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<blockquote data-quote="takyris" data-source="post: 1035064" data-attributes="member: 5171"><p>Here it is, ladies and gentlemen -- yet another argument for the d20 Modern Allegiances system! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>I don't think that James Bond has a particular allegiance to the idea of charitably helping the homeless and working in soup kitchens and working at a Toys for Tots program. I also don't think that Bond would let a bus full of orphans crash into the puppy farm and explode if he had the power to prevent such a thing from happening.</p><p></p><p>James Bond's allegiances are, and have always been:</p><p></p><p>1) His Country</p><p>2) Looking Good and Getting that Hot Chick</p><p></p><p>In some movies, "Getting Revenge on the Bad Guy Who's Been Dogging Him for Five Movies Now" gets bumped up to number one, but in general, that's what you've got. James Bond doesn't spend a lot of time in any place of worship, unless he's blowing it up, but he also doesn't make deals with the devil and sacrifice babies.</p><p></p><p>In the Revolutionary War, colonials snuck in to kill British generals rather than fighting honorably. Some of them probably liked it a bit too much. Some of them were doing it for their country and freedom from persecution. Some were doing it because a man they trusted was telling them to do it. And some were being paid. That's a wide range of possible alignments.</p><p></p><p>For someone who does it purely for the money, good is out, but neutral is possible ("I am the ultimate extension of capitalism as the perfect form of government... anyone with the means to do so may order the execution of another for perceived crimes, and I am fair and impartial, open to all who can pay. I kill without passion or prejudice, I am loyal to my clients, and I bear no grudges to those who would stop me."). For someone doing it for some other reason, almost any alignment is possible.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="takyris, post: 1035064, member: 5171"] Here it is, ladies and gentlemen -- yet another argument for the d20 Modern Allegiances system! :D I don't think that James Bond has a particular allegiance to the idea of charitably helping the homeless and working in soup kitchens and working at a Toys for Tots program. I also don't think that Bond would let a bus full of orphans crash into the puppy farm and explode if he had the power to prevent such a thing from happening. James Bond's allegiances are, and have always been: 1) His Country 2) Looking Good and Getting that Hot Chick In some movies, "Getting Revenge on the Bad Guy Who's Been Dogging Him for Five Movies Now" gets bumped up to number one, but in general, that's what you've got. James Bond doesn't spend a lot of time in any place of worship, unless he's blowing it up, but he also doesn't make deals with the devil and sacrifice babies. In the Revolutionary War, colonials snuck in to kill British generals rather than fighting honorably. Some of them probably liked it a bit too much. Some of them were doing it for their country and freedom from persecution. Some were doing it because a man they trusted was telling them to do it. And some were being paid. That's a wide range of possible alignments. For someone who does it purely for the money, good is out, but neutral is possible ("I am the ultimate extension of capitalism as the perfect form of government... anyone with the means to do so may order the execution of another for perceived crimes, and I am fair and impartial, open to all who can pay. I kill without passion or prejudice, I am loyal to my clients, and I bear no grudges to those who would stop me."). For someone doing it for some other reason, almost any alignment is possible. [/QUOTE]
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