>For once, is it worth looking for group? I may rank with
>neutrals but this'll probably reveal my nature to them, and I
>imagine it is much better to hide the fact you are an
>anti-hero, right? Will at least some people hate you less if
>they know?

From what I get of the help file it seems you could still group with other evils and hunt with them. But if your killing good align mobs you will get 0 exp. Been beating on Skeletons with many of my evil chars so sometimes it would work I guess.

>Secondly, doesn't it strike anyone as odd that paladins (and
>other goodies) actually have more advantage against
>anti-heroes than they have against simply evil people? Any
>advice on dealing with that? Aside from the obvious "don't
>fight paladins"?

Where are you getting this from? I only see that you won't get protection good from protection spells but protection evil instead. Where does it say that goodies will have and advantage against a anti hero?

>Thirdly, I'm thinking Tribunal is a cabal that offers some
>nice synergy with the edge (you won't fight paladins often
>since they respect the laws). Am I missing something? Can you
>group with cabalmates of opposite alignment?

You can't group with good align ones. Perhaps you could group around a neutral player though. Haven't tried this

>Fourth, before I get the edge, there are a whole 25 ranks to
>gain. Is it okay to behave like an ordinary evil during this
>time (i.e. rank on good NPCs)? I imagine I can cover that in
>my role... something like change of heart or so.

I would guess it's ok if you put in a role update about it. If your really gunning for it though you could take the hardcore route and just level with neutral people on evil align mobs until lvl 25 i guess