Alignments of the stick

[FujinAkari]

It all depends on why you're reluctant to kill. As Mike pointed out, Xykon was reluctant to kill O-Chul even in self-defense (...because Xykon wanted to win his bet, and that required O-Chul to be alive), but that doesn't make Xykon non-Evil, let alone "literally the definition of Good".

Hrmm... didn't I expressedly say this in my post? Yes. Yes I did.

A better argument would be to point out Belkar's decision not to kill had absolutely nothing to do with a desire to avoid taking a life.

I also did not say 'literally the definition of good' I said 'literally in the definition of good.' As in, when the SRD defines good, it literally states that Good characters have a respect for life.