"Good" vs "Nice"

[Kahuna Burger]

Not only does "good" not have to equate to "nice," I'd take it a step further.

"Good" does not have to equate to "honorable."

Now, I don't mean "honorable" as far as keeping one's word, that sort of thing. I'm talking about codes of battle. Taking advantage of an opponent's distraction, launching a sneak attack, or even stabbing a foe in the back are certainly not honorable by most codes of battle, but I'd argue that they're not necessarily evil.

I would definitly agree with that. I have a theory that honorable combat is just "might makes right" dressed up for the prom.

 

[orsal]

Do Good and Nice match up in your experience?

Only in Bollywood. In real life, not at all, although there probably is some correlation. Oh wait -- in real life I don't believe in Good and Evil, so I guess it couldn't be correlated with anything.

 

[ForceUser]

Do Good and Nice match up in your experience? Is Evil always Mean, or can Evil be Nice? Mean vs Nice could be the third allignment axis, I suppose... Ethical, Moral and Personal?

From my favorite quotable book:

Good is not nice, polite, well mannered, prudish, self-righteous, or naïve, though good-aligned characters might be some of those things. Good is the awesome holy energy that radiates from the celestial planes and crushes evil. Good is selfless, just, hopeful, benevolent, and righteous.