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Originally posted by Radiant_Memphit:
Just because he is chaotic neutral it doesnt mean he is evil. the only truly evil alignment is chaotic evil. If you have a look at the descriptions of all the alignments you will see this.
Ummmmmm.... sorry, but you've obviously never looked at the Ravenloft campaign world, not very many of the domain lords are truly Chaotic Evil, many of the most evil are lawful evil, such as Count Strahd Von Zarovich, and Azalin Rex, the lich king, granted some of them are very much chaotic evil, like Lord Soth, if you want a look into the face of evil, pick up some of the ravenloft books(campaign material, or the books about strahd) and you'll see how truly evil a lawful being can be, or read the entry about Baatezu [lawful evil](devils) in the monster manual (I think Memnoch posted it) they are the arch-enemies of the Tanarri [chaotic evil](demons), and they are lawful evil, they are strictly regimented and truly oppressive, nuetral evil is just self advancement, at any cost, if obeying the laws helps your goal then good, if breaking laws leads more directly to the goal then that's the course they'll follow.
The biggest single definition of alignment, for most creatures in D&D that I've noticed is how much they value the lives of other, ie, a lawful good fighter, wouldn't slaughter a peasant for being irritating(neeber), however an evil character would have no qualms about it, a lawful evil character would just make sure no one saw it, or could prove that it was them that did it.