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<blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 5365676" data-attributes="member: 4937">I'd like to point out that all of that is a 'team' based description of evil.&nbsp;So, hatred of evil is .... evil?&nbsp; Would love of evil be good by the same logic?It's no better.&nbsp; I mean, there are bits and peices of it that ring true, but its filled with the same list of problems.&nbsp; Throughout he seems to not have a clear distinction between personality and alignment.&nbsp; At the top of the article he (correctly) defines evil as causing harm, but then when he goes to define 'Nuetral Evil' he describes it in contridiction as simply being 'totally selfish' but (and here I phrase) 'having a different personality than chaotic evil' and 'having a different personality than the equally selfish chaotic neutral'.&nbsp; Chaotic neutral once again comes out as variously 'evil light' or 'just crazy'.&nbsp; He also has the same sort of problems creating the inference that lawful evil is less evil than chaotic evil (that is, 'evil with some compunctions or scruples'), chaotic evil as 'most evil', and lawful good as 'most good'.&nbsp; When he gets to things like 'chaotic evil' mean haphazard and doesn't plan (personality traits, not alignment traits), I have to write it off as worthless as a guide.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Celebrim, post: 5365676, member: 4937"] I'd like to point out that all of that is a 'team' based description of evil. So, hatred of evil is .... evil? Would love of evil be good by the same logic? It's no better. I mean, there are bits and peices of it that ring true, but its filled with the same list of problems. Throughout he seems to not have a clear distinction between personality and alignment. At the top of the article he (correctly) defines evil as causing harm, but then when he goes to define 'Nuetral Evil' he describes it in contridiction as simply being 'totally selfish' but (and here I phrase) 'having a different personality than chaotic evil' and 'having a different personality than the equally selfish chaotic neutral'. Chaotic neutral once again comes out as variously 'evil light' or 'just crazy'. He also has the same sort of problems creating the inference that lawful evil is less evil than chaotic evil (that is, 'evil with some compunctions or scruples'), chaotic evil as 'most evil', and lawful good as 'most good'. When he gets to things like 'chaotic evil' mean haphazard and doesn't plan (personality traits, not alignment traits), I have to write it off as worthless as a guide. [/QUOTE]

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