what alignment is this?

[MavrickWeirdo]

I have seen the question come up many times, my new theory is... "If you have to ask it's EVIL."

I'm not saying that all questions are evil, but anytime someone goes to the trouble of posting a thread to ask if a certain behavior is evil, it is. It would save alot of time to just accept it is evil once you finish asking the question.

 

[DragonLancer]

I also think LE. He is a killer, but has a loyalty to his friends and companions.

 

[Kae'Yoss]

I'd say Neutral Evil. He kills people, that's hardly something lawful.

Give him something he actually gives a rat's ass about

Like Drasek Riven and Dogs (from the Erevis Cale Trilogy)

 

[DragonLancer]

I'd say Neutral Evil. He kills people, that's hardly something lawful.

So do LE and CE people. Law and Chaos don't dictate the killing of people.

 

[Umbran]

* seems to live only for purely for combat and death. The character may be chronic depressive and finds he only feels alive when his life is at risk.

Yes, however, choosing to put one's own "feeling alive" so far ahead of the needs of others that you kill, repeatedly and frequently, in order to get that feeling should probably be considered Evil.

The problem is that the character description is based on the perception of others. He could be a lawful good Paladin given the right context. Alignment is what a person IS. Not what they are perceived to be.

This is a very good point. What he seems is not so important as what he actually is, deep down.

 

[the Jester]

Ne.

 

[Lonely Tylenol]

My vote is LE and not LN, and here's why. Alignment isn't based on how someone seems, but on what someone is. In other words, I agree with Jack's point here, but I think that what this character is, is a killer. And that makes him evil, not neutral.

Paladins kill people too. They're just discriminatory about it. The thing that's going to decide this character's alignment is the question "why does he kill?" If he kills because he enjoys it, then he's probably evil. If he kills indescriminately because he's compelled to by lunacy or because he's a mercenary, then he might be neutral. If he kills to purge the world of the tainted ones that control the voices in his head, then he could even be a very misguided good.

From the description given, he could be any of lawful, neutral, or chaotic. Just because he has a dry personality doesn't make him lawful. He could be completely chaotic, but come across like an obsessive/compulsive. People who kill emotionlessly are probably nutso, so if you want to make an interesting character, figure out in what way he's a nut.

 

[Fenes]

I would say lawful neutral. Neutral since he kills, but does not take joy in it - emotionless. Almost every adventurer kills, and hardly anyone brrods over his deeds afterwards. Since he would lay down his life for his friends I would call him lawful, for having strong principles.

 

[Ryltar]

Lawful Evil - the "caring about others" part is just what LE does: respect those who are strong, or, if you want to put a spin on it, use those who are strong as long as they are useful to this character's goals. Now, we don't know much about this Asil of yours, for example "how" he cares about his companions, who they are, what use they are to him et al. - but it's definitely LE behavior. You might want to modify the character a bit, though, as to avoid the dangers Herpes spoke of.

Cheers,
Ryl

 

[JRRNeiklot]

I would say any alignment you wish to play. You didn't state in what context he does the killing. He could be a chaotic good warrior, but in combat becomes detached, not enjoying it, but just doing his job. If, however, he loves his friends, but murders a shopkeeper over a difference of opinion, that's a different story. I use CG just as an example, he could just as well be lawful evil. Csan't really tell until you give more detail about his actions. Who is he killing and why? This is what matters, not how he goes about it. Emotionly dispatching an evil necromancer works just as well as laughing maniacally as you chop him into little tiny sherrif meatballs.