@Chaosmancer True neutral or simply neutral (good/evil) or neutral (lawful/chaotic)?
Neutral.
Not True Neutral (NN/NN)
Not Neutral Good or Evil (NG/NE)
Not Lawful Neutral or Chaotic Neutral (LN/CN)
Neutral
Because you keep simplifying Ideals down to half or less than their normal amount, so I went with half an alignment.
If you went for true neutral as I suspect it tells me a lot. If we take the preceding IBF we had previously (and not that crap about my journal you shown) and why not take Paladin as the class.
Crap? I did exactly what you did. Declared that if you know the context, read the reference and assume it fills in the blanks, then it makes perfect sense.
That character does not want to go very far toward either end of chaos/law spectrum or good/evil spectrum. He will help to protect the innocent, he cares but will not go out of his way to do it (he will stick to his post unless danger presents itself). During a raid, the guy will do his duty and will try to protect the innocent over a military objective. He will not pursue raiders once they flee. He will stay to help rebuild or simply to ensure that the innocents will stay well. He is not a coward, far from that. And he probably did not rise high in the military because objective might have fallen because he chose to save innocent lives over a military depot.
Bond, he will follow the law of his king because he really love his king for whatever reason (insert reason here). His king is most definitely a good one and that king is not terribly demanding of his vassals. Tje character would lay down his life for the king as the king was very good to him or someone he loved deeply.
As for the flaw. I see a man of big words and no actions unless forced too. I did this and that over and over again and depending on the charisma, the tale will change with little or no real impact on what would have actually been done. Something like:"I saved the lives of that poor familly but we lost a whole cart of arrows. The king gave me a medal and a commendation but my superior officer did not agree. So I am stuck here with border duty. If the king knew, I would be back in town in no time but I like it here anyways. So I guess my captain did me a favor after all..."
I see this character as a person to whom greatness falls upon him. Not a man that seeks greatness.
All this from the simple word neutral. Deny it as much as you want. Alignment gives a basic to how to create a character.
Really? Neutral gave you the idea that he followed his king and protects the innocent, and that flaw? I thought those came from the IBF? After all, Neutral doesn't mention kings, innocents, big words, none of it.
Do not put me in this light. Those were
@Chaosmancer's added words not mine. I never wrote about salting earth. This is an attempt to put me in a bad light. I know perfectly that alignments are a tool and they can add a nuance to bonds, Ideals and flaws just like you claim. This has been my claim all along. Again,
@Chaosmancer is putting twisted words into my mouth/post.
Do not fall into this trap. I never made such claims about salting earth.
Could you maybe read what I've been trying to say instead of claiming that I am trying to put you into a bad light?
Because, the thing you did claim, was that two identical ideals could be made different with an alignment. So, I gave you two identical ideals, based on your original post, and gave them to different alignments.
Surprisingly though, no one seems to agree that that makes them suddenly different.