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<blockquote data-quote="SKyOdin" data-source="post: 4707881" data-attributes="member: 57939">In most of these alignment discussions that I have seen, including this one, people usually end up talking about alignment as if they had to assign alignments to people in real life. However, D&amp;D isn't real life. Characters in D&amp;D are like characters in a novel or TV show. Alignment isn't something that is ascribed to a character, it is one of the traits that a character is built around. It is not about beliefs or actions, it is about archetype, and the role that a character plays in the story. When we assign a character an alignment of Good, we are giving heroic qualities to that character. When we assign a character an alignment of Evil, we are assigning that character the archetype of a villain.Alignment is thus a seed of sorts. Once you have determined that you need an evil character to fill out a villainous role, you can start to think up the reasons why that character is evil. The beliefs that character possesses and the acts they have committed in the past are both created only after that point.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SKyOdin, post: 4707881, member: 57939"] In most of these alignment discussions that I have seen, including this one, people usually end up talking about alignment as if they had to assign alignments to people in real life. However, D&D isn't real life. Characters in D&D are like characters in a novel or TV show. Alignment isn't something that is ascribed to a character, it is one of the traits that a character is built around. It is not about beliefs or actions, it is about archetype, and the role that a character plays in the story. When we assign a character an alignment of Good, we are giving heroic qualities to that character. When we assign a character an alignment of Evil, we are assigning that character the archetype of a villain. Alignment is thus a seed of sorts. Once you have determined that you need an evil character to fill out a villainous role, you can start to think up the reasons why that character is evil. The beliefs that character possesses and the acts they have committed in the past are both created only after that point. [/QUOTE]

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