Originally Posted by RagnarokCzD
Im affraid its a little more complex ...
I believe Larian did elementary misstake when they used those words in one of feedback posts. :-/

There is kazzilion ways to define "good" or "evil" ...
And i would like to not stuck on those terms. :-/

I believe that game provides us many choices that leads to many different outcomes and there is really a LOT permutations ...
And anyone who wish to box any of those outcomes to "good" or "evil" boxes, seem shortsighted to me. :-/

Few examples:
- Your character killed Zevlor, helped Kagha to seal the groove and massacred other Tieflings, childs included, then rescued Halsin who no longer require to kill Goblin leaders, but you killed them anyway since the world will be better without them. > Are you good or evil?
- Your character tryed to persuate Kagha, but failed and killed her with all the other druids, many Tieflings died in the proces ... then you rescued Halsin and killed Goblin leaders that threatened druid groove that will soon be empty. > Are you good or evil?
- Your character redeem Kagha, showed her errors of her way, and helped her kill the shadow druids and allow Tieflings to stay as long as they need with her full support ... then you decided that cult of the Absolute will probably be your better chance, than some druid that was watching captured tadpole ... betray the groove and join the goblins. > Are you good or evil?
- Your character dont interact with Kagha, or Zevlor at all ... go straight to goblin camp, join them and raid the groove ... then you kill Minthara that will betray you, and you will be attacked by Halsin next evening ... you tell him that you hoped they will be able to help you, that now you see that you have made a worst misstake of your life and honestly regrets it ... you refuse to kill Halsin and will KO him instead. (Futher interactions depend on implementation of some interaction to knocked targets.) > Are you good or evil?
- Your character decided to help Tieflings, since they offered reward, he believe that Halsin is his best shot, and expect to find some sweet loot between those who are preparing for war ... so all from purely selfish reasons. > Are you good or evil?

World is not black and white and only a Sith deals in absolutes. :P laugh

See, the issue with this is that in Forgotten Realms, the world IS black and white. Good and Evil are very real, actual forces in the world. As much as I personally like morally grey situations myself (And prefer settings that include this, FR ranks pretty low for many reasons ultimately), Forgotten Realms is not this. There is not a thing of doing something bad "for the greater good".

The Larian writing does lead to that morally grey/more complex take on alignments (I think. Or it is a result of how they wrote stuff) but that is not really a thing for Forgotten Realms. Personal preferences aside, this is the setting we are stuck with.

These examples by Forgotten Realms standards would all lean to evil. In some of them very Chaotic Evil at that.