(10-14-2013, 05:06 AM)Naih Wrote: People bring up interesting points.I assume that it's based off both a social/cultural sense of morality.
But at what time does a good aligned character cross into the realms of evil? Would them manipulating a city into doing X or Y be considered good if their friends benfited or their clan? or is good based on a social/cultural level of morality not personal?
Manipulation, especially on a grand scale such as screwing over an entire city to benefit a few--friends or not--isn't really considered a "good" trait. There are a lot of unknowns to the scenario you presented, but I think that much I can say.
Let's say in a more extreme scenario, in which the lawful good need decide between the lives of his friends or the lives of an entire city. It is my understanding that the lawful good would--if faced with only those two decisions--choose to save the many over the few.
But that's the difficulty in playing an inherently "good" character based solely off the notion of being good. It is impossible to be the shining standard of moral greatness at all times.
