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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tal Rasha" data-source="post: 3693433" data-attributes="member: 46213">I beg to differ. There was a post on these boards a while back, that said (paraphrase): "Most people in D&D are neutral in alignment. They respond to good with good, to evil with evil. Good-aligned people are angelic. Evil-aligned people are vile."I agree with this. My opinion is that evil characters' primary concern are their goals. They typically have neither the time nor the disposition to explain their motivations. Wife asks: "Honey, why did you exterminate that village yonder?" Evil guy says: "We needed the undead to protect us from the pesky clerics up north." Good hero asks: "You despicable villain, you brought misery to the land, and you have to pay!" Evil guy says: "Thanks for the info, now go away, I have work to do."As far as I can see, the only time when an evil character would have to explain his motivations would be when confronted by a superior who questions his actions. Since he can't destroy or ignore the superior, he has to say something like: "Yes, I know it was incongruous of me to let the paladin escape from my dungeon, but you see, he is now infected with this nice critter I brewed up, and we will thus know his hideout and location of all his loot." In such cases, I think the evil character acknowledges and is fine with the fact that his actions and motives are nothing other than, for lack of a better word, evil.</blockquote>