Post by HoW on Apr 28, 2022 5:50:17 GMT
Chaotic Good
Oh, Chaotic Good. Perhaps the most popularly-played alignment in the whole system. Choosing to play a Chaotic Good character allows a player to act on their own whims and autonomy whilst still playing a hero.
A person who is Chaotic Good is a free-thinking kind spirit who may fight against Evil or simply embrace doing Good. They are, however, as likely as opposed to Law as they are to Evil, and tend to think poorly of police, politicians, and the like. They are opponents of hierarchy in all its forms, and they tend to have a particular love for freedom for themselves and for everyone else.
A Chaotic Good person faces a few contradictions for being committed to two distinct ideals. Honesty, for example, is generally considered Good, as it allows others to act with the best available information. But deception is often necessary. Some Chaotic Good people will only lie to those in positions of authority.
Neutral Good
Most Good people are, most likely, Neutral Good at heart. They’ll use the law to enact as much Good as they can and work outside it or without it when necessary. For some Neutral Good people, in fact, an allegiance to either Chaos or Law is a detriment to the greater goal of promoting Good. Others are less consciously promoting Good but just can’t bring themselves to act Evil.
Lawful Good
Accidentally presented far too often as the most stodgy or boring alignment, Lawful Good is actually rife with moral complexity. A Lawful Good person in an Evil system is likely to be as much a revolutionist as any Chaotic Good person. It’s just that she seeks to replace the Evil system with a Lawful Good system—at which point, her allegiances with any Chaotic Good compatriots are likely to become very strained indeed.
A Lawful Good person in a Neutral or Good society, however, is most likely to be concerned with enforcing the law of the land in a way that will often compete with her desire to do Good. A Lawful Good character, for example, will have no compunction locking up a starving thief caught stealing bread.
Chaotic Neutral
Contrary to what most people think, a Chaotic Neutral character is not necessarily selfish. She is simply more concerned with her own freedom—and potentially the freedom of those whom she loves—than she is in abstract concepts like Good and Evil.
Some Chaotic Neural characters are in fact committed to Neutrality, believing that it is important to keep all options open for how they might treat people. Some believe that the freedom to act pro-socially or antisocially depending on the situation is just as important as freedom from law.
True Neutral
Most people honestly don’t care much about this kind of stuff. They obey laws because it’s not worth breaking them. They generally dislike Evil but don’t mind if their side resorts to it when it comes down to winning or losing a war. They are True Neutral.
Lawful Neutral
The Lawful Neutral person who is truly committed to Law as an ideal but is agnostic to Good or Evil is often represented in fiction but is rare indeed in real life. At their best, every judge in the world aims to be Lawful Neutral, but it’s nearly impossible.
Some Lawful Neutral people are actually quite committed to the fight against one Evil system or another, they just represent people who are willing to “fight dirty” and commit evil acts in the process. Other Lawful Neutral people might even consider themselves Good but are simply unaware of the Evil that they themselves represent, such as slavery, the subjugation of women, or the use of torture.
Honest politicians (presuming their existence) are likely Lawful Neutral. In order to hold onto power, most governments will be forced to perform Evil acts—ideally against other countries, but often against their own citizens—from time to time.
Chaotic Evil
Chaotic Evil is known, at its extremes, as the alignment of serial killers and raving lunatics of destruction. And, to be sure, it is that. But for every mad bomber destroying people’s lives because it’s fun and they want to, there are plenty more people who just want to do whatever they want most of the time and sometimes that includes being downright Evil. Chaotic Evil is also the alignment of petty crooks who are pleasant to their friends but shoot people who don’t deserve it.
And finally, Chaotic Evil is the alignment of those who are so committed to the destruction of a Lawful system that they will kill innocents to achieve it.
Neutral Evil
Neutral Evil is the alignment for those who have Evil in their hearts and don’t care how they get it, yes. But it’s also the alignment for the majority of people who lackadaisically participate in an Evil system—those who are more invested in the system are more likely to be Lawful Evil instead. It’s the alignment of the Nazi doctors who treated Nazi soldiers and concentration camp victims alike without intervening in the genocidal system.
Another form of Neutral Evil can be found in those who care primarily for economic power—often agnostic to Law—and wield it in ways that cause others great deprivation.
Lawful Evil
Everyone who wants to take power and doesn’t care what it takes to get it is Lawful Evil. Without Law, there is no power to take. And without moral compunctions, you’re left with Evil.
The reason for desiring the power is incidental. Someone who wants power for power’s sake—and once again, doesn’t care how they obtain it—is Lawful Evil, but so are those who want power for “the greater good” and are willing to commit incredible atrocities to gain it. Ideologues and power-hungry kings alike fit into this category.
A final category would be those who are concerned primarily with power and may even go about achieving it in some Neutral fashion but are still committing Evil on some large scale in some other way.
