TerraDave
5ever, or until 2024
Lets try to fit things from the old alignment system into the new one.
Start with the basic nine alignments:
Old=New
NG=G
LG=LG
CG=G or UA
LN=LG or UA
N=UA
CN=UA or CE
LE=E
NE=E
CE=CE (or E)
Or lets take divine servants (for whom this would be most relevant)
Cleric of a (mostly) chaotic god=Now unaligned. They have divine goals, but are not too hung up on how you get them, or bigger ideological battles.
Cleric of a (mostly) good god=Good. Simple.
Cleric of a (mostly) lawful god=Lawful good? Works if we define LG to pull it away from G, and not just in a G way. Some could be UA, but we are pushing them with the CNs. Some LE go to just E. I can think of examples where this works, and ones where it doesn’t.
Clerics of a (mostly) evil god=Evil.
Cleric of Chaotic Evil? This is left over for the real nuts. Cultist of Orcus that do (truly) unspeakable things, those that seek to free Cthulu, that sort of thing. But does this include Orc clerics of ol one eye? Not 100% sure.
Overall, unaligned is really picking up neutrals and many chaotics. Lawful good probably works for lawful, but it needs to be something other then “more good”. Evil is power and greed on steroids, and picks up both tyrants and crime lords (and their servants).
Chaotic evil is probably the greyest. What keeps them from just being evil? Are they all insane cultist?
Thoughts?
Start with the basic nine alignments:
Old=New
NG=G
LG=LG
CG=G or UA
LN=LG or UA
N=UA
CN=UA or CE
LE=E
NE=E
CE=CE (or E)
Or lets take divine servants (for whom this would be most relevant)
Cleric of a (mostly) chaotic god=Now unaligned. They have divine goals, but are not too hung up on how you get them, or bigger ideological battles.
Cleric of a (mostly) good god=Good. Simple.
Cleric of a (mostly) lawful god=Lawful good? Works if we define LG to pull it away from G, and not just in a G way. Some could be UA, but we are pushing them with the CNs. Some LE go to just E. I can think of examples where this works, and ones where it doesn’t.
Clerics of a (mostly) evil god=Evil.
Cleric of Chaotic Evil? This is left over for the real nuts. Cultist of Orcus that do (truly) unspeakable things, those that seek to free Cthulu, that sort of thing. But does this include Orc clerics of ol one eye? Not 100% sure.
Overall, unaligned is really picking up neutrals and many chaotics. Lawful good probably works for lawful, but it needs to be something other then “more good”. Evil is power and greed on steroids, and picks up both tyrants and crime lords (and their servants).
Chaotic evil is probably the greyest. What keeps them from just being evil? Are they all insane cultist?
Thoughts?