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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Quickbeam" data-source="post: 243139" data-attributes="member: 635">Interesting debate over ideas in this alignment thread...normally it's the same stuff every time, with most folks saying they don't permit CN alignments because of the inevitable party problems they bring about.  Let me begin by saying that I'm not at all surprised a CN character off'ed someone who had:a) lied to the PC repeatedly.b) put the character in harm's way thanks to the false password.c) didn't possess the means to help the PC (or his friends) as initially promised.And all of this in a very short period of time!!I think the act was more evil than neutral, but I wouldn't say that it was completely out of whack either.  The character was tired of being jerked around and impulsively overreacted -- that's pretty much the "me first, don't get in the way of what I want" CN personna IMO.  It was unnecessarily brutal and violent, but CN characters are capable of this type of behavior.  Similarly, they are capable of wanton acts of goodness when the urge strikes them, like donating a huge treasure haul to the local orphanage.  This PC may have committed an evil act, but I'd say he's got a fair distance to go before I'd shift the alignment to CE if other acts balance and mitigate this one.  If the party planned to torture and potentially kill the mage, I'd examine ALL of their alignments closely.  What was their purpose in tracking down the deceitful mage?  What were they hoping to accomplish if they found him?</blockquote>

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