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<blockquote data-quote="I'm A Banana" data-source="post: 1386100" data-attributes="member: 2067">It depends.According to the MM, Goblins are not irrepentably evil -- they can change algnment, and they're not nessecarily outcast random insane one-in-a-million chances if they do. But barring that, there is the issue of motive. Ask the player why his character did what he did. If it&nbsp; was hatred, pure and simple, that seems to be one of the defining characteristics of evil, and I might adjust his alignment to suit it.But there could be more complex reasons. For instance, he knew that if he freed them they'd just die anyway. Or they had been captured and held prisoner for doing a wicked deed, and showed no desire to repent. Or maybe it was a mercy killing, because they were too starved to survive if left to their own devices, and he knew no one would care for them....There's a lot of reasons that could be described as LG in this circumstance. But if it is, indeed, motivated by hatred, then the dwarf is probably LN at best. Hatred is not something that is welcome in the hearts of the holy, in D&amp;D.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="I'm A Banana, post: 1386100, member: 2067"] It depends. According to the MM, Goblins are not irrepentably evil -- they can change algnment, and they're not nessecarily outcast random insane one-in-a-million chances if they do. But barring that, there is the issue of motive. Ask the player why his character did what he did. If it was hatred, pure and simple, that seems to be one of the defining characteristics of evil, and I might adjust his alignment to suit it. But there could be more complex reasons. For instance, he knew that if he freed them they'd just die anyway. Or they had been captured and held prisoner for doing a wicked deed, and showed no desire to repent. Or maybe it was a mercy killing, because they were too starved to survive if left to their own devices, and he knew no one would care for them.... There's a lot of reasons that could be described as LG in this circumstance. But if it is, indeed, motivated by hatred, then the dwarf is probably LN at best. Hatred is not something that is welcome in the hearts of the holy, in D&D. [/QUOTE]

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