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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CCamfield" data-source="post: 1305280" data-attributes="member: 8123">I don't like them that much.Chaotic Neutral Good IMO isn't that different from chaotic neutral.  There's nothing to stop a CN character from helping those who he thinks might be helpful in the future.  That's pretty neutral, non-altruistic behavior which seems consistent to me with CN.  Breaking minor laws if they think they can get away with it seems pretty minor, kind of neutral behavior.Lawful Neutral Good isn't that lawful, in my opinion.  "These characters are usually boastful, liars, and think they are better than everyone else" is a combination of chaotic behavior (lying) and personality traits which in my opinion are unrelated from alignment.  Putting oneself first is a pretty selfish trait, which is a leaning towards CN.  If order and honour are only important as long as they do the character good, there's not much commitment there...Wolf's idea is pretty good.  At one point I tried to come up with a system of picking traits that which would determine your "average" alignment, so that a NG character might have a mixture of chaotic and lawful traits, or even a CN character might have a bit about them that was lawful or good.e.g. "Benevolent (+2G), Vengeful (-1G), Independent (-1L), Honourable (+1L), Honest (+1L) = 1G, 1L.  Neutral with lawful good tendencies."</blockquote>