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<blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 8563972" data-attributes="member: 58172">I see, you dont like the character reducing the alignment down to one specific way of expressing it.For me, that is the nature of roleplay. To play someone who isnt oneself, it can help to focus on one thing that the character is about.Alignment tends to be vague. Except for aggregious violations of it, most of its behavior goes unnoticed. Giving the character a specific action that expresses its alignment details the flavor of the character, and helps the DM notice when it happens.Actually, when referring to Myers-Brigg personalities - which have nothing to do with ethics - I nevertheless have the following connotations:Extraversion, Sensing, Feeling, and Judging are holistic, thus more like Lawful.Introversion, iNtuition, Thinkinking, and Perceptive are atomistic, thus more like Chaotic.It is precisely the ability of logic (iNtuitive Thinking) to disconnect from social expectations that allows an individual to rethink and reinvent new possibilities that defy the norm.In other words, logic resembles chaotic. Emotions resemble lawful.But alignment describes ethical behaviors, and has little or nothing to do with personality quirks.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Yaarel, post: 8563972, member: 58172"] I see, you dont like the character reducing the alignment down to one specific way of expressing it. For me, that is the nature of roleplay. To play someone who isnt oneself, it can help to focus on one thing that the character is about. Alignment tends to be vague. Except for aggregious violations of it, most of its behavior goes unnoticed. Giving the character a specific action that expresses its alignment details the flavor of the character, and helps the DM notice when it happens. Actually, when referring to Myers-Brigg personalities - which have nothing to do with ethics - I nevertheless have the following connotations: Extraversion, Sensing, Feeling, and Judging are holistic, thus more like Lawful. Introversion, iNtuition, Thinkinking, and Perceptive are atomistic, thus more like Chaotic. It is precisely the ability of logic (iNtuitive Thinking) to disconnect from social expectations that allows an individual to rethink and reinvent new possibilities that defy the norm. In other words, logic resembles chaotic. Emotions resemble lawful. But alignment describes ethical behaviors, and has little or nothing to do with personality quirks. [/QUOTE]

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