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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 955817" data-attributes="member: 177">Well, it depends upon your metaphysic.In the real world, darkness is the absence of light.&nbsp; In D&amp;D, however, that is not true.&nbsp; The world has different (magical) physics, where there are spells that have darkness trumping light, that have darnkess as a thing that like light, can be emitted.Sometimes a person does evil, but not in the name of a percieved good.&nbsp; A person can, in fact, choose to do a thing simply because it hurts others.&nbsp; It's rare, but it does happen.&nbsp; In a fictional w0rld, perhaps it happens even more often. Whether the &quot;natural state&quot; is Chaos, or Order, or Balance, depends on what you are calling the natural state.&nbsp; Is the natural state the void before creation?&nbsp; Is it a non-void before creation?&nbsp; Is it creation before sentient creatures?&nbsp; Is it the state of sentient creatures without the meddling of gods?&nbsp; You tell me what the natural state is, then we can discuss if it is orderly, disorderly, or neither.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 955817, member: 177"] Well, it depends upon your metaphysic. In the real world, darkness is the absence of light. In D&D, however, that is not true. The world has different (magical) physics, where there are spells that have darkness trumping light, that have darnkess as a thing that like light, can be emitted. Sometimes a person does evil, but not in the name of a percieved good. A person can, in fact, choose to do a thing simply because it hurts others. It's rare, but it does happen. In a fictional w0rld, perhaps it happens even more often. Whether the "natural state" is Chaos, or Order, or Balance, depends on what you are calling the natural state. Is the natural state the void before creation? Is it a non-void before creation? Is it creation before sentient creatures? Is it the state of sentient creatures without the meddling of gods? You tell me what the natural state is, then we can discuss if it is orderly, disorderly, or neither. [/QUOTE]

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