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<blockquote data-quote="Epic Meepo" data-source="post: 9534454" data-attributes="member: 57073"><p>If Muscular Neutral is Muscular because it's trying to balance Law and Chaos, it has no reason to prefer NG or NE. If CE is dominant and its strongest non-Chaotic rival is NG, Muscular Neutral would ally with NG. If LG is dominant and its strongest non-Lawful rival is NE, Muscular Neutrals would back NE in its fight against LG.</p><p></p><p>In fact, Muscular Neutrals wouldn't even care if they were pitting Good against Good or Evil against Evil. If, for example, the best way to undermine a dominant LG faction is to back missionaries who are converting LG people to the worship of a NG god, Muscular Neutrals would back the missionaries. That would be the most expedient way to get rid of the excess Law.</p><p></p><p>Essentially, the Muscular Neutrals see every other alignment as a tool they can use to adjust the Balance between Law and Chaos. They'll use whatever tool they need for the current job, whether it's Chaotic, Evil, Good, or Lawful. Over time, this will result in Muscular Neutrals using each tool in a pair of opposing tools (such as Neutral Evil and Neutral Good) with equal frequency.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Epic Meepo, post: 9534454, member: 57073"] If Muscular Neutral is Muscular because it's trying to balance Law and Chaos, it has no reason to prefer NG or NE. If CE is dominant and its strongest non-Chaotic rival is NG, Muscular Neutral would ally with NG. If LG is dominant and its strongest non-Lawful rival is NE, Muscular Neutrals would back NE in its fight against LG. In fact, Muscular Neutrals wouldn't even care if they were pitting Good against Good or Evil against Evil. If, for example, the best way to undermine a dominant LG faction is to back missionaries who are converting LG people to the worship of a NG god, Muscular Neutrals would back the missionaries. That would be the most expedient way to get rid of the excess Law. Essentially, the Muscular Neutrals see every other alignment as a tool they can use to adjust the Balance between Law and Chaos. They'll use whatever tool they need for the current job, whether it's Chaotic, Evil, Good, or Lawful. Over time, this will result in Muscular Neutrals using each tool in a pair of opposing tools (such as Neutral Evil and Neutral Good) with equal frequency. [/QUOTE]
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