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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lamoni" data-source="post: 1116564" data-attributes="member: 12680">what is good?I think that the problem is that each person defines good differently.  In my opinion, good is very closely tied to religion.  It involves things like sin.  Therefore, in Christian cultures, promiscuity would be bad.  It is a sin because it is against a commandment from God.  I won't say anything more because I can't go too deep into religion.With D&D, there are different gods than the one portrayed in the Bible, but I think that the big question is what you agree as a group is bad.  In my group, it correlates very similarly to our religious beliefs that we all share in common.  One that does not believe in a diety can still be good because they act on what they personally think is right.  However, once they believe in a religion some things that they may have done in the past would become bad/evil.  The diety they worship is the deciding factor instead of the person.D&D and neutral and evil dieties throws a small loop in this way of thinking though.  In my mind, the Dieties know they are neutral or evil and declare what they are.  They may support evil acts, but they don't call them good.  Therefore, they are still the deciding factor.On the other side of alignment.  I think that it is only a factor if there are laws that govern sexuality.  Lawful people would abide by the laws in most cases... unless for some reason the laws of the particular town or city had no relavence to them.In conclusion, a lawful good character could be promiscuos, but it wouldn't happen in our campaign unless they didn't worship a diety.  Once they declare devotion to a good diety, our group assumes that it follows with what is good and bad in the Bible. (like Do not commit adultery... including fornication).One more thing I wanted to add.  Mormons do not practice polygamy.  If a mormon does try to practice it, they are excommunicated and no longer a mormon.  They did practice it for a time though.  When they did practice it, it was highly organized.  (You couldn't marry whomever you wanted, it had to be done by the prophet).  And sex outside of marriage was still bad.  -I am just trying to give a more accurate account of history and am not trying to debate or promote any particular religious belief.Edit:  I also wanted to say that No one is perfect.  That means that every good person commits some evil acts.  The difference is that they try to do good and try to atone for the mistakes they make.  Therefore using the good alignment doesn't mean that every evil act is off limits.  You can do evil, but you need to pay the consequences... especially if you worship a good diety.</blockquote>

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