New Posts For Thread: Is this god good or evil?http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29619903/Is_this_god_good_or_evilDuring the time of creation, The One, creates the gods and has them perform for him. He grants each diety a part in the performance, then sits back to watch. the gods perform, and one of them decides he/she wants a bigger part than they have been givThat's fine, but the scenario as you originally presented it could just as easily be (in a nutshell) "The overgod is a controlling Bleep; the one who defied him is an archetypal trickster who doesn't much like being a puppet; the 'chaos' in questionhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29619903/Is_this_god_good_or_evil?post_id=528631591#528631591That's fine, but the scenario as you originally presented it could just as easily be (in a nutshell) "The overgod is a controlling Bleep; the one who defied him is an archetypal trickster who doesn't much like being a puppet; the 'chaos' in questionThu, 31 Jan 2013 04:41:55 -0600I was wondering if anyone would catch the referance However Melkor was not evil at the time of creation, just arrogant. He didn't turn evil until he arrived in middle-earth and tried to take over.http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29619903/Is_this_god_good_or_evil?post_id=528533463#528533463I was wondering if anyone would catch the referance However Melkor was not evil at the time of creation, just arrogant. He didn't turn evil until he arrived in middle-earth and tried to take over.Sun, 27 Jan 2013 10:06:24 -0600Of course he's evil; it's Melkor, for Illuvatar's sake! :Phttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29619903/Is_this_god_good_or_evil?post_id=528490701#528490701Of course he's evil; it's Melkor, for Illuvatar's sake! :PFri, 25 Jan 2013 18:07:43 -0600Likewise, this scenario doesn't actually state that "The One" is inherently good/right/etc, and it certainly doesn't seem to be omniscient. (In fact, the story as presented could easily be seen as leaning him toward bad guy status.) Really, there'shttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29619903/Is_this_god_good_or_evil?post_id=528112481#528112481Likewise, this scenario doesn't actually state that "The One" is inherently good/right/etc, and it certainly doesn't seem to be omniscient. (In fact, the story as presented could easily be seen as leaning him toward bad guy status.) Really, there'sWed, 16 Jan 2013 14:47:14 -0600I would ignore alignment and rather than worry about whether they are technicaly Good or Evil, I would focus more on the goals and beliefs of both this god and thier followers. How do they interact with the world and by what means do they wish to achhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29619903/Is_this_god_good_or_evil?post_id=527880867#527880867I would ignore alignment and rather than worry about whether they are technicaly Good or Evil, I would focus more on the goals and beliefs of both this god and thier followers. How do they interact with the world and by what means do they wish to achTue, 08 Jan 2013 22:30:37 -0600