Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25008763-20170429215003/@comment-2059440-20170502115039

the difference is in the details and sometimes in the ultimate goal..

I play my character as Neutral Evil, so I should be able to give some insight.. remember this is only how *I* play the alignment and it may well be incorrect but this is how I understand it to work.

neutral evil does not care what it has to do to achieve victory, if a victory requires saving the world or allying with "good" types then so be it.. you can always backstab them *if* it becomes profitable to do so.. if the world is ripe for conquest a neutral evil will ensure the world stays that way, it is not in their interest to enslave everyone (making "friends" is easier and more productive, if the "friends" become a liabillity? Palpatine voice - "kill them", if not - why waste resources and time terrorizing them when they are more useful alive and happy).

if some villain comes along and wants to destroy the world or universe a Neutral Evil will oppose them because destroying the world is pointless, it erases all those sucker- er.. "friends" that help you achieve your goals, which is usually personal wealth or fame or power and if everything is destroyed no one has power.. thus it is in the Neutral Evil's best interest to ally with the "good guys" to stop the destructive CE or overly-ambitious LE from messing up *your* world.. (you are defending your "property" after all).

likewise if some influential leader or hero gathers the world and makes it difficult and/or impossible for you to personally succeed (with annoying nuisances like law, order or a forced code of ethics) - Palpatine voice: "kill them".

also we Neutral Evils will honor a deal or bargain, providing something more productive doesn't null that bargain in the future - so if we say "it's a deal" don't expect us to instantly screw you over ala Bill Cipher.. just be sure someone else doesn't make a better offer.

basically we're the higher-functioning Sith Lords, the corrupt lawyers and the Faustian Devil types - we do not hold ourselves to the standards or pointless tyranny of Lawful Evil, nor do we go around frolocking in destruction and pointless trickery like the Chaotic Evil.

Lawful and Chaotic Evil seek to change the world, Neutral Evil? "I don't want to change the world, I just wanna leave it colder.."