does CN get a bad rap?

[freyar]

An "alignment wars" thread...

Is it just me, or do CN characters (PC or otherwise) have a bad reputation? Specifically, are they considered more "villainous" than N or LN characters? I ask because there seem to be a lot of CN villains in published adventures, not to mention the fact that slaadi seem to be construed as adversaries --- or all the "I hate when someone plays CN because they always act CE" posts. So, is it just that CN gets misplayed a lot, or is there something in the alignment that makes it particularly villainous? Explain!

 

[Nightfall]

Freyer,

They get a bad rap from the psychos that play them.

 

[Raloc]

They do get a bad rap. Mostly from players that play characters that are too psycho and quickly turn from CN to CE or the player that wants to play evil in a good 'paign and tries to justify it that way.

 

[Nightfall]

Exactly, Ral. They just don't get the fact CN isn't an excuse for bad behavior. It just means they don't tend to the social norms all the time.

 

[hong]

I blame the idiotic 2E defintion of CN, which basically called it the insane alignment.

 

[Jeremy757]

An "alignment wars" thread...

Is it just me, or do CN characters (PC or otherwise) have a bad reputation? Specifically, are they considered more "villainous" than N or LN characters? I ask because there seem to be a lot of CN villains in published adventures, not to mention the fact that slaadi seem to be construed as adversaries --- or all the "I hate when someone plays CN because they always act CE" posts. So, is it just that CN gets misplayed a lot, or is there something in the alignment that makes it particularly villainous? Explain!

How can they have a bad rap when it seems like everyone always plays it.

 

[Nightfall]

Hong,

Yeah that didn't help matter much either.

Jeremy,

I don't play CN. Most of the time...

Except that time I was a Warlock for 5 minutes...then I went NE and devoted myself to Orcus.

 

[(Psi)SeveredHead]

How can they have a bad rap when it seems like everyone always plays it.

Maybe it only has a bad rap with GMs...

I think WotC has done a terrible job explaining "law" and chaos, actually. Lawful is poorly named, and the latter seems like you're supposed to flip coins to figure out how to act.

 

[Relique du Madde]

::looks at all his CN characters from 2nd Edition.:: I full heartedly endorse Hong and Ral's posts... Although, strangely enough I think only one CN character of mine ever managed to stay CN without becoming evil or dying a horrible death.

 

[Nightfall]

Rel,

Those are rare exceptions indeed.

Psi,

Well I've had a few CN but so far they didn't annoy me so much as they did things I didn't expect.