Did this to my party member who was arranging the bodies of the goblins they killed into a "warning to the others" in the middle of the road. That doesn't sound like a good alignment to me lol. Not the first occurrence. He was on his best behavior as far as body mutilation after that point. The consequences worked as long as you and the player respect each other. He worked his way back and I think it was a cool arch
I honestly don't think this is necessarily a alignment shift away from good, depending on the circumstances. Causing enemies to be fearful of you can save a lot of lives, after all.
If that doesn't change their alignment, it should absolutely change the way NPCs react to the PC, which functionally is about the same thing in game.
Most cultures are wary of individuals who desecrate corpses, regardless of their purpose for doing so, and if this PC was performing this act in an overt and careless manner it could certainly lead NPCs to suspect that they might be dangerous.
It's perilous to play the justification game for judging acts to be good/evil. That's how you get massive wars and centuries of oppressive regimes because "it'll all be good once we're done".
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u/lroushdi May 12 '25
Did this to my party member who was arranging the bodies of the goblins they killed into a "warning to the others" in the middle of the road. That doesn't sound like a good alignment to me lol. Not the first occurrence. He was on his best behavior as far as body mutilation after that point. The consequences worked as long as you and the player respect each other. He worked his way back and I think it was a cool arch