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<blockquote data-quote="Elder-Basilisk" data-source="post: 1026520" data-attributes="member: 3146">As others have said &quot;do good by stopping evil.&quot;It's a bit glib but the division between the two is also somewhat artificial and deserving of the response. Also, the question is such that any response will be incomplete. What action will do the most good will generally depend upon the possibilities available at a given time.Is there a gifted young warrior falling in with the wrong crowd due to unfortunate circumstances? Taking him in and mentoring him--treating him like family might be the best thing to do.Is a vampire feasting on a young girl right outside the tavern window? Grabbing a cross and a stake then jumping out the window to oppose him might be better than giving the depressed guy at the bar an encouraging word.As a character motivation, however, it's important to take the abilities of your character into account. You're going to be playing a monk so that necessitates a certain amount of stopping evil--after all the abilities that you have trained your life to gain are mostly focussed in that area (one doesn't become a black belt in order to be better at counselling troubled youth). Now that could be understood as seeking vengeance or it could be that your character's experiences (losing her arm) taught her that force is necessary to stop evil and that understanding is not enough. However, your character is a warrior and her motivation needs to account for that.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Elder-Basilisk, post: 1026520, member: 3146"] As others have said "do good by stopping evil." It's a bit glib but the division between the two is also somewhat artificial and deserving of the response. Also, the question is such that any response will be incomplete. What action will do the most good will generally depend upon the possibilities available at a given time. Is there a gifted young warrior falling in with the wrong crowd due to unfortunate circumstances? Taking him in and mentoring him--treating him like family might be the best thing to do. Is a vampire feasting on a young girl right outside the tavern window? Grabbing a cross and a stake then jumping out the window to oppose him might be better than giving the depressed guy at the bar an encouraging word. As a character motivation, however, it's important to take the abilities of your character into account. You're going to be playing a monk so that necessitates a certain amount of stopping evil--after all the abilities that you have trained your life to gain are mostly focussed in that area (one doesn't become a black belt in order to be better at counselling troubled youth). Now that could be understood as seeking vengeance or it could be that your character's experiences (losing her arm) taught her that force is necessary to stop evil and that understanding is not enough. However, your character is a warrior and her motivation needs to account for that. [/QUOTE]

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