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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Paraxis" data-source="post: 3833960" data-attributes="member: 13009">Let's focus on the fantasy world of D&D or other fiction because if this goes to real world issues two key topics that are no no's on this forum will be brought up.  I know I've used real world example in this thread already but it's a slippery slope.Buying a sword or weapon from someone who is evil is not an act of evil.  Using a weapon is not evil, swords don't kill people people do.  Same with machines of war.  Deathstar itself is not evil, the slaves  who made it are not evil (if you buy into the private contractor theory then yes they are evil), the Empire is "Evil" and putting on that uniform for the stormtrooper means you support the evil, get benifits from serving the evil, ect...Killing storm troopers is good because all of them are evil every last one of them even the young man who is sending his pay check to support his family back home and works as a supply clerk.Worshiping a being of power is more then saying a few words one day a week and giving them 10% of the loot you get from raiding dungeons.  A pact with an outer planer being implies more then lip service.  Evil and Good in a fantasy setting is black and white not shades of grey...if people are shades of grey then they are neutral.I am trying my best to get my point across, in a world with dieties who grant power you can see, who walk the world, who's existance is a fact not a thing that requires blind faith then getting any amount of power from a evil diety or power and using it for any reason is in itself an evil act.  I used an example of a C.N warlock, honestly I can't picture a warlock who gets powers from an infernal source as anything but evil a neutral character would become evil the moment he made said pact.Like I said above a sword being swung is only as evil as the heart of the man swinging it.A blast of infernal fire is evil by virtue of where the power comes from no matter the motivations behind it.</blockquote>

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