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<blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 115726" data-attributes="member: 463">But does that mean Norway did the wrong thing by opposing the Nazis?&nbsp; Or that Finland did the wrong thing by opposing the USSR (and winning, with Nazi help)?&nbsp; I don't think these questions are answerable, I can only say that as a Brit I'd have preferred Sweden to have stood with the western allies, ie my side.Likewise in the example given, I don't think one can set firm alignments for the 2 characters from the information given.&nbsp; The Prince could be LG (and tortured by the need to act 'for the greater good'),&nbsp; or cynically Neutral - can't see anything Chaotic or Evil about his behaviour, but I guess if you think Machiavelli's ideals were 'evil' you'd disagree.Real life Conquerors are also hard to pin down I've seen Hitler described as both Lawful-Evil and Chaotic - even different versions of D&amp;D rate things differently, so really this is an impossible question.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="S'mon, post: 115726, member: 463"] But does that mean Norway did the wrong thing by opposing the Nazis? Or that Finland did the wrong thing by opposing the USSR (and winning, with Nazi help)? I don't think these questions are answerable, I can only say that as a Brit I'd have preferred Sweden to have stood with the western allies, ie my side. Likewise in the example given, I don't think one can set firm alignments for the 2 characters from the information given. The Prince could be LG (and tortured by the need to act 'for the greater good'), or cynically Neutral - can't see anything Chaotic or Evil about his behaviour, but I guess if you think Machiavelli's ideals were 'evil' you'd disagree. Real life Conquerors are also hard to pin down I've seen Hitler described as both Lawful-Evil and Chaotic - even different versions of D&D rate things differently, so really this is an impossible question. [/QUOTE]

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