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* In ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]]'', the Skaven are [[Exclusively Evil]] rat-men who practice foul sorcery and use chaos-empowered steampunk technology to wage war on everyone else (even the other [[Exclusively Evil]] races).
* In earlier editions of ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'', wererats were [[Exclusively Evil|Always]] [[Lawful Evil]] (along with the [[Chaotic Evil]] werewolves), while most other forms of lycanthrope were good or neutral. With Fourth Edition, this has been changed so all lycanthropes are [[Exclusively Evil]].
** And then there's [[Planescape]]'s [https://web.archive.org/web/20130621031716/http://www.planewalker.com/040101/cranium-rat Cranium Rats]—one isn't smarter than a normal rodent, but their telepatic abilities bind their little powers and intellects into [[Hive Mind]], so the pack of three dozens can cast minor spells, half-hundred is as smart as an average human, and so on. They're [[Neutral Evil]], and some or all of them are spies of [[Eldritch Abomination|illithid god Ilsensine]].
* Subverted by the Nezumi (aka "ratlings") in ''[[Legend of the Five Rings]]''; they're primitive and rather crude, but basically good guys.
** When ''Five Rings'' was converted to ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' for the 3rd Edition ''Oriental Adventures'' book, nezumi were portrayed as [[Chaotic Neutral]]. However, the book noted that ratlings were often evil in other settings.
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