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<blockquote data-quote="Edena_of_Neith" data-source="post: 4061663" data-attributes="member: 2020">Thank you for the compliment, Will, Ipissimus.&nbsp; Thanks much.&nbsp; Herobizkit, an *awful lot* of paladins I've seen played, were played as chaotic neutral, if you go by alignment as I defined it above.&nbsp; Surly, nasty, arrogant, snide?&nbsp; Chaotic.&nbsp; Willing to kill just about anything (including party members that get out of line?)&nbsp; Neutral.&nbsp; I don't want cookie-cutter characters.&nbsp; Think of it on a sliding scale, from 0 to 10.&nbsp; A 0 means the character most enjoys killing, considers the lives of others most worthless, subscribes to laws and philosophies that most devalue life, wants a system that most hurts people, most wants war and massacre and rapine just for the sake of it, and so on.&nbsp; A 10 means the character wants these things the very least.&nbsp; Likewise, the lawful to chaotic scale is sliding.&nbsp; 0 is the most smooth-talking, social, socially adaptable, all around likeable, amicable, reasonable, person around.&nbsp; He gets along with everyone, he's the life of the party, he's just incredibly popular.&nbsp; The 10, most chaotic (such as Gollum) is the opposite of this.&nbsp; In this scenario, a smooth-talking and popular, homicidal psychopath is lawful evil.&nbsp; A warm, caring, thoughtful, insightful, and popular community leader might be lawful good.&nbsp; The sneering, bigoted holier-than-thou elf who wants scummy humans to leave him alone, might be chaotic good, but he won't hurt a hair on your head (if he will hurt you, he's chaotic neutral.)&nbsp; A chaotic evil critter cannot be counted on to be either reasonable or sane.&nbsp; Will it shoot you now, or wait until you get home?&nbsp; Lawful neutral?&nbsp; The Three Musketeers, anyone?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Edena_of_Neith, post: 4061663, member: 2020"] Thank you for the compliment, Will, Ipissimus. Thanks much. Herobizkit, an *awful lot* of paladins I've seen played, were played as chaotic neutral, if you go by alignment as I defined it above. Surly, nasty, arrogant, snide? Chaotic. Willing to kill just about anything (including party members that get out of line?) Neutral. I don't want cookie-cutter characters. Think of it on a sliding scale, from 0 to 10. A 0 means the character most enjoys killing, considers the lives of others most worthless, subscribes to laws and philosophies that most devalue life, wants a system that most hurts people, most wants war and massacre and rapine just for the sake of it, and so on. A 10 means the character wants these things the very least. Likewise, the lawful to chaotic scale is sliding. 0 is the most smooth-talking, social, socially adaptable, all around likeable, amicable, reasonable, person around. He gets along with everyone, he's the life of the party, he's just incredibly popular. The 10, most chaotic (such as Gollum) is the opposite of this. In this scenario, a smooth-talking and popular, homicidal psychopath is lawful evil. A warm, caring, thoughtful, insightful, and popular community leader might be lawful good. The sneering, bigoted holier-than-thou elf who wants scummy humans to leave him alone, might be chaotic good, but he won't hurt a hair on your head (if he will hurt you, he's chaotic neutral.) A chaotic evil critter cannot be counted on to be either reasonable or sane. Will it shoot you now, or wait until you get home? Lawful neutral? The Three Musketeers, anyone? [/QUOTE]

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