Originally Posted by
Kelb_Panthera
I object! This is being misconstrued by taking it out of context.
BoVD says that many evil characters have one or more of those traits, or do one or more of those things.
It does not say that everyone that does any of those things or has any of those traits is automatically evil, or even that the traits and acts are in and of themselves evil.
This kind of misunderstanding is the biggest reason that people think D&D's alignment system is non-functional.