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<blockquote data-quote="Xeviat" data-source="post: 7879440" data-attributes="member: 57494"><p>The way I explain alignment to my players, new and old (so we're all on the same page) is the warm fuzzies and the heebie jeebies theory. Your alignment is defined by how you respond to performing certain actions.</p><p></p><p>If you are a good person, than doing "good" makes you feel good, an I'd you are forced to do evil then you will feel bad about it. If you are evil, them doing evil makes you feel good and being forced to do good makes you feel bad (like maybe you feel like you were ripped off or wasted your time).</p><p></p><p>It works for law and chaos too. A lawful person (mostly myself) feels good when following the rules, and may even follow the rules to their own detriment. A chaotic person feels stiffelled and constrained when they have to follow the rules.</p><p></p><p>Thus, a Slaadi's rigid Reds create Blues and Blues create reds, and their whole color hierarchy feels too structured to be chaotic.</p><p></p><p>As for animals, animals aren't chaotic. They are a mix of lawful (inborn instinct and the cycles of the seasons) and chaotic (following their whims). They are unaligned because they take no joy and feel no guilt in following or shirking law or chaos.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Xeviat, post: 7879440, member: 57494"] The way I explain alignment to my players, new and old (so we're all on the same page) is the warm fuzzies and the heebie jeebies theory. Your alignment is defined by how you respond to performing certain actions. If you are a good person, than doing "good" makes you feel good, an I'd you are forced to do evil then you will feel bad about it. If you are evil, them doing evil makes you feel good and being forced to do good makes you feel bad (like maybe you feel like you were ripped off or wasted your time). It works for law and chaos too. A lawful person (mostly myself) feels good when following the rules, and may even follow the rules to their own detriment. A chaotic person feels stiffelled and constrained when they have to follow the rules. Thus, a Slaadi's rigid Reds create Blues and Blues create reds, and their whole color hierarchy feels too structured to be chaotic. As for animals, animals aren't chaotic. They are a mix of lawful (inborn instinct and the cycles of the seasons) and chaotic (following their whims). They are unaligned because they take no joy and feel no guilt in following or shirking law or chaos. [/QUOTE]
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