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<blockquote data-quote="Uller" data-source="post: 213748" data-attributes="member: 413">This is the most profound statement on this thread.&nbsp; You see...Your alignment should NOT NOT NOT NEVER EVER EVER define your actions, your thoughts, your deeds, your words, etc...your actions, thoughts, deeds and words define your alignment.Your character may have some code of conduct.&nbsp; Or in your mind, you have some idea of what your character's personalilty and belief system is like.&nbsp;&nbsp; That is seperate from his alignment.&nbsp; While he may maintain in his mind that he is a good and law abiding person and always does what's right, his personality may be one that he is hot tempered and rash, and thus will sometimes commit an obviously evil or illegal act in the heat of the moment and rationalize it later to be &quot;ok...I did what I had to do&quot;.&nbsp; This could lead him to become evil, even though his personal beliefs are basically good.My advice to you is don't keep maintaining your character's LN alignment to be your goal.&nbsp; Your goal should be to define your character's beliefs and personality...the DM will determine your alignment as you go.&nbsp; If someone says to you: &quot;Your PC wouldn't do that!&nbsp; He's LN.&quot;&nbsp; Your reply should be: &quot;My character WOULD do this, because this is how he behaves in this circumstance.&nbsp; If that makes him change alignment, then that's just fine by me!&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Uller, post: 213748, member: 413"] This is the most profound statement on this thread. You see...Your alignment should NOT NOT NOT NEVER EVER EVER define your actions, your thoughts, your deeds, your words, etc...your actions, thoughts, deeds and words define your alignment. Your character may have some code of conduct. Or in your mind, you have some idea of what your character's personalilty and belief system is like. That is seperate from his alignment. While he may maintain in his mind that he is a good and law abiding person and always does what's right, his personality may be one that he is hot tempered and rash, and thus will sometimes commit an obviously evil or illegal act in the heat of the moment and rationalize it later to be "ok...I did what I had to do". This could lead him to become evil, even though his personal beliefs are basically good. My advice to you is don't keep maintaining your character's LN alignment to be your goal. Your goal should be to define your character's beliefs and personality...the DM will determine your alignment as you go. If someone says to you: "Your PC wouldn't do that! He's LN." Your reply should be: "My character WOULD do this, because this is how he behaves in this circumstance. If that makes him change alignment, then that's just fine by me!" [/QUOTE]

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