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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Murrdox" data-source="post: 812387" data-attributes="member: 10131">Let me ALSO say that alignment alone doesn't dictate how your character reacts to things.  My previous examples are SWEEPINGLY generic examples.Even good people are capable of doing evil acts and vis-versa.  Characters' personalities are not only defined by their alignment.  If the rogue in the party used to be a member of a street gang, and had since thrown off that role, and grown hateful of street gangs because of his youthful experiences, then I don't care what his alignment is... he can go ahead and do lethal damage to them and try to kill them all.  If it doesn't fit in with his alignment... that means he's going to feel a bit uneasy about it afterwards, and maybe change his perspective on things.Similarly, the fighter might just be in a BAD MOOD, and decide that if any of the gang members die in the fight... well, too bad for them.  He'll try to only wound them, but he won't go out of his way to not harm them.I advocate playing your characters by their personality.  Alignment doesn't dictate everything.</blockquote>