Headscratchers / Neverwinter Nights

• Why do you get evil points on the Karma Meter for feeding an imp through a rock crusher? Imps are freaking devils. In Forgotten Realms cosmology, they're literally Made of Evil! How can it be evil to kill one?
  • Under a certain interpretation of the alignment system, intent and actions matter. Imps are evil creatures, but they're still sentient and capable of experiencing pain, and getting one killed in such a cruel way could still be considered an evil act. It's the same thought process that tends to describe your average Inquisitor type as lawful evil rather than lawful good.
    • Also while an imp is evil by nature this particular one is just working in a quarry, not bothering anyone, so has done nothing to justify killing him. Even in a reality where morality is something that can be objectively measured it's still not okay to kill someone for how they feel rather than what they've done.
  • This also explains why you get points towards Good for assassinating the matron mother of House Maeviir in HotU: her daughter thinks she would pull a Face–Heel Turn if the Valsharess attacks (and is in fact entirely correct), and since you're helping the Seer stop her plans, you've helped the rebels out that much more.