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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dausuul" data-source="post: 5129123" data-attributes="member: 58197">I say no.  He's either True Neutral or Neutral Good, depending on his primary motivation for being an upstanding citizen and doing much for the community (genuine repentance and wish to help others = Good, wish to make sure nobody digs into his past and uncovers his misdeeds = Neutral).Based on his involvement in the community, he would be Lawful Good or Lawful Neutral, but the fact that he's still holding onto the artifact disqualifies him for Lawful alignment.Caveat, however: If the artifact's loss has had serious ramifications for the church - e.g., people suffering and dying who otherwise would not have done - and he knows this is happening, then I don't think he can qualify for Good alignment even if he has genuinely Good motivations. Under those circumstances, a truly Good character would return the artifact even at risk of punishment.(If I were running the campaign, I'd probably have the church create a fake to hide the loss of the real artifact.  Then the villains hit the church and steal the fake.  The rogue has heard about this and is now living in terror, because he knows that the moment the villains discover their mistake, they'll be on his trail... at some point he might get a chance for redemption by sacrificing himself to delay the villains while the PCs escape with the artifact.)</blockquote>