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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RangerWickett" data-source="post: 2829093" data-attributes="member: 63">I'm really confused here. This is the man who at least once a season has to run away from his own co-workers because what he's doing is more important than following procedure. He's the guy who seems to think, "Why the hell won't you idiots drop protocol for 10 minutes and help me save the world?!" Certainly not lawful.He tries to protect the innocent. He is opposed to those who harm the innocent. That seems good.He does not try to make profit off of others' suffering. He tries to stop people from profiting off the suffering of others. That seems to definitely not be evil. In my games, even the ones where I do try to stress morality, if someone is trying to kill you, you're okay to kill them back in self defense. In that line of thinking, someone who tried to kill you and who you took alive is benefiting from your mercy.Is torture worse than death?A good-aligned character in D&D is certainly allowed to kill evil creatures. A good-aligned character is allowed to loot and mutilate the bodies of dead evil creatures. He's allowed to use mind control to force a person to do his bidding, which is about the closest parallel I can find to torture in typical game sessions.So yeah, the torture is unpleasant, but his overall intentions are good. He sure as hell isn't going to be a paladin, but I peg him as strongly Neutral Good.</blockquote>