What alignment would Riddick be?

[argo]

Chaotic Evil

Remember, just because most of the guys he kills in the movie happen to be evil doesn't make him not-evil. He just happens to be too busy toppling an interstelar empire at the moment to engage in another one of his crime sprees. Except for Kira and the priest he displays a total contempt for the life of every other human in the movie. The man is boderline sociopathic. More inportantly he kills for puerly selfish reasons: for pleasure, to take what he wants, and (most of all) to establish his dominance over anyone else around him ("its an animal thing").

Likewise he posesses more than a simple disregard for authority, he completly loathes it. And his decision making process is... haphazard at best (he agrees to let the Necromongers take him to their stronghold because "its been a long time since I smelled beautiful"?!?)

I say Riddick is a damn fine example of how to play a chaotic evil PC who isn't a mentally unhinged serial-killer.

 

[frankthedm]

Chaotic Evil



Likewise he posesses more than a simple disregard for authority, he completly loathes it. And his decision making process is... haphazard at best (he agrees to let the Necromongers take him to their stronghold because "its been a long time since I smelled beautiful"?!?)

I say Riddick is a damn fine example of how to play a chaotic evil PC who isn't a mentally unhinged serial-killer.

I am reserving whether defining him as chaotic until it he shows how well he handles his new "position"

 

[ThaneCawdor]

While initialy CE (Pre-Pitch Black) in Pitch Black he actually developed a conscience and understanding of self sacrifice (witness his plaintive "it wasnt supposed to be her" (or something to that affect) when Carolyn died.
And then the fact that he ran away from civilization to PROTECT Kira before the start of Chronicles, he would be CN by then (still with some CE tendancies). He valued some lives-even enough to discomfort himself, though he valued freedom and survival more than law and order (while still willing to USE the system against itself).
As for where he goes next-LE? N? CG? well have to see the next movie.

 

[Berandor]

I used him as a lawful evil NPC after Pitch Black, so there.

Of course, that was mainly so he could become a Fist of Hextor

ETA: and be a monk
(I designed him as Half-Orc Ranger/Monk)

 

[Hand of Evil]

Pitch Black - Chaotic Evil
CoR - Neutral Evil

I think he is on his way to becoming lawful evil (ruler)

I also think he likes little girls (evil)

 

[DmQ]

Chaotic Evil

Remember, just because most of the guys he kills in the movie happen to be evil doesn't make him not-evil. He just happens to be too busy toppling an interstelar empire at the moment to engage in another one of his crime sprees. Except for Kira and the priest he displays a total contempt for the life of every other human in the movie. The man is boderline sociopathic. More inportantly he kills for puerly selfish reasons: for pleasure, to take what he wants, and (most of all) to establish his dominance over anyone else around him ("its an animal thing").

Likewise he posesses more than a simple disregard for authority, he completly loathes it. And his decision making process is... haphazard at best (he agrees to let the Necromongers take him to their stronghold because "its been a long time since I smelled beautiful"?!?)

I say Riddick is a damn fine example of how to play a chaotic evil PC who isn't a mentally unhinged serial-killer.

I second that...

 

[Tetsubo]

I think Riddick is a great example of how the D&D alignement system breaks down. Especially when trying to apply it to a highly complex individual like Riddick. He shows Lawful, Chaotic, Nuetral and Evil tendances throughout the two films. I just don't think you can define him in D&D's alignment structure.

 

[Morgenstern]

I'm going with Neutral Evil. He's not a good person, but he does have something of a code of ethics - it's just too self-oriented to be lawful.

 

[Henry]

Never seen either film, but it sounds like he's True Neutral with Evil tendencies based on people's descriptions.

 

[MarauderX]

CN, definitely. He's not killing everyone he meets indiscriminately, he kills those threaten him immediately and to get what he is after, which happens to be saving people that he loves. He lives by his wit and not by others' rules, pushing him into the chaotic catagory and doesn't care about saving every last sole he can, just those he cares about - neutral.