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<blockquote data-quote="painandgreed" data-source="post: 2976090" data-attributes="member: 24969"><p>Those creature that are born evil, WILL commit evil deeds. It is their nature. Some might hide it more than others, but they will be forced by their nature to commit those acts if its alignment cannot change. I explain that in a few sentences later although I didn't expressly address creature that are born evil because, somehow, in a quickly written post, I didn't manage to cover every last bit of pre-emptive nit picking.</p><p></p><p>A paladin, upon suspecting that somebody is really an evil outsider but hiding the fact and alignment, will know that there will be some evil acts in their past to uncover as well as that it is only a matter of time before they commit more if it is true. If their alignment is evil, then they have the deeds to show it to the best of their ability. Evil fetus' will claw and kick from the womb. Evil babies will fight and scream. Such a young creature may not be that evil, no more than the evil landlord, but it will grow as it's abilty grows. Of course, with such things, you're not dealing with a normal person and normal ideas of good and evil. It's almost like an evil object and would fall under special rules anway. It will radiate evil and cause evil to happen around it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="painandgreed, post: 2976090, member: 24969"] Those creature that are born evil, WILL commit evil deeds. It is their nature. Some might hide it more than others, but they will be forced by their nature to commit those acts if its alignment cannot change. I explain that in a few sentences later although I didn't expressly address creature that are born evil because, somehow, in a quickly written post, I didn't manage to cover every last bit of pre-emptive nit picking. A paladin, upon suspecting that somebody is really an evil outsider but hiding the fact and alignment, will know that there will be some evil acts in their past to uncover as well as that it is only a matter of time before they commit more if it is true. If their alignment is evil, then they have the deeds to show it to the best of their ability. Evil fetus' will claw and kick from the womb. Evil babies will fight and scream. Such a young creature may not be that evil, no more than the evil landlord, but it will grow as it's abilty grows. Of course, with such things, you're not dealing with a normal person and normal ideas of good and evil. It's almost like an evil object and would fall under special rules anway. It will radiate evil and cause evil to happen around it. [/QUOTE]
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