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<blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 8349228" data-attributes="member: 23751"><p>The bolded part is where you are going wrong. You are still looking for alignment to tell you specifically what something is. It doesn't and never has done that. </p><p></p><p>One CE creature might love destruction. Another might be hot-tempered, ruthless and vicious, but not be unpredictable or love destruction. Another might have similar, but different personality adjectives. The DM gets to decide within that very loose framework the basics of the CE monster and then go from there. </p><p></p><p>It's an AID to roleplay, it doesn't dictate it.</p><p></p><p>No assumption. From 3.5 PHB</p><p></p><p>"A creature’s general moral and personal attitudes are represented by its alignment: lawful good, neutral good, chaotic good, lawful neutral, neutral, chaotic neutral, lawful evil, neutral evil, and chaotic evil."</p><p></p><p>General, not specific. </p><p></p><p>"Alignment is a tool for developing your character’s identity. It is not a straitjacket for restricting your character."</p><p></p><p>It's just a tool, not a straightjacket.</p><p></p><p>"Each alignment represents a broad range of personality types or personal philosophies, so two lawful good characters can still be quite different from each other."</p><p></p><p>It's a broad range, not specifics. So no assumption is being made when I use some, but not all of those traits or even use similar traits that aren't mentioned.</p><p></p><p>Up to the DM.</p><p></p><p>No. An unpredictable and poorly organized one would likely be CN if that were all the traits it had. Greed and a love for destruction are not CN traits.</p><p></p><p>Not very likely. </p><p></p><p>If you're CN, sure <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>For reasons already given. The words alone don't help much.</p><p></p><p>It's almost is if you aren't even trying to understand alignment or my responses. Oh, wait.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Maxperson, post: 8349228, member: 23751"] The bolded part is where you are going wrong. You are still looking for alignment to tell you specifically what something is. It doesn't and never has done that. One CE creature might love destruction. Another might be hot-tempered, ruthless and vicious, but not be unpredictable or love destruction. Another might have similar, but different personality adjectives. The DM gets to decide within that very loose framework the basics of the CE monster and then go from there. It's an AID to roleplay, it doesn't dictate it. No assumption. From 3.5 PHB "A creature’s general moral and personal attitudes are represented by its alignment: lawful good, neutral good, chaotic good, lawful neutral, neutral, chaotic neutral, lawful evil, neutral evil, and chaotic evil." General, not specific. "Alignment is a tool for developing your character’s identity. It is not a straitjacket for restricting your character." It's just a tool, not a straightjacket. "Each alignment represents a broad range of personality types or personal philosophies, so two lawful good characters can still be quite different from each other." It's a broad range, not specifics. So no assumption is being made when I use some, but not all of those traits or even use similar traits that aren't mentioned. Up to the DM. No. An unpredictable and poorly organized one would likely be CN if that were all the traits it had. Greed and a love for destruction are not CN traits. Not very likely. If you're CN, sure ;) For reasons already given. The words alone don't help much. It's almost is if you aren't even trying to understand alignment or my responses. Oh, wait. [/QUOTE]
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