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<blockquote data-quote="5ekyu" data-source="post: 7782725" data-attributes="member: 6919838"><p>"Whims, by definition, are illogical and often unreliable."</p><p></p><p>No, not really... </p><p></p><p>"a sudden desire or change of mind, especially one that is unusual or unexplained."</p><p></p><p>Nothing about illogical or unreliable there. Even capricious isnt requiring illogic.</p><p></p><p>Why did you buy it?</p><p>I liked it.</p><p>But its green. You usually hate green.</p><p>Yeah but it struck my fancy.</p><p></p><p>But the key is, eith alignment edspecially, you are not required to be 100% chaotic in every aspect of your life. </p><p></p><p>I can be reliable and non-whimsical about say "saving lives" or "keeping my word (when given)" and still be quite whimsical at many many other times.</p><p></p><p>I mean, whimsical and chaotic isnt some compulsion to do crazy stuff. I can decide it's good to keep my word here just like I can decide eating regularly is good and not spoiling myself is too. </p><p></p><p> "If you never actually act on whims, you aren't really driven by whims which means you aren't chaotic. "</p><p></p><p>Two points... iirc the point bring made was you vould be reliable and be chaotic - kerp your word etc. Do, that's not saying never act on whims. I can choose plenty of non-disruptive whims to act on, right, and exclude the disruptive ones because chaotic =/= crazy.</p><p></p><p>Second, one of the first points I make is that alignment is DERIVED from actions/choices and alignment does not DRIVE actions. You are alignment ABC because you up you do XYZ things... it's not that you God XYZ things because you are ABC alignment.</p><p></p><p>But... of course GMs can choose to run games differently, but any time I saw GMs try to make alignment the compelling force of a PC it went badly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="5ekyu, post: 7782725, member: 6919838"] "Whims, by definition, are illogical and often unreliable." No, not really... "a sudden desire or change of mind, especially one that is unusual or unexplained." Nothing about illogical or unreliable there. Even capricious isnt requiring illogic. Why did you buy it? I liked it. But its green. You usually hate green. Yeah but it struck my fancy. But the key is, eith alignment edspecially, you are not required to be 100% chaotic in every aspect of your life. I can be reliable and non-whimsical about say "saving lives" or "keeping my word (when given)" and still be quite whimsical at many many other times. I mean, whimsical and chaotic isnt some compulsion to do crazy stuff. I can decide it's good to keep my word here just like I can decide eating regularly is good and not spoiling myself is too. "If you never actually act on whims, you aren't really driven by whims which means you aren't chaotic. " Two points... iirc the point bring made was you vould be reliable and be chaotic - kerp your word etc. Do, that's not saying never act on whims. I can choose plenty of non-disruptive whims to act on, right, and exclude the disruptive ones because chaotic =/= crazy. Second, one of the first points I make is that alignment is DERIVED from actions/choices and alignment does not DRIVE actions. You are alignment ABC because you up you do XYZ things... it's not that you God XYZ things because you are ABC alignment. But... of course GMs can choose to run games differently, but any time I saw GMs try to make alignment the compelling force of a PC it went badly. [/QUOTE]
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