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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Keith" data-source="post: 808201" data-attributes="member: 10752">I think the best approach to characters is to create one you are comfortable with, and agree with your DM on what alignment might best describe them.  Then, alignment rarely becomes an issue, as you are not focused on trying to play out one you may or may not have a firm idea of.  The bottom line is that alignment is the worst (and least sophisticated) system for describing human ethics I have ever seen, so good luck getting it to enhance a game; I have always found it has the opposite impact, being a nuisance while adding nothing positive to the game.So, if you have not set out to play a character that would best be described as “chaotic evil”, I would suggest not doing so.  What would be the point?  Keeping this character going even though they are now hugely, and horribly different from what you want to play?  It seems like an exercise in self-annoyance to me!Perhaps you could start right away on moving their alignment to Chaotic Neutral as something to focus on, that might make the character more enjoyable for you?  Even so, you are likely to just be bogged down in the same issues as this thread- “What do I have to do to meet my alignment is this situation?”Alignment should not be such a conscious part of the game.   What will the punishment be if you cannot play this alignment, anyway?  Alignment change?  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":-)" title="Smile    :-)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":-)" /></blockquote>

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