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Message: <blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 9749676" data-attributes="member: 6790260">Strange. At least for myself, I am quite the other way around. Being merely nice to someone doesn't make you good. To quote a certain carpenter's son, "And if you do good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do that." Token acts of assistance, especially if you're already being paid, are...literally just being ordinary.That doesn't mean you have to be slavishly sacrificing everything you have every time forever; that's a caricature and makes Good into an impossible standard that drives people away from actually doing true good. But you do need to be willing to stand up for what is right even if it costs you, at least some of the time. You need to be willing to part with resources, even if that means being comfortable with the idea that the only reward is the knowledge that you helped someone. You need to truly reach out, to show true empathy, compassion, and courage in the face of danger. It is a high standard to meet, but it is possible for people to meet it--and heroic adventurers are especially well-positioned to do so, given their resilience and abilities.Evil, on the other hand, is incredibly easy. Just be unnecessarily cruel to other beings, or callous and selfish. Most of the monsters of human history have been otherwise ordinary folks who were cruel, callous, and selfish in the moments when it really mattered.Is this really that widespread? I mean I know it's a thing in fiction, sure, but are players really acting like that? If so, no wonder people have such issues...</blockquote>

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