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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Thasmodious" data-source="post: 4720116" data-attributes="member: 63272">I'm with the guy surprised that 13% of those polled think it was a good act.V makes a deal for his soul with epically powerful archfiends for power.  This makes him an unambiguously evil character at this point.  He is evil, the actions that follow are evil by default, but moving on, we have -He allows the souls of the most evil, powerful wizards to be grafted to him.After killing the dragon, he uses that power to turn the dragon undead.He casts an epic level [Evil] spell created by the most powerfully evil necromancer in all of the Abyss.This spell exists to kill off an entire family line, no matter how far it stretches. These deaths include plenty of evil black dragons, but not every single black dragon is evil (as the MM glossary establishes)It also includes non-dragon offspring such as half dragons and other spawn which are not alignment restricted, so hundreds of good and neutral beings could have been killed and V has no way of knowing, nor does he care.He tortures the dragon with the knowledge that her entire line will end.Really, where do people find the good in this?  This is about real world morality.  D&D alignment has rules and V's actions are outright evil, starting with the deal with the devils and anything that flows from that, even saving his family, is tainted.  He became an evil creature.  Can a Balor apply for paladinhood after killing enough devils?  Evil creatures killing evil creatures are not committing good acts and V has certainly become evil.  Rich hints at this with the subtle changes in V's appearance.</blockquote>

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