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<blockquote data-quote="Edena_of_Neith" data-source="post: 4059915" data-attributes="member: 2020">Well, everyone has their own opinions on alignment.&nbsp; Here goes mine:&nbsp; Is your character friendly, sociable, likeable, with a high regard for the value of life, his own and others?&nbsp; Make him lawful good.&nbsp; Is your character cranky and crochity, or temperamental, or anti-social, or simply unlikeable, but he still has a high regard for the value of life, his own and others?&nbsp; Make him chaotic good.&nbsp; Is your character somewhere between likeable and unlikeable, social and anti-social, occasionally friendly and occasionally downright mean, but he nevertheless has a high regard for the value of life, his own and others?&nbsp; Make him neutral good.&nbsp; Does your character place something higher on his priority list than the value of life?&nbsp; Does he, perhaps, believe society is more important?&nbsp; Balance is more important?&nbsp; Magic is more important?&nbsp; Money is more important?&nbsp; Success is more important?&nbsp; &nbsp; Well then ...&nbsp; If he is social and likeable, make him lawful neutral.&nbsp; If he is unsociable and/or unlikeable, make him chaotic neutral.&nbsp; If he is somewhere between these extremes, make him neutral.&nbsp; Does your character enjoy killing?&nbsp; Really, truly, with all his heart?&nbsp; Is watching someone die an ectatic affair?&nbsp; Is it pleasurable, to watch someone screaming in pain as they go?&nbsp; Is it desirable, to have wars and plagues and pestilence just for their own sake?&nbsp; Is it great, to watch a whole people be wiped out?&nbsp; Well then ...&nbsp; If your character is social, behaved, and friendly, make him lawful evil.&nbsp; If your character is anti-social, or behaves irrationally, or is just plain mean, make him chaotic evil.&nbsp; If your character is somewhere between these two extremes, make him neutral evil.&nbsp; For exalted and vile alignments, see the Book of Exalted Deeds and the Book of Vile Darkness.&nbsp; Examples under this system:&nbsp; Bilbo:&nbsp; chaotic good&nbsp; Frodo:&nbsp; neutral good&nbsp; Sam:&nbsp; neutral good (lawful tendencies)&nbsp; Gollum:&nbsp; chaotic neutral (evil tendencies)&nbsp; Thorin:&nbsp; neutral&nbsp; Balin:&nbsp; lawful neutral&nbsp; Gandalf:&nbsp; neutral good exalted&nbsp; Beorn:&nbsp; chaotic neutral&nbsp; Thranduil:&nbsp; lawful neutral&nbsp; Bard:&nbsp; neutral&nbsp; Smaug:&nbsp; chaotic evil&nbsp; The Great Goblin:&nbsp; neutral evil&nbsp; Elrond:&nbsp; lawful good&nbsp; William the troll:&nbsp; neutral evil</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Edena_of_Neith, post: 4059915, member: 2020"] Well, everyone has their own opinions on alignment. Here goes mine: Is your character friendly, sociable, likeable, with a high regard for the value of life, his own and others? Make him lawful good. Is your character cranky and crochity, or temperamental, or anti-social, or simply unlikeable, but he still has a high regard for the value of life, his own and others? Make him chaotic good. Is your character somewhere between likeable and unlikeable, social and anti-social, occasionally friendly and occasionally downright mean, but he nevertheless has a high regard for the value of life, his own and others? Make him neutral good. Does your character place something higher on his priority list than the value of life? Does he, perhaps, believe society is more important? Balance is more important? Magic is more important? Money is more important? Success is more important? Well then ... If he is social and likeable, make him lawful neutral. If he is unsociable and/or unlikeable, make him chaotic neutral. If he is somewhere between these extremes, make him neutral. Does your character enjoy killing? Really, truly, with all his heart? Is watching someone die an ectatic affair? Is it pleasurable, to watch someone screaming in pain as they go? Is it desirable, to have wars and plagues and pestilence just for their own sake? Is it great, to watch a whole people be wiped out? Well then ... If your character is social, behaved, and friendly, make him lawful evil. If your character is anti-social, or behaves irrationally, or is just plain mean, make him chaotic evil. If your character is somewhere between these two extremes, make him neutral evil. For exalted and vile alignments, see the Book of Exalted Deeds and the Book of Vile Darkness. Examples under this system: Bilbo: chaotic good Frodo: neutral good Sam: neutral good (lawful tendencies) Gollum: chaotic neutral (evil tendencies) Thorin: neutral Balin: lawful neutral Gandalf: neutral good exalted Beorn: chaotic neutral Thranduil: lawful neutral Bard: neutral Smaug: chaotic evil The Great Goblin: neutral evil Elrond: lawful good William the troll: neutral evil [/QUOTE]

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