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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BB Shockwave" data-source="post: 9089912" data-attributes="member: 6799257">Why/how do they act horrifyingly evil? You think a spider hunter wasp is horrifyingly evil too because of the way it reproduces? (If you do not know, they paralyze a living spider, often even biting off its legs so it cannot escape, then inject their eggs into it so the larvae can eat it alive). The Xill, who live on the Ethereal Plane,  reproduce like Slaadi. They are Lawful Evil because they actually actively go around abducting intelligent humanoids to paralyze and implant their eggs into. The more civilized ones, much like Mind Flayers, do trade and have diplomatic relationship with the very creatures they prey on.  It is heavily implied (but not proven) that they have bred a sort of docile humanoid host they keep as slaves only for breeding purposes. Now, THAT, y'see, is an evil , conscious act.Slaadi on the other hand, do not jump into portals to raid the Material Plane to infect people, or capture them and keep them around until they turn or their eggs hatch. They might not even attack you if you meet them on Limbo - being Chaotic Neutral means you might be able to chat with them, or they might wanna eat you, completely forgetting the reproduction thing. They just do whatever the hell they feel like doing, or what their stronger leaders bully them into doing. Also, keep in mind only Red and Blue Slaadi reproduce at all this way. And it's not that they would do this out of malice - that's simply what their biology is like. They aren't the only creatures who do terrible things as simply part of their life cycle, or due to sheer need of survival. I mean, Lizardfolk and Thri-Kreen famously will eat anything and anyone, including intelligent beings, even their own species. That's not because they are evil cannibal murderers who love the taste of Human flesh, but because they live in environments (swamps and deserts) where food is scarce and cannot be wasted.At any rate, if Slaadi were as evil and bent on turning everything else into other Slaadi as you say, then we would not have so many Githzerai fortresses in Limbo, they would have wiped them out long ago.</blockquote>

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