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<blockquote data-quote="Dykstrav" data-source="post: 3204954" data-attributes="member: 40522">I tend to side with the fire elemental analogy. Having the Evil subtype is similar to having (for example) the Elf or Fire subtype. Can an elf decide that it doesn't want to be an elf any more? Can fire elementals decide that they don't want to be composed of flames?If we check out page 313 of our Monster Manuals, we see that an outsider; &quot;...is at least partially composed of the essence (but not necessarily the material) of some plane other than the material plane.&quot; This would seem to indicate that an outsider is as strongly composed of the alignment component of its native plane as an elemental is composed of its element.Even is WotC wants to have paladins who happen to be demons, it's no less silly and illogical for being 'official.' Euledicia is probably the single most counterlogical/counterintutive thing I've ever seen come from the company.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dykstrav, post: 3204954, member: 40522"] I tend to side with the fire elemental analogy. Having the Evil subtype is similar to having (for example) the Elf or Fire subtype. Can an elf decide that it doesn't want to be an elf any more? Can fire elementals decide that they don't want to be composed of flames? If we check out page 313 of our [I]Monster Manuals[/I], we see that an outsider; "...is at least partially composed of the essence (but not necessarily the material) of some plane other than the material plane." This would seem to indicate that an outsider is as strongly composed of the alignment component of its native plane as an elemental is composed of its element. Even is WotC wants to have paladins who happen to be demons, it's no less silly and illogical for being 'official.' Euledicia is probably the single most counterlogical/counterintutive thing I've ever seen come from the company. [/QUOTE]

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