mirthcard said:
I'll pick this apart a little bit, but I'm growing quickly bored of it.
Twice in the game, the thief was described by jasamcarl as "a boy" and twice as "a youth" NOT as "a young man", so in the game that point of your argument falls apart.
As for being too cut and dry, the alignment system is a guideline - a cut and dry one. There is Good. There is Evil. There is Law. There is Chaos. There is Neutrality. Pretty cut and dry, if you ask me. RL isn't like that by any means, but D&D certainly is. If it still is too cut and dry for you, I would suggest changing Jericho to a Chaotic Neutral character.
If you want to bring culture into the alignment debate, then any Evil act can be justified. Hitler felt the Jews were Evil and, in his eyes, ridding the Earth of that Evil was justified. He certainly felt no remorse about his actions. He believed himself to be a Christian (the swastika, his main symbol, was a cross) and that he was doing the work of God. In his culture, those who followed him believed this as well. Using your argument, how would you classify his alignment in D&D terms? If you want to join a similar debate about Torquemada, have a look at this thread:
http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?threadid=30158
I think you're the one with the weak argument. But I still love you, man 
We'll have to agree to disagree,
Jay
Very good points on all sides, but you have to remember that morality is traditionally defined as an absolute state of being, not specific actions. DND traditionally associates 'good' with life and 'evil' with death, but good characters kill things all the time. The only consistent line one can follow is that good/evil are a matter of intent, while law and chaos are of the means. Thus, though Jericho might have taken a life, his intent was still good because he prevented the loss of life that would have resulted from undeterred crime.
Assuming Hitler was honestly conscerned with the purity of life? In that case i might say that he was CG in practice and LG in theory, but with a wis of somewhere around 3?
But I honestly think his motives were far and away more selfish and generally disgusting, like most radical elites. OT. That rant was strictly academic and will play little or no role in my campaign, so don't worry.
On the confusion of your character's culture, that is all up to you. If Tarowyn holds that slavery is immoral, than i'm going to assume that his tribe holds similar beliefs. If any of you wish, you can take an active part in world building as well; in fact, i encourage you to.
