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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 3074729" data-attributes="member: 2011">PCs are out in the wilderness. They encounter a Hydra. The DM says "roll initiative". Is the first inclination of GOOD PCs to Charm the Hydra and then sneak away, or is it to attack?I suspect that you are attempting to rationalize "kill and loot" behavior. How often do good PCs keep the loot they find and how often to they hand most of it or all of it over to the local authorities or the Temple?True Lies: when Harry Trasker is drugged and Helen asks him "Have you ever killed anyone?", he replies "Yeah, but they were all bad.".The point is, adventurers invade the homes/territories of other creatures, kill them, steal their stuff, and then justify it by saying "But they were all bad.". This is how invasion, violence and theft is justified in the game system and it is the rare player who breaks out of that mold and plays a truly good PC. IME.In reality, many Good PCs are Neutral at best (i.e. sometimes good, sometimes bad).But do they donate their most useful and powerful magical items to the Temple or other charity? If they find an artifact, is their first thought to give it over to their deity?Or do they merely donate some gold and a few scrolls they cannot use every once in a while? Possibly that magical mace that nobody in the group wants.</blockquote>