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Message: <blockquote data-quote="swrushing" data-source="post: 1914446" data-attributes="member: 14140"></blockquote>That would be a thread where the mod stepped in with a caution against  the constant rephrasing of others points? if so, yes, i read that thread.Possibly. That could be. However, when i normally look to assign alignment I have a lot more to go on to mkake that determination... experience with the character, with his actions and goals over time and a setting and campaign context.If the conclusion i reached about a character was that he showed over time equal parts chaotic and equal parts lawful, showing relatively even tendencies in BOTH, then, yes, i would use neutral for that.This is where we simply disagree. I cannot fathom how one can reach this conclusion.The line about "use these as guidelines and not scripts" is indeed there to trump the lists below of traits. just like the "not everyone is concistent" and not everyone shares all these traits, they put the later lists of traits in context. It is not a RULE that a chaotic evil character WILL BE or IS hot tempered and vicious or arbitrarily violent etc... that is just one in a long list of traits which might indicate a character is CE.Some CE characters will be hot tempered, some will be arbitrarily violent, and so forth. Even those who are will not be so ALL THE TIME, but will vary within their character.Thats why they tell you these are guidelines, not scripts.We are so far apart on this as to make  discussion practically meaningless.Alignment is not meant so script character choices, but to reflect it.[/QUOTE]

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