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<blockquote data-quote="Kaleon Moonshae" data-source="post: 1633212" data-attributes="member: 12147">Evil is not nec. in the extremes. That is one of the problems with the dnd alignment system. Just because you are *evil* according to dnd does not mean you would 'rape, torture and mutilate' it also means that you would think of yourself first and no one else. There are degrees of evil and if every evil guy in your campaign will rape and torture, that's pretty extreme. Most soldiers would register as lawful-evil, they do what they are told when they are told to do it and do not question the moral ramifications, they can't (else they die). I am not saying they are bad people, just that by the book definition they are probably closer to lawful-evil. Remember lawful-evil can take the guise of doing what you are told even though you know it is wrong. Evil can also be a fact of just not caring, even neutral people care about *something,* for a good example, look at some scientists who see their research as the only important thing, no matter who they hurt.Would I kill someone? Yes, without question if I thought it needed doing. Would I rape someone? No I wouldn't, although people in the bdsm lifestyle like myself can walk a fine line there. Would I terrorize anything? No I wouldn't, because I do not think it is fair. Do I make any of these choices based on morality? No, I do not, and there lies the reason why I might be considered evil by the book. I do not believe in right or wrong as universal concepts.my two cents</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kaleon Moonshae, post: 1633212, member: 12147"] Evil is not nec. in the extremes. That is one of the problems with the dnd alignment system. Just because you are *evil* according to dnd does not mean you would 'rape, torture and mutilate' it also means that you would think of yourself first and no one else. There are degrees of evil and if every evil guy in your campaign will rape and torture, that's pretty extreme. Most soldiers would register as lawful-evil, they do what they are told when they are told to do it and do not question the moral ramifications, they can't (else they die). I am not saying they are bad people, just that by the book definition they are probably closer to lawful-evil. Remember lawful-evil can take the guise of doing what you are told even though you know it is wrong. Evil can also be a fact of just not caring, even neutral people care about *something,* for a good example, look at some scientists who see their research as the only important thing, no matter who they hurt. Would I kill someone? Yes, without question if I thought it needed doing. Would I rape someone? No I wouldn't, although people in the bdsm lifestyle like myself can walk a fine line there. Would I terrorize anything? No I wouldn't, because I do not think it is fair. Do I make any of these choices based on morality? No, I do not, and there lies the reason why I might be considered evil by the book. I do not believe in right or wrong as universal concepts. my two cents [/QUOTE]

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