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Message: <blockquote data-quote="rounser" data-source="post: 194913" data-attributes="member: 1106">I know, and I think my point still stands.  Even if you crank it up to 99% lawful evil, there's still the possibility that one of those children isn't going to be evil.  Even then, some good characters won't kill innocents regardless of alignment (which children of sentient creatures can be considered, unless they're some sort of abomination like a demon perhaps) effectively making the percentage a non-issue.  Not every lawful evil hobgoblin will necessarily end up a bane to society, either - they might just end up fighting other tribes of evil humanoids, for instance.A humble good alignment character may recognise that he or she isn't a prophet, and that perhaps only the gods have the right to decide the fate of the creatures.  Other good alignment characters will recognise the threat, deem the risk too great, and murder the children - perhaps soothing their conscience by the idea that they were "monsters", not children.  Either way I think the character gets a guilty conscience - but the situation has no right answer, IMO.</blockquote>