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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DM1979" data-source="post: 4231515" data-attributes="member: 66738">Alignment Makes SenseAlso, can someone who thinks he or she doesn't like the alignment system tell me where the line is between neutral good and chaotic good? Lawful evil and neutral evil? I have a hard time drawing those lines definitively.</blockquote>I am so glad that you asked.I have been a DM for the better part of 30 years and one of my favorite aspects of D&D is the alignment system. I have no trouble differentiating between neutral good and chaotic good. A neutral good character is much more likely to respect social codes and actual written laws than a chaotic good character. Similarly a chaotic good character is extremely likely to flaunt social convention and break what they would identify as a pointless rule. If a chaotic good character sees a sign that says "keep off the grass" he or she would stick a toe on the grass just to break what is, in their eyes, a ridiculous rule (we all know people like this). The neutral good character would avoid the grass unless some need should arise that would render rule-following behavior counter-productive. The lawful good character, by contrast, would go to great lengths to avoid stepping on the grass. A LG would only step on the grass at great need or perhaps only to render aid or avoid bodily harm. If anything the difference between neutral good and chaotic good is far more noticeable than the difference between lawful good and neutral good. Generally the chaotic aspect of chaotic good characters causes them to make choices which would clearly distinguish them from a neutral good character. That is chaotic good characters live to break the rules. Conversely lawful good characters and neutral good characters are harder to distinguish because both would tend to follow reasonable rules and the only distinction would be seen with rules that tend toward pure order with no moral component.BTW I am adopting the 4th edition rule set but I will also continue to use the alignments as presented by our founder Gary Gygax. Gary forgive them, they know not what they do.PS If you want I can also explain the difference between neutral evil and lawful evil. Let me know if you need more help.[/QUOTE]

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