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<blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 8857434" data-attributes="member: 58172">I am comfortable with an organization having an Evil alignment.The organization can officially articulate goals that are by definition Evil. The stated goals are often easy to identify as NE, LE, or CE. So the ideology itself is strictly Evil.But when it comes to the members in the organization, the situation gets complex. There can be kids who grew up in the organization but has adults are increasingly uncomfortable with it. Some new members are only recently realizing how Evil the organization actually is. Some have few other options for survival. The Evil organization might kill &quot;traitors&quot;. Some might feel torn between abandoning loved ones and leaving the organization. Some might genuinely seek to reform the organization from within. And so on.Members of an Evil organization, should normally be &quot;typically&quot; Evil, because there may be dissent from within.In the case of the Yuan-Ti, it is possible for absolute Evil, because the cults magical rituals cause a metamorphosis. This metamorphosis might kill the Humanoid free will, to become a truly Evil creature that is incapable of learning or changing. Especially, where the Yuan-Ti cults strive to become gods, their rituals might unite with the evilness of one of the Evil alignment outer planes.But members who have not undergone the &quot;apotheosis&quot; would still be &quot;typically&quot; Evil.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Yaarel, post: 8857434, member: 58172"] I am comfortable with an organization having an Evil alignment. The organization can officially articulate goals that are by definition Evil. The stated goals are often easy to identify as NE, LE, or CE. So the ideology itself is strictly Evil. But when it comes to the members in the organization, the situation gets complex. There can be kids who grew up in the organization but has adults are increasingly uncomfortable with it. Some new members are only recently realizing how Evil the organization actually is. Some have few other options for survival. The Evil organization might kill "traitors". Some might feel torn between abandoning loved ones and leaving the organization. Some might genuinely seek to reform the organization from within. And so on. Members of an Evil organization, should normally be "typically" Evil, because there may be dissent from within. In the case of the Yuan-Ti, it is possible for absolute Evil, because the cults magical rituals cause a metamorphosis. This metamorphosis might kill the Humanoid free will, to become a truly Evil creature that is incapable of learning or changing. Especially, where the Yuan-Ti cults strive to become gods, their rituals might unite with the evilness of one of the Evil alignment outer planes. But members who have not undergone the "apotheosis" would still be "typically" Evil. [/QUOTE]

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