For me, doing what you did would be bad roleplay, so I overlooked the fact that it works fine for some others. I'd think that by taking the life of something good, you're slowly slipping towards evil. And of course, you're free to disagree.

Yeah, well, I think Ulthur had a pretty solid roleplay. As you said elsewhere in your post, it all depends on a persons role as to how or weather or not they justify it. Personally I think it's fairly bad roleplay being forced on us by the way cityguards are now. The mobs have no regard for lightwalkers? Then they shouldn't be good aligned (in general), they should be neutral/orderly unless there's some really good excuse, i.e. Tar Valon where almost every mob is good aligned.

Why should the cityguards reflect the cabal in the slightest?

Because both the cabal and the cityguards respond to the 'wanted' flag, which the cabal places. If it's the same as it was when I was an Arbiter, the cityguards also report the locations of criminals that walk by them over the cb. I think those are some pretty pointed similarities.

Is there really all that solid a reason for changing them?

Well, I don't think it makes much sense as it is. Good guards in Arkham? Where did they all come from? Most of the mobs in Galadon are neutral, how did they produce all good-aligned guards? Also, why does being good-algined require the additional handicap when being wanted?

Ulthur

"Don't worry cutsy buttons. Tonight, dyin's not on the menu!"

- Strong Bad as Dangeresque