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<blockquote data-quote="nevin" data-source="post: 8561941" data-attributes="member: 7024481">no Chaotic characters believe in free will.&nbsp; Cn is a textbook libertarian/anarchist.&nbsp;&nbsp; CG it becomes let people do thier own thing as long as they don't hurt each other, and CE is I get to do my own thing F****k everyone else.&nbsp; &nbsp; But this is just their guiding morality.&nbsp; Doesn't mean they won't follow rules if it's in their best interests.&nbsp; Doesn't mean they won't break their own morality out of fear, greed, love or some other motivation.&nbsp; this is why long term DM's get so frustrated with alignment.&nbsp; players want to use it to make their decisions for them and then you end up with Lawful stupid and Choatic crazy alignments.&nbsp; Intelligence, wisdom, personality, culture and ethics also come into play so using your alignment to make decisions all the time is creating a one dimensional character.&nbsp;&nbsp; For instance&nbsp; an intelligent, educated, and wise,&nbsp; CE character might support passing Laws that benefit them.&nbsp; They'll break them if they ever get in the way but if they can the advantage by using Law against their adversaries of course they will.&nbsp;&nbsp; or in a primitive society it may be accepted that law means trial by combat because the gods will make sure the right guy wins.&nbsp;&nbsp; In a more civilized society that will be ridiculed.&nbsp; The Civilized LG character is not going to willingly do that.&nbsp; The primitive LG character will think it is a perfectly reasonable and honorable thing to do.&nbsp;&nbsp; Perspective,,,,,Context......then alignment.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="nevin, post: 8561941, member: 7024481"] no Chaotic characters believe in free will. Cn is a textbook libertarian/anarchist. CG it becomes let people do thier own thing as long as they don't hurt each other, and CE is I get to do my own thing F****k everyone else. But this is just their guiding morality. Doesn't mean they won't follow rules if it's in their best interests. Doesn't mean they won't break their own morality out of fear, greed, love or some other motivation. this is why long term DM's get so frustrated with alignment. players want to use it to make their decisions for them and then you end up with Lawful stupid and Choatic crazy alignments. Intelligence, wisdom, personality, culture and ethics also come into play so using your alignment to make decisions all the time is creating a one dimensional character. For instance an intelligent, educated, and wise, CE character might support passing Laws that benefit them. They'll break them if they ever get in the way but if they can the advantage by using Law against their adversaries of course they will. or in a primitive society it may be accepted that law means trial by combat because the gods will make sure the right guy wins. In a more civilized society that will be ridiculed. The Civilized LG character is not going to willingly do that. The primitive LG character will think it is a perfectly reasonable and honorable thing to do. Perspective,,,,,Context......then alignment. [/QUOTE]

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