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I'm really not following this. But then again, I've never played Eberron or Forgotten Realms (Though I have read some of FR) so I might be forgiven of that.

I'm not sure what you're missing. What passes for good in 40k would only be neutral in other fantasy worlds.

The only races that come close to Good are Eldar and Tau but they don't quite cut it.

Imperium - Lawful Neutral for most, Lawful Evil for the more intolerant factions.
Eldar - Perhaps Neutral Good, by a non grimdark perspecive I'd say Neutral.
Tau - firmly Lawful Neutral.
Dark Eldar - I think we can all agree they are Chaotic Evil.
Orks - CN in 40K terms, in between CN and CE in others.
Necrons - I'd say they're more neutral evil than lawful evil although they have aspects of both.
'Nids - neutral. But that's more of a brainless/alien neutral than a "sometimes does good" neutral.
Slaanesh - Chaotic Evil
Tzeentch - Chaotic Neutral according to their creed. Change for the sake of change is the definition of CN. Of course since they are in the 40K universe they act more chaotic evil.
Nurgle - Neutral Evil. Spreading disease for its own sake while not caring one way or another for organization is also the definition of the active form of NE.
Khorne - Compared to the other cults they are LE due to their discipline, but it matters not from where the blood flows so they're NE.

I'm guessing that 'dead man's shoes' and 'survival of the fittest' are being counted as chaotic motivations?

Prowler's picture is wrong.. GRIMDARKNESS requires everyone to be evil all the time.. heres a 100% accurate guide..

Took a while for that Gif to load.. I thought it was going to insult me haha.

Also thanks.

I think you really captured the stupidity some of the armies can sink into. although for Chaos I would have went with Stereotypical Evil: "I never met a puppy I didn't kick."

Argh stereotypical evil is sooo much better.. oh well.

Imperium: Lawful Good in their own eyes. fight for the emprah, defend humanity from the "evil" of the universe.
Space Marines: Lawful Good in their own eyes. fight for the emprah, defend humanity from the "evil" of the universe.
Space Wolves: Lawful Good in their own eyes. fight for the emprah and Russ defend humanity from the "evil" of the universe.
Blood Angels: Lawful Good in their own eyes. fight for the emprah, defend humanity from the "evil" of the universe.
Salamanders: Lawful Good in their own eyes. fight for the emprah, defend humanity from the "evil" of the universe.
Dress Angels: Lawful Good in their own eyes. fight for the emprah, defend humanity from the "evil" of the universe.
Black Templars: Lawful Good in their own eyes. fight for the emprah, defend humanity from the "evil" of the universe.
Nuns with Guns: Lawful Good in their own eyes. fight for the emprah, defend humanity from the "evil" of the universe.
Grey Knights: Lawful Good in their own eyes. fight for the emprah.
Inquisition: Lawful Good in their own eyes. fight for the emprah, defend humanity from the "evil" of the universe
Eldar: Lawful Good in their own eyes. Fight for their people from the impending doom of their own race.
Tau: Lawful Good in their own eyes. Fight for their empire, for all others are flawed and evil, and theirs is the only correct one.
Orks: Lawful Good in their own eyes, they do not discriminate, they fight because its fun. They might even think that other races feel the same way. They all follow a simple structure of laws that is easy to understand (the biggest guy is in charge)
Necrons: Lawful Good in their own eyes. They are ressurecting their ancient gods by feeding on "primitive" races that would appear to them as not much more than animals. Also could be construed as granting immortality to those with inferior flesh compared to their living metal.
Tyranids: Lawful Good in their own eyes. They are granting a form of immortality to all races by incorporating their biomass into the hive mind, they seek to become one with eveyone.
Chaos Nurgle: Lawful Good in their own eyes, seeks to grant immortality and unending life to all, revolts against the "corrupt", "dead", and "false" Emperor
Chaos Tzeentch: Lawful Good in their own eyes, everyone already does their work for them (change) and thus they only exist to spread the word that everyone is already fighting on "their" side.
Chaos Slaanesh: Lawful Good in their own eyes, they seek to give their own form of "pleasure" to all, to revel in the short mortal life granted to lesser beings.
Chaos Khorne: ??? insert crazy justification for maim kill destroy here ???
Dark Eldar: ??? insert crazy justification for torture maim kill here ???

Most Codex-following Astartes chapters at least are lawful good. Note that I didn't say "Lawful Nice."

Evil is a point of veiw, as is good. I can never, in any game, join a side that's not Humans/Elves (somtimes humans arnt around). I always work towards the good of mankind in any game I play. (Including Fantasy, Vamps can be good, but thats a story for another day). Obviously for me, Imperium is the most Good, Eldar follow close behind, then Tau, Orks, Nids/Necrons, and Chaos/ DE tie for last. Thats just me.

Demogerg wrote:
Tyranids: Lawful Good in their own eyes. They are granting a form of immortality to all races by incorporating their biomass into the hive mind, they seek to become one with eveyone.

Wrongness FTW!
Tyranids don't "view" themselves as anything, they exist to hunt, and absorb. They are the truest neutral.

Two points:

- One could argue that Tyranids are in fact 'evil', when you consider that the Hive Minds are certainly conscious and intelligent enough to decide what is good, evil, and what is done for survival. Think about it, why wouldn't a Hive Mind simply say "Hm, you know what, this whole planet-wide bio-mass consumption thing is both taxing, inefficient in the long run(how much of this galaxy is still edible?), and seriously disrupting other species. Maybe we should like, guide our own evolution in the direction of long-lived "space reefs" or something, if we're so concerned with survival". But they don't...suspicious...

- I'm just waiting for someone to come along and claim with all confidence that Chaos is not inherently evil.

Chaos is not evil.. It is the simply the strong and cunning surviving! Nature is no more evil then Chaos.

Ronin-Sage wrote:- I'm just waiting for someone to come along and claim with all confidence that Chaos is not inherently evil.

Well... they didn't start evil...