I'm generally playing very good-aligned characters. Or so I thought, until one time it struck me, as I was wandering the streets of Athkatla, that while my quest was just and my goals noble and righteous, it might actually be a little tough on that otherwise very friendly armorer that he's now down a suit of full plate mail, whereas I'm up thousands of gold because of all the stuff people just leave laying around and gathering dust. It was sort of a fleeting thought, though. Didn't really have the time to dwell on it, because my potion of master thievery was wearing out and I had more discount coupons that I needed to cash in.
But beyond a generally flexible attitude towards omnidirectional redistribution of wealth initiatives, I really don't enjoy hurting regular people trying to get by or people who are genuinely trying to help others.
I usually pick Chaotic Good alignment for much this reason; while I will generally help people and be kind to them, I'll also loot their house after finishing their quest. Because CRPGs generally expect us to, and it definitely isn't a very Lawful thing to do. Though in later years they have gotten better at discouraging this with actually flagging things as belonging to the poor NPCs.
