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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Imaculata" data-source="post: 7060167" data-attributes="member: 6801286">Whether they enjoy torturing, or just commit an act that inflicts pain on an enemy to punish him, are two very different things. Mal giving his defeated opponent two extra pokes with his sword, was obviously not doing the right thing there. But does that make him evil, when he is teaching his opponent a well deserved lesson and also sparing his life?In my current pirate campaign, the players play more morally gray characters. They are pirates, so they are already ignoring the law. But they do have ethics. They do protect the weak and innocent, while even sometimes showing mercy to their enemies. But they have on occasion also subjected one of their enemies to torture, to extract information. Yet despite that, they are good characters at heart. One immoral act or poor life decision is not what determines a character's alignment in my view. Even a good character can do the wrong thing at times.</blockquote>