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Is Chaotic evil more evil than Lawful evil?
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<blockquote data-quote="Particle_Man" data-source="post: 1768383" data-attributes="member: 892"><p>1) Trying to base D&D alignment on real life is tricky, at best. Many people think that there is no objective way of describing "good" and "evil" in real life, while there is an objective alignment in D&D. Aside from which, as noted above, the concepts of lawful and chaotic may have contradictions within them.</p><p></p><p>2) So, looking at them in game terms, all LE, NE, and CE are (or can be) equally evil. As for which is the most dangerous? Well, each is listed in the PHB (104-5) as being "the most dangerous alignment you can be", and the only way they could each be the most dangerous is if they were all equally dangerous. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>3) There is a difference between being evil and being committed to the spread of evil, within each alignment, as listed in the PHB. </p><p></p><p>4) It seems that there are two lines that can be crossed in alignment. One is the "care about everyone" (good)/"care only about yourself, friends and family" (neutral)/"care only about yourself" (evil). The other deals with what you allow yourself to do to those that your don't "Care about". Thus a merchant who does not give money to a beggar is neutral, because he does not care about him. A merchant who tortures beggars for fun is evil.</p><p></p><p>5) In game terms, CE opponents tend to be more "in your face" than LE opponents, who deal with the pc's through minions, etc. Thus which the pc's despise more depends on their attitude towards their opponents. Do they prefer their opponents to "face them" or do they like the illusory peace of not being bothered by their opponents until it is (almost) too late?</p><p></p><p>and of course, YMMV.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Particle_Man, post: 1768383, member: 892"] 1) Trying to base D&D alignment on real life is tricky, at best. Many people think that there is no objective way of describing "good" and "evil" in real life, while there is an objective alignment in D&D. Aside from which, as noted above, the concepts of lawful and chaotic may have contradictions within them. 2) So, looking at them in game terms, all LE, NE, and CE are (or can be) equally evil. As for which is the most dangerous? Well, each is listed in the PHB (104-5) as being "the most dangerous alignment you can be", and the only way they could each be the most dangerous is if they were all equally dangerous. :) 3) There is a difference between being evil and being committed to the spread of evil, within each alignment, as listed in the PHB. 4) It seems that there are two lines that can be crossed in alignment. One is the "care about everyone" (good)/"care only about yourself, friends and family" (neutral)/"care only about yourself" (evil). The other deals with what you allow yourself to do to those that your don't "Care about". Thus a merchant who does not give money to a beggar is neutral, because he does not care about him. A merchant who tortures beggars for fun is evil. 5) In game terms, CE opponents tend to be more "in your face" than LE opponents, who deal with the pc's through minions, etc. Thus which the pc's despise more depends on their attitude towards their opponents. Do they prefer their opponents to "face them" or do they like the illusory peace of not being bothered by their opponents until it is (almost) too late? and of course, YMMV. [/QUOTE]
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