The Game of Kings OOC

[Bobitron]

Have a nice trip!

Great post, James.

 

[Ringmereth]

This latest round of character interaction is some great stuff. I'm rather amused by the fact that while Dragen and Vhir do have opposing alignments, their characterizations would lead one to believe that Vhir is the NG character and Dragen is evil.

Also, my apologies for the lack of a post yesterday--'real' work got in the way. I'll try to write a few extras sometime this week to make up for it.

 

[James Heard]

I'm wondering if Dragen's alignment isn't a little off from the one written down on paper myself these days, after having actually ran him for a while. At the very least I'm thinking that at one time Dragen was a whole lot more E than G now that he's seen actual usage.
You know, that maybe I was just thinking of Dragen's good intentions...or maybe he's just too cynical and tired to engage in a proper evil these days.

 

[Isida Kep'Tukari]

Indeed, a very insightful and fascinating post, I enjoyed it very much James!

 

[Deuce Traveler]

Hmmm... to pick the warded door, or not to try and pick the door. That is the question.

 

[stonegod]

This latest round of character interaction is some great stuff. I'm rather amused by the fact that while Dragen and Vhir do have opposing alignments, their characterizations would lead one to believe that Vhir is the NG character and Dragen is evil.

Is breaking and entering evil?

Vhir does things that improve his standing. So far, no one has tried to get in his way. He's NE, alright, just hasn't had a reason to prove it.

 

[Ringmereth]

stonegod: breaking and entering is chaotic in my book. It's not directly harmful to anyone but whoever has to repair the door, and is an unlawful means to an end, whether evil or good, not an evil end itself.

If you break and enter and leave behind curative potions to heal one of the dwarves' hypothetical dying sister, it's a good end. If you break and enter to bludgeon the dwarves into forcible unconciousness, bind them, and shove them through a porthole to be eaten by sharks, and steal their stuff on the way out... it's not.

I'm wondering if Dragen's alignment isn't a little off from the one written down on paper myself these days, after having actually ran him for a while. At the very least I'm thinking that at one time Dragen was a whole lot more E than G now that he's seen actual usage.
You know, that maybe I was just thinking of Dragen's good intentions...or maybe he's just too cynical and tired to engage in a proper evil these days.

Dragen's no saint, but his past doesn't (necessarily) equate to being evil. If, as your biography suggested, he's horrified and scarred by (if not quite repentant for) his actions during the Last War, then in my opinion he's neutral. Not a good guy, but no longer a vile killer either. On the other hand, if he's so resigned to how far he's sunken that he would murder more innocents on the basis that it's 'just one more' or something, then I would deem him evil. From what you've written, the former seems more accurate.

And after all, there's always room for growth and change--the game has just started.

You haven't even killed anyone yet.

 

[James Heard]

That's a good point. Maybe I could go find the cabin boy and see if I can't kill him in a horrifying enough way to turn him into an eternal warrior...

 

[Deuce Traveler]

As long as you do it for a good cause.

 

[Isida Kep'Tukari]

A good cause... of doom!