Oh, Chaotic Good. Perhaps the most popularly-played alignment in the whole system. Choosing to play a Chaotic Good character allows a player to act on their own whims and autonomy whilst still playing a hero.
A person who is Chaotic Good is a free-thinking kind spirit who may fight against Evil or simply embrace doing Good. They are, however, as likely as opposed to Law as they are to Evil, and tend to think poorly of police, politicians, and the like. They are opponents of hierarchy in all its forms, and they tend to have a particular love for freedom for themselves and for everyone else.
A Chaotic Good person faces a few contradictions for being committed to two distinct ideals. Honesty, for example, is generally considered Good, as it allows others to act with the best available information. But deception is often necessary. Some Chaotic Good people will only lie to those in positions of authority.
Neutral Good
Most Good people are, most likely, Neutral Good at heart. They’ll use the law to enact as much Good as they can and work outside it or without it when necessary. For some Neutral Good people, in fact, an allegiance to either Chaos or Law is a detriment to the greater goal of promoting Good. Others are less consciously promoting Good but just can’t bring themselves to act Evil.
Lawful Good
Accidentally presented far too often as the most stodgy or boring alignment, Lawful Good is actually rife with moral complexity. A Lawful Good person in an Evil system is likely to be as much a revolutionist as any Chaotic Good person. It’s just that she seeks to replace the Evil system with a Lawful Good system—at which point, her allegiances with any Chaotic Good compatriots are likely to become very strained indeed.
A Lawful Good person in a Neutral or Good society, however, is most likely to be concerned with enforcing the law of the land in a way that will often compete with her desire to do Good. A Lawful Good character, for example, will have no compunction locking up a starving thief caught stealing bread.
Chaotic Neutral
Contrary to what most people think, a Chaotic Neutral character is not necessarily selfish. She is simply more concerned with her own freedom—and potentially the freedom of those whom she loves—than she is in abstract concepts like Good and Evil.
Some Chaotic Neural characters are in fact committed to Neutrality, believing that it is important to keep all options open for how they might treat people. Some believe that the freedom to act pro-socially or antisocially depending on the situation is just as important as freedom from law.
True Neutral
Most people honestly don’t care much about this kind of stuff. They obey laws because it’s not worth breaking them. They generally dislike Evil but don’t mind if their side resorts to it when it comes down to winning or losing a war. They are True Neutral.
Lawful Neutral
The Lawful Neutral person who is truly committed to Law as an ideal but is agnostic to Good or Evil is often represented in fiction but is rare indeed in real life. At their best, every judge in the world aims to be Lawful Neutral, but it’s nearly impossible.
Some Lawful Neutral people are actually quite committed to the fight against one Evil system or another, they just represent people who are willing to “fight dirty” and commit evil acts in the process. Other Lawful Neutral people might even consider themselves Good but are simply unaware of the Evil that they themselves represent, such as slavery, the subjugation of women, or the use of torture.
Honest politicians (presuming their existence) are likely Lawful Neutral. In order to hold onto power, most governments will be forced to perform Evil acts—ideally against other countries, but often against their own citizens—from time to time.
Chaotic Evil
Chaotic Evil is known, at its extremes, as the alignment of serial killers and raving lunatics of destruction. And, to be sure, it is that. But for every mad bomber destroying people’s lives because it’s fun and they want to, there are plenty more people who just want to do whatever they want most of the time and sometimes that includes being downright Evil. Chaotic Evil is also the alignment of petty crooks who are pleasant to their friends but shoot people who don’t deserve it.
And finally, Chaotic Evil is the alignment of those who are so committed to the destruction of a Lawful system that they will kill innocents to achieve it.
Neutral Evil
Neutral Evil is the alignment for those who have Evil in their hearts and don’t care how they get it, yes. But it’s also the alignment for the majority of people who lackadaisically participate in an Evil system—those who are more invested in the system are more likely to be Lawful Evil instead. It’s the alignment of the Nazi doctors who treated Nazi soldiers and concentration camp victims alike without intervening in the genocidal system.
Another form of Neutral Evil can be found in those who care primarily for economic power—often agnostic to Law—and wield it in ways that cause others great deprivation.
Lawful Evil
Everyone who wants to take power and doesn’t care what it takes to get it is Lawful Evil. Without Law, there is no power to take. And without moral compunctions, you’re left with Evil.
The reason for desiring the power is incidental. Someone who wants power for power’s sake—and once again, doesn’t care how they obtain it—is Lawful Evil, but so are those who want power for “the greater good” and are willing to commit incredible atrocities to gain it. Ideologues and power-hungry kings alike fit into this category.
A final category would be those who are concerned primarily with power and may even go about achieving it in some Neutral fashion but are still committing Evil on some large scale in some other way.