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Q'alooaith · 01-22-2005, 03:27 PM

I did when I posted my above reply.

Now, back to the topic at hand..

Alignments are all about how you and your group interprets them, if you want to say they are the sole reason for any single action then so be it, but "good" and "evil" carry certain weight in the words themselves, now this can be diffrent for diffrent people but still "evil" is mostly considered selfishness and "good" is mostly considered selfless..

Give nearly any example of charactor type and situation, without much effort you can turn his supposed alignment on it's head..

IE, Thief stealing from a poorbox..
Evil, he's stealing from the poor so must be evil..

Good, the church is not giving anything to the poor, and the thief is going to pass the gold along to people who will use it to help the poor..

Very basic example, but the theory hold's true for most situations that come up, as long as the person explaining the action is in control of the charactor and his internal motives he can change the action to be either good or evil.. Law or chaos..

01-22-2005, 03:27 PM	#109
Q'alooaith Emerald Dragon Join Date: December 10, 2003 Location: UK Age: 41 Posts: 961	I did when I posted my above reply. Now, back to the topic at hand.. Alignments are all about how you and your group interprets them, if you want to say they are the sole reason for any single action then so be it, but "good" and "evil" carry certain weight in the words themselves, now this can be diffrent for diffrent people but still "evil" is mostly considered selfishness and "good" is mostly considered selfless.. Give nearly any example of charactor type and situation, without much effort you can turn his supposed alignment on it's head.. IE, Thief stealing from a poorbox.. Evil, he's stealing from the poor so must be evil.. Good, the church is not giving anything to the poor, and the thief is going to pass the gold along to people who will use it to help the poor.. Very basic example, but the theory hold's true for most situations that come up, as long as the person explaining the action is in control of the charactor and his internal motives he can change the action to be either good or evil.. Law or chaos.. __________________ -Jenn