In fact, I think most of WoD is about bad guys who are trying to maybe scratch some kind of moral justification out of the air in order to keep going.

Yeah, I think it is, hence why it became a fast favourite for all the angsty goths =)

*laughs*
I managed to play a mage who was my malice-side for all of one game, after which I felt thoroughly sick with myself and so dropped her. I don't like being unpleasant to people, not in real life or a game. Oh, arguments and tension and chaos is all to the general good, but I dislike being just base nasty.

I doubt my characters are actually heroes, but they all have a vaguely moral code and they certainly think and hope they're doing the right thing.

As for the whole 'who's good who's bad in WoD?'... I've seen Sabbat played as a true 'Sword of Caine', killing demons and the unworthy of the blood, viewing themselves quite fairly as vengeful angels. And I've seen them played as slavering monsters, obsessed with their 'freedom' and thinking head-onna-spike rugby is fun. Likewise I've seen very caring garou who believe that humanity is to be protected... and I've seen garou packs behave worse then any vampire I've ever met.

I think it all depends on the ST and the players as to who will have the tattered remenence of nobility and righteousness on their side at the end of the night when all the blood has dried =P