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<blockquote data-quote="EP" data-source="post: 3668033" data-attributes="member: 41744">A.&nbsp; Selfishness is a characteristic, not an outcome.&nbsp; An evil character is generally more selfish but they perform evil deeds for their own sake and do so willingly.&nbsp; A neutral character can be selfish, but doesn't slaughter, rape, and pillage - he just doesn't have that many friends.B.&nbsp; The problem I see with this query is &quot;knowingly.&quot;&nbsp; During my research and examination into the whole evil alignment, it seemed that the knowledge and acceptance of committing evil acts generally lead to a character being evil, but I think their purpose outweighs the actions.&nbsp; It is possible for a good character to perform an evil deed so long as their reason for doing so falls within the good spectrum.&nbsp; For example, a good-aligned character storms a castle and wipes out every goblin and orc he could find, sparing no one.&nbsp; Now, as none of these creatures attacked him first and likely may not have been involved with whatever crime(s) inspired the good character to storm in and kill, kill, kill, the good character has performed outright murder.&nbsp; But none of us see it that way... because they're goblins and orcs being killed.&nbsp; If it was the other way around, we'd see the act as evil, but not for a human or elf.&nbsp; We believe - just as the good character would - that killing the goblins and orcs protects the homesteads that might otherwise be attacked at a later time.&nbsp; Therefore, murder is considered good.So I'd say yes, it is possible for a good character to knowingly commit evil deeds and still be good.C.&nbsp; If you're already evil and believe the world is plotting against you and the only fair thing in life is for you to become master overlord of it all, what other people think of you is rarely the last thing on your mind.&nbsp; Even if it is, an evil character will likely draw on their rage and frustration against these people.&nbsp; &quot;Why can't you understand why I'm doing what I'm doing?&quot; he'd say.&nbsp; I'd say evil characters generally don't care what others think about them or are incapable of understanding why others think of them as evil.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="EP, post: 3668033, member: 41744"] A. Selfishness is a characteristic, not an outcome. An evil character is generally more selfish but they perform evil deeds for their own sake and do so willingly. A neutral character can be selfish, but doesn't slaughter, rape, and pillage - he just doesn't have that many friends. B. The problem I see with this query is "knowingly." During my research and examination into the whole evil alignment, it seemed that the knowledge and acceptance of committing evil acts generally lead to a character being evil, but I think their purpose outweighs the actions. It is possible for a good character to perform an evil deed so long as their reason for doing so falls within the good spectrum. For example, a good-aligned character storms a castle and wipes out every goblin and orc he could find, sparing no one. Now, as none of these creatures attacked him first and likely may not have been involved with whatever crime(s) inspired the good character to storm in and kill, kill, kill, the good character has performed outright murder. But none of us see it that way... because they're goblins and orcs being killed. If it was the other way around, we'd see the act as evil, but not for a human or elf. We believe - just as the good character would - that killing the goblins and orcs protects the homesteads that might otherwise be attacked at a later time. Therefore, murder is considered good. So I'd say yes, it is possible for a good character to knowingly commit evil deeds and still be good. C. If you're already evil and believe the world is plotting against you and the only fair thing in life is for you to become master overlord of it all, what other people think of you is rarely the last thing on your mind. Even if it is, an evil character will likely draw on their rage and frustration against these people. "Why can't you understand why I'm doing what I'm doing?" he'd say. I'd say evil characters generally don't care what others think about them or are incapable of understanding why others think of them as evil. [/QUOTE]

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