil and makes you unclean to participate in.</blockquote>

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