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<blockquote data-quote="vostyg" data-source="post: 6885918" data-attributes="member: 6852307"><p>I am relatively new to D&D, and I am a little bit confused about where my new character falls on the alignment axes. He is driven by his own internal compass to punish wrongdoers and to protect the innocent, but he cares very little about the law. He also tends to view things in black and white, and can be pretty ruthless in his pursuit of justice.</p><p></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The fact that he cares little about the law suggests that he is probably not lawful, though his obsessive pursuit of justice at all costs might suggest otherwise.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The fact that he is driven to punish wrongdoers and protect the innocent suggests he is good, but his willingness to take ruthless measures in his pursuit of justice might suggest otherwise.</li> </ul><p></p><p>I know that alignment is intended to serve as a simple guideline, and perhaps this character blurs the lines, but I'm curious to see what the Enworld veterans have to say on the matter.</p><p></p><p>Thanks in advance!</p><p></p><p><strong>EDIT</strong> - Here is some additional exposition that I added in a subsequent post which might help to clarify a few things:</p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000">As I'm thinking about it, he doesn't really follow an external code at all, just his own simple sense of right and wrong. This generally involves protecting the helpless and innocent from those who would prey on them. He tends to categorize people as either villains, victims, or neither, based on their behavior. He is not above roughing someone up whom he categorizes as a villain in order to get information, and he has no compunctions about killing a serious villain outright if only to prevent that person from victimizing others in the future. He takes no particular joy in this. To him, it's just an unsavory but necessary part of his job. He evaluates each person on his or her own merits, and he doesn't waste his time on petty wrongdoers, focusing instead on serious villains.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><strong>EDIT</strong> - Yet more exposition from a subsequent post:</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span><span style="color: #000000">The character was once a blacksmith dwelling in a backwoods village in Rashemen with his wife and two young sons. He thought that he had everything he wanted or needed out of life, and he would have been content to continue this humble existence had </span>fate<span style="color: #000000"> not intervened. After a hard day's work at the anvil, he returned home late one evening to find that his wife and boys had been cruelly savaged by a roving werewolf. Something snapped inside of him. He managed to track the werewolf down and trap it inside a barn, which he proceeded to set ablaze, thereby putting an end to the creature's rampage. With his family dead, and nothing left to keep him rooted to his old life, he took up the sword and armor which he had crafted for himself, and embarked on a new life as a champion of the weak and helpless, motivated by the memory of his wife and sons.</span><span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span><span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vostyg, post: 6885918, member: 6852307"] I am relatively new to D&D, and I am a little bit confused about where my new character falls on the alignment axes. He is driven by his own internal compass to punish wrongdoers and to protect the innocent, but he cares very little about the law. He also tends to view things in black and white, and can be pretty ruthless in his pursuit of justice. [LIST] [*]The fact that he cares little about the law suggests that he is probably not lawful, though his obsessive pursuit of justice at all costs might suggest otherwise. [*]The fact that he is driven to punish wrongdoers and protect the innocent suggests he is good, but his willingness to take ruthless measures in his pursuit of justice might suggest otherwise. [/LIST] I know that alignment is intended to serve as a simple guideline, and perhaps this character blurs the lines, but I'm curious to see what the Enworld veterans have to say on the matter. Thanks in advance! [B]EDIT[/B] - Here is some additional exposition that I added in a subsequent post which might help to clarify a few things: [COLOR=#000000]As I'm thinking about it, he doesn't really follow an external code at all, just his own simple sense of right and wrong. This generally involves protecting the helpless and innocent from those who would prey on them. He tends to categorize people as either villains, victims, or neither, based on their behavior. He is not above roughing someone up whom he categorizes as a villain in order to get information, and he has no compunctions about killing a serious villain outright if only to prevent that person from victimizing others in the future. He takes no particular joy in this. To him, it's just an unsavory but necessary part of his job. He evaluates each person on his or her own merits, and he doesn't waste his time on petty wrongdoers, focusing instead on serious villains. [B]EDIT[/B] - Yet more exposition from a subsequent post: [/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]The character was once a blacksmith dwelling in a backwoods village in Rashemen with his wife and two young sons. He thought that he had everything he wanted or needed out of life, and he would have been content to continue this humble existence had [/COLOR]fate[COLOR=#000000] not intervened. After a hard day's work at the anvil, he returned home late one evening to find that his wife and boys had been cruelly savaged by a roving werewolf. Something snapped inside of him. He managed to track the werewolf down and trap it inside a barn, which he proceeded to set ablaze, thereby putting an end to the creature's rampage. With his family dead, and nothing left to keep him rooted to his old life, he took up the sword and armor which he had crafted for himself, and embarked on a new life as a champion of the weak and helpless, motivated by the memory of his wife and sons.[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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