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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Goddess FallenAngel" data-source="post: 4870577" data-attributes="member: 11434">Chaotic alignments and roleplaying… what’s your take?(Note: This is in reference to 3rd edition and older, given that the only chaotic alignment in 4e is CE. Also, I realize that everyone has their own interpretation of the alignments - and that’s OK.)(Another Note: Yes, I realize that many people use Chaotic Neutral as an excuse to play a jerk and/or an evil character without having an evil alignment written on the sheet. We all know, or at least know of, those people, but I’d like to hear opinions of how you roleplay chaotic alignments, not horror stories of disruptive gamers. That’s a different thread.)I’m starting a new character in a game this Friday, and just noticed last night that the class requires a chaotic alignment. Which got me to thinking how best to RP the character.I’ve roleplayed CG and CN before. However, upon thinking back on it, how I usually rp chaotic is “impulsive”. Granted, depending on the good-evil axis, the motivations and impulses vary – but that’s that meat of it. With CN I usually throw in a dislike of authority in general, and with both CG and CN generally a disregard for the laws and/or rules if they aren’t serving the greater good, or if it is just inconvenient to follow them at that point in time and won’t cause any harm not to do so.I’m not quite sure what I want to do with this character yet, so I am asking for the ENworld Community for ideas – how do you roleplay chaotic? What is there beyond just impulsive? Got any good stories to share? Maybe give me some ideas/examples?</blockquote>

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