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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 8563311" data-attributes="member: 22779">You and me both.&nbsp; I remember a player coming to my table with a CN character.&nbsp; I was leery, but, okayed it.&nbsp; He then played the character as 100% trustworthy, stalwart, always doing what he was told, always thinking about the group, never impulsive.&nbsp; After about four or five levels of this I had the following conversation:Me:&nbsp; Umm, your character isn't CN, he's LG.Player:&nbsp; Absolutely not.&nbsp; He's CN.&nbsp; 100% dedicated to CN.Me:&nbsp; But, you never do anything that's even remotely chaotic.&nbsp; Your character is better behaved than the LG paladin in the group.&nbsp; Good grief, you make Superman cry.Player:&nbsp; Absolutely not.&nbsp; He's CN.&nbsp; 100% dedicated to CN.On and on for a while.&nbsp; Then it hit me.&nbsp; It wasn't that he wanted to play a CN character.&nbsp; It's that he had had DM's in the past pull the &quot;your character wouldn't do that&quot; alignment schtick, and he was building as strong of a defense as he could to prevent that.&nbsp; He absolutely never wanted me to have any leverage over how he played his character.&nbsp; So, the character had no family, no real ties, and this CN alignment to make sure that there were no levers I could grab on to.So, I let the character be CN and moved on.&nbsp; One thing I do wish they would bring back in D&amp;D though is &quot;Unaligned&quot;.&nbsp; To me, that's a very good idea.&nbsp; It's simply a way for the player to say, &quot;I really don't care about this aspect of the game, don't bother me with it.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 8563311, member: 22779"] You and me both. I remember a player coming to my table with a CN character. I was leery, but, okayed it. He then played the character as 100% trustworthy, stalwart, always doing what he was told, always thinking about the group, never impulsive. After about four or five levels of this I had the following conversation: Me: Umm, your character isn't CN, he's LG. Player: Absolutely not. He's CN. 100% dedicated to CN. Me: But, you never do anything that's even remotely chaotic. Your character is better behaved than the LG paladin in the group. Good grief, you make Superman cry. Player: Absolutely not. He's CN. 100% dedicated to CN. On and on for a while. Then it hit me. It wasn't that he wanted to play a CN character. It's that he had had DM's in the past pull the "your character wouldn't do that" alignment schtick, and he was building as strong of a defense as he could to prevent that. He absolutely never wanted me to have any leverage over how he played his character. So, the character had no family, no real ties, and this CN alignment to make sure that there were no levers I could grab on to. So, I let the character be CN and moved on. One thing I do wish they would bring back in D&D though is "Unaligned". To me, that's a very good idea. It's simply a way for the player to say, "I really don't care about this aspect of the game, don't bother me with it." [/QUOTE]

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