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<blockquote data-quote="Jürgen Hubert" data-source="post: 3581007" data-attributes="member: 7177">Thinking about killing other people is not evil.The question is, if you had the opportunity to kill people for your own pleasure or profit and get away with it, would you actually do it?If yes, then you are evil - even if you never get the opportunity.&quot;Vengeance&quot; does not fit into any definition of Good I am aware of. Justice fits into Good, but vengeance in itself is a fairly dark emotion.&quot;Stamping out evil&quot; does not mean &quot;killing everyone who registers as evil&quot;, since that is in itself evil.What's the definition of &quot;Good&quot; in D&amp;D?&quot;&quot;Good&quot; implies altruism, respect for life, and a concern for the dignity of sentient beings. Good characters make personal sacrifices to help others.&quot;Killing everyone who registers as evil, without even bothering to learn if that person is actually guilty of a crime warranting death, certainly doesn't sound like having a &quot; respect for life, and a concern for the dignity of sentient beings&quot; to me.Sure they can have different codes. But what you are suggesting is incompatible with the mandatory Lawful Good alignment. Of course, you could create a variant class of paladins that can be LN in alignment, but that's something different entirely...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jürgen Hubert, post: 3581007, member: 7177"] Thinking about killing other people is not evil. The question is, if you had the opportunity to kill people for your own pleasure or profit [i]and get away with it[/i], would you actually do it? If yes, then you are evil - even if you never get the opportunity. "Vengeance" does not fit into any definition of Good I am aware of. [i]Justice[/i] fits into Good, but vengeance in itself is a fairly dark emotion. "Stamping out evil" does not mean "killing everyone who registers as evil", since that is in itself evil. What's the definition of "Good" in D&D? ""Good" implies altruism, respect for life, and a concern for the dignity of sentient beings. Good characters make personal sacrifices to help others." Killing everyone who registers as evil, without even bothering to learn if that person is actually guilty of a crime warranting death, certainly doesn't sound like having a " respect for life, and a concern for the dignity of sentient beings" to me. Sure they can have different codes. But what you are suggesting is incompatible with the mandatory Lawful Good alignment. Of course, you could create a variant class of paladins that can be LN in alignment, but that's something different entirely... [/QUOTE]

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