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<blockquote data-quote="Kahuna Burger" data-source="post: 3672108" data-attributes="member: 8439"><p>er, no. There's this big alignment called neutral. Holy Word et al is rare in effecting neutral as strongly as it does [opposite of sponsored alignment], and killing someone for being merely Neutral instead of Good is mindbogglingly Not-Good behavior by RAW or any level of common sense.</p><p></p><p>As for the opposite folks have suggested of Evil governments killing off the Good... I'm not sure I see it. To some extent, evil governments depend on an apathy of neutrality, but on the other hand they often rule through a fear that targets good inclinations. Consider the stereotypically Evil law set down by the Centuari of B5 : "If any Centuari is killed by the action of any Narn, the punishment shall be the death of 100 Narn, including the killers immediate family." While one could see it as merely encoraging the subjegated people to police their own, it is also a threat against those who would rebel against an evil government - you do not risk merely your own life with this action, we will take it out on the rest of your people as well! This is not a threat that will hold an evil individual in check, it is meant to raise the stakes for a neutral to good individual.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kahuna Burger, post: 3672108, member: 8439"] er, no. There's this big alignment called neutral. Holy Word et al is rare in effecting neutral as strongly as it does [opposite of sponsored alignment], and killing someone for being merely Neutral instead of Good is mindbogglingly Not-Good behavior by RAW or any level of common sense. As for the opposite folks have suggested of Evil governments killing off the Good... I'm not sure I see it. To some extent, evil governments depend on an apathy of neutrality, but on the other hand they often rule through a fear that targets good inclinations. Consider the stereotypically Evil law set down by the Centuari of B5 : "If any Centuari is killed by the action of any Narn, the punishment shall be the death of 100 Narn, including the killers immediate family." While one could see it as merely encoraging the subjegated people to police their own, it is also a threat against those who would rebel against an evil government - you do not risk merely your own life with this action, we will take it out on the rest of your people as well! This is not a threat that will hold an evil individual in check, it is meant to raise the stakes for a neutral to good individual. [/QUOTE]
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