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Alignment Question - Chaotic Neutral or Chaotic Evil?
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<blockquote data-quote="steeldragons" data-source="post: 5689861" data-attributes="member: 92511"><p>Excellent! So we are in agreement then.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Well, again...no. It's greedy. It's jerky. From a player side of things, it is disruptive to the game...and jerky. That does not make it, in Alignment terms, "evil."</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Aaaaand that would be my exit cue. "It's wrong because it's wrong" is not something I can reason with.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I'll take exception to that. There is/was nothing disingenuous about my responses. The OP was quite clear that he was coming from a place of lack of understanding on Alignment definitions and how they would be applied to the situation in game. And his DM, it sounded like, was just as misguided.</p><p></p><p>Passing on how I define and view alignment in my game is not "disingenuous" in the slightest.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I believe I am working with very clear and commonly accepted definitions of Good and Evil, Lawful and Chaotic (and Neutrality) as befit their use in a 9-point Alignment system (note "Right" and "Wrong" do not have an axis of their own <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />.</p><p></p><p>If <em>you</em> have "the common understanding of these terms" of which I am unaware, feel free to share them.</p><p></p><p>I daresay if there were such a thing it would save us all a lot of headaches. in-game debates and a LOT of posts...and probably a lot of paladins. </p><p></p><p>As always, have fun and happy "being right because its right" ;P</p><p>--SD</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="steeldragons, post: 5689861, member: 92511"] Excellent! So we are in agreement then. Well, again...no. It's greedy. It's jerky. From a player side of things, it is disruptive to the game...and jerky. That does not make it, in Alignment terms, "evil." Aaaaand that would be my exit cue. "It's wrong because it's wrong" is not something I can reason with. I'll take exception to that. There is/was nothing disingenuous about my responses. The OP was quite clear that he was coming from a place of lack of understanding on Alignment definitions and how they would be applied to the situation in game. And his DM, it sounded like, was just as misguided. Passing on how I define and view alignment in my game is not "disingenuous" in the slightest. I believe I am working with very clear and commonly accepted definitions of Good and Evil, Lawful and Chaotic (and Neutrality) as befit their use in a 9-point Alignment system (note "Right" and "Wrong" do not have an axis of their own ;). If [I]you[/I] have "the common understanding of these terms" of which I am unaware, feel free to share them. I daresay if there were such a thing it would save us all a lot of headaches. in-game debates and a LOT of posts...and probably a lot of paladins. As always, have fun and happy "being right because its right" ;P --SD [/QUOTE]
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