Oots #468

[Nifft]

Besides slaughtering hobgoblins for the sheer joy of killing living creatures, and using an undead being as a weapon.

Killing armed, attacking hobgoblins isn't necessarily evil. This is D&D! (He didn't actually make the undead being... would you consider the spell control undead to be an [Evil] act? It doesn't have the [Evil] descriptor.)

 

[Aloïsius]

and using an undead being as a weapon.

That's not evil. That's fun.

 

[Storm Raven]

Besides slaughtering hobgoblins for the sheer joy of killing living creatures, and using an undead being as a weapon.

Wait, wait! Are you trying to say that is wrong?

 

[PallidPatience]

I'm not saying that killing armed attacking hobgoblins is evil. But his motivation is to kill for the love of killing.

 

[Knight Otu]

That's not evil. That's fun.

Fun is evil. Just ask Miko.

 

[freyar]

We need to remember that Belkar only saved Hinjo to get his Mark of Justice removed, and he really had to think about doing it. Still pretty self-serving.

The "Ugh, biology is disgusting" comment reminded me of Xykon's "biophiliac" bit.

You mean Ensign Slob and Ensign Bastard? Nope we'll get a panel with "Poor Slob!" "Poor Bastard!"

I always called those characters Ensign Gonna-Die...

 

[The Grumpy Celt]

...using an undead being as a weapon.

Dude, I so want one of those, I'd double dog specialize in it.

 

[Nifft]

I'm not saying that killing armed attacking hobgoblins is evil. But his motivation is to kill for the love of killing.

And Halley's motivation to kill them is (usually) to steal their treasure. And Roy's overriding motivation was revenge (before he decided to conveniently both save the world AND get revenge).

Revenge? Greed? Bloodlust? These don't make you evil. They might earn you a Dark Side point in Star Wars, but in D&D, killing badguys for whatever reason doesn't make you evil. (Or if it does, I have yet to see the rule which states or even implies that it does.)

Your actions and methods count, not your motivation. Otherwise, Miko wouldn't have fallen. Her motivation was righteous! It's just her actions and methods that fell short.

Cheers, -- N

 

[borc killer]

I very much suspect he has. Maybe she has another tattoo?

That one is my all time favorite strip.

 

[Nifft]

That one is my all time favorite strip.

heh heh hehehe... he said "strip".

-- N