Consider the lowly goblin, the grist of the low-level adventurers XP mill.  They are a neutral evil according to D&D and Pathfinder.   They don’t particularly care for laws, or for their own freedom. Their societies are fond of slavery, and they rule each other by force, when they aren’t ruled by stronger beings. They eat…

One thing that has bothered me in role playing games is the concept of alignment.  Alignment is a game’s way to talk about the moral/ethical tendencies of characters. One component of a character’s alignment is good and evil.   In many games, players choose an alignment for their character as part of the character creation process.…