For instance in your example, say you where a paladin protecting the sheiff of Nottingham or better yet prince John. Suddenly Robin hood shows up and attacks the prince, you intervine and kill robin hood. Is that an evil act? You as the paladin were obeying your code of ethics and the laws of the land. Even though Prince john may be evil, he is still the head of the country and you are duty bound to protect him. Like wise Robin Hood may help the peasents and be considered good he still attempted to attack the prince someone you are honor bound to protect.
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WHy not just make bad guys look like bad guys--scruffy, ugly, suspicious, etc. Good guys are dressed more colorfully or clearly identified as a soldier, a farmer, etc. Bad guys are in dirty rags and obviously live in he woods. Or maybe they wear lincoln green?
If you won''t have a good guy/bad guy dichotomy, there must be a way to guage aggression. Maybe stance, or something less obvious, like the drug-users in True Crime not making eye contact with you.
True, a way is still needed to determine another characters intent but basing you judgement entirly on appearence isn''t a good method to judge people. Afterall just because someone is dressed in black doesn''t make them evil.
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