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<blockquote data-quote="Man in the Funny Hat" data-source="post: 4704331" data-attributes="member: 32740">But again, it matters very little whether you, I, or anyone else can all agree on how to classify any given individual, but whether or not the PLAYER of the CHARACTER is being guided to keep his characters behavior reasonable and logical in the long term - to behave insanely only if actually insane, to be able to occasionally act &quot;out of his established character&quot; or even contrary to his stated beliefs as long as some reasonable motivation for it is evidenced or reasonably explainable, to otherwise act as if the character does have a wide set of beliefs and motivations without having to extensively define those motivations.&nbsp; In short - is alignment acting as a guide for the players roleplaying of a given character?&nbsp;Even if the player is guided to have his character act in a way that the DM wishes to classify in a way that is quite different from the players own understanding of the alignment framework the two points of view can be reconciled as long as the DM can and does explain HIS OWN views to his players, WHY he wants the characters behavior to fit into the DM's defined boxes, and allows the player room to &quot;maneuver&quot; reasonably within that framework, then alignment works as it needs to.&nbsp; All the discussion seen here is simply the sort of discussion that DM's need to maintain with their players to keep alignment functioning according to its purpose.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Man in the Funny Hat, post: 4704331, member: 32740"] But again, it matters very little whether you, I, or anyone else can all agree on how to classify any given individual, but whether or not the PLAYER of the CHARACTER is being guided to keep his characters behavior reasonable and logical in the long term - to behave insanely only if actually insane, to be able to occasionally act "out of his established character" or even contrary to his stated beliefs as long as some reasonable motivation for it is evidenced or reasonably explainable, to otherwise act as if the character does have a wide set of beliefs and motivations without having to extensively define those motivations. In short - is alignment acting as a guide for the players roleplaying of a given character? Even if the player is guided to have his character act in a way that the DM wishes to classify in a way that is quite different from the players own understanding of the alignment framework the two points of view can be reconciled as long as the DM can and does explain HIS OWN views to his players, WHY he wants the characters behavior to fit into the DM's defined boxes, and allows the player room to "maneuver" reasonably within that framework, then alignment works as it needs to. All the discussion seen here is simply the sort of discussion that DM's need to maintain with their players to keep alignment functioning according to its purpose. [/QUOTE]

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