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<blockquote data-quote="Faolyn" data-source="post: 8349218" data-attributes="member: 6915329"><p>I did. I'm asking how you found it helpful. Because I read it and while it's clear what it means for each alignment. </p><p></p><p>According to the SRD--I'd really have to go dig out by 3x physical book--<em>"A chaotic evil character does whatever his greed, hatred, and lust for destruction drive him to do. He is hot-tempered, vicious, arbitrarily violent, and unpredictable. If he is simply out for whatever he can get, he is ruthless and brutal. If he is committed to the spread of evil and chaos, he is even worse. Thankfully, his plans are haphazard, and any groups he joins or forms are poorly organized. Typically, chaotic evil people can be made to work together only by force, and their leader lasts only as long as he can thwart attempts to topple or assassinate him."</em></p><p></p><p>So, are all chaotic evil creatures like this? This seems to suggest that all chaotic evil beings are:</p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">greedy</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">hateful</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">love destruction</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">hot-tempered</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">vicious</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">arbitrarily violent</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">unpredictable</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">ruthless</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">brutal</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">poorly organized</li> </ol><p>(this makes me wonder how there are any orc hordes that remain intact for more than a few months, let alone the generations they're usually assumed to have been existence.) </p><p></p><p>When I said that, you and others said I'm wrong, that there are multiple ways to play a chaotic evil creature. So are there additional definitions elsewhere? Or are we assuming that you all you need to be is <em>some</em> of those to be classified as chaotic evil? If that so, how many? Because a greedy, unpredictable, poorly-organized creature who loves destruction could be chaotic neutral or neutral evil. A ruthless, brutal, vicious, hot-tempered being could be lawful evil. There's ten items on that list. Should I roll 6d10 to determine the personality of the species? Why not just include those words in the description instead of the alignment, because it would save you time and energy in trying to figure out what exactly it means when a particular monster species is listed as chaotic evil?</p><p></p><p></p><p>You're willing to spend <em>many </em>posts telling me how wrong I am, but not to spend one post trying to make me less wrong? Hmm.</p><p></p><p></p><p>So, you're saying that alignment is in fact use<em>less </em>in determining how a species acts or should be portrayed. Good to know.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Faolyn, post: 8349218, member: 6915329"] I did. I'm asking how you found it helpful. Because I read it and while it's clear what it means for each alignment. According to the SRD--I'd really have to go dig out by 3x physical book--[I]"A chaotic evil character does whatever his greed, hatred, and lust for destruction drive him to do. He is hot-tempered, vicious, arbitrarily violent, and unpredictable. If he is simply out for whatever he can get, he is ruthless and brutal. If he is committed to the spread of evil and chaos, he is even worse. Thankfully, his plans are haphazard, and any groups he joins or forms are poorly organized. Typically, chaotic evil people can be made to work together only by force, and their leader lasts only as long as he can thwart attempts to topple or assassinate him."[/I] So, are all chaotic evil creatures like this? This seems to suggest that all chaotic evil beings are: [LIST=1] [*]greedy [*]hateful [*]love destruction [*]hot-tempered [*]vicious [*]arbitrarily violent [*]unpredictable [*]ruthless [*]brutal [*]poorly organized [/LIST] (this makes me wonder how there are any orc hordes that remain intact for more than a few months, let alone the generations they're usually assumed to have been existence.) When I said that, you and others said I'm wrong, that there are multiple ways to play a chaotic evil creature. So are there additional definitions elsewhere? Or are we assuming that you all you need to be is [I]some[/I] of those to be classified as chaotic evil? If that so, how many? Because a greedy, unpredictable, poorly-organized creature who loves destruction could be chaotic neutral or neutral evil. A ruthless, brutal, vicious, hot-tempered being could be lawful evil. There's ten items on that list. Should I roll 6d10 to determine the personality of the species? Why not just include those words in the description instead of the alignment, because it would save you time and energy in trying to figure out what exactly it means when a particular monster species is listed as chaotic evil? You're willing to spend [I]many [/I]posts telling me how wrong I am, but not to spend one post trying to make me less wrong? Hmm. So, you're saying that alignment is in fact use[I]less [/I]in determining how a species acts or should be portrayed. Good to know. [/QUOTE]
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