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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AaronOfBarbaria" data-source="post: 8020624" data-attributes="member: 6701872">I have always been confused by the argument "it is okay to kill evil aligned creatures because they are evil aligned" because I find myself asking questions like: What alignment would you ascribe to a person that has zero remorse or hesitation to kill people for having other beliefs?When not dealing with creatures that are literally infused with or are the embodiment of an alignment (such as devils and various other outsiders), is it not the creature's overall outlook and behavior that informs what their alignment is? And if that is the case, which I believe the books have always presented it as being, then why is it possible for one character that behaves as a self-interested loner that kills who they view to be 'the bad guy' to be Neutral Evil and another that behaves identically to be Neutral Good, and all that differs is what their view of 'the bad guy' happens to look like.And also the "super hero" question comes to mind: Isn't part of being 'the good guys' refusing to use the same methods as 'the bad guys'?It's one thing to be unconcerned with the moral quandary and just play the game, and I can't get doing that, but it's an entirely different thing to try and claim that Good and Evil being real forces in the world includes Good having free reign to do the things that make Evil evil so long as they have picked the right target.</blockquote>