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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Trickstergod" data-source="post: 1109156" data-attributes="member: 10825">Well, a few things.Non-Good doesn't mean they can't have good goals. It just means that often enough, the ends might justify the means. Whereas a good party might not outright kill the evil noble who runs his nation like a tyrant, a good motivated, but neutral (or even evil) party might sneak into his manor, and kill him in his sleep, without the slightest hesitation. Hypocrites also make for decent neutrally aligned individuals; they want people to act good, and encourage it, but often fail at practicing what they preach. As stated, it mainly comes down to how your players plan to act. Perhaps they might play heroes, ultimately, but just want to act without some of the restrictions being good entails. Or, then again, as it sounds, they might just be a bunch of shady SOBs. In which case, goals likely shouldn't center around kidnappings, or saving the innocent, or what have you. Goals should center more around, depending on how the group works out: Assassinations, quelling dissidents and rebels in a nation (for a more Lawful group, probably), working as a group of mercenaries (which is really what most adventurers are, anyway, just that in this case, they admit to it) - helping out villages for gold, hiring themselves out to nobles and the like. No one may hire them to save kidnapped kids, but they'll be looked upon for many other things, all of which would be a lot more common. People with scruples are the least likely to be hired out; folk with a bad reputation, who aren't going to refuse something based on moral reasons, are more likely to see a lot more business.Personal goals also help. Perhaps one is a dispossessed noble looking to get back his throne. Another, a zealot of a priest willing to do anything in the name of his god. There's a number of ways it could work. Hopefully, something in my little schpiel has some use.</blockquote>

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