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<blockquote data-quote="wingsandsword" data-source="post: 4726253" data-attributes="member: 14159">Personally, I would call 90% an overwhelming majority.&nbsp; If 90% of the public agreed on an issue, the term &quot;overwhelming majority&quot; would probably be used in the media.The way I see it, any intelligent, free-willed being has some flexibility in alignment.&nbsp; Now, by genetics they might have a tendency to certain behaviors (just as certain breeds of dogs are known for being more friendly, or more hostile,&nbsp; like that but moreso since all dogs have Neutral alignment), and culture goes a long way (being raised in the Cult of Tiamat is probably not conducive to developing a Good alignment), it's not like it's inherent to the creature itself.For a creature that is &quot;Always Chaotic Evil&quot; like some types of Dragon.&nbsp; I'd say that 90% are Chaotic Evil, 4% are Chaotic Neutral, 4% are Neutral Evil, 1.5% are either Neutral Good, True Neutral or Lawful Neutral, and 0.5% are Lawful Good.&nbsp; Therefore by far, most of them are Chaotic Evil, and most of the ones that aren't are only one &quot;step&quot; away (and for most intents and purposes, PC's won't notice the difference between a Neutral Evil and Chaotic Evil dragon, or even a True Neutral dragon if it's only one encounter and the dragon has a reason to be hostile like armed adventurers kicking down the door to his lair), and dragons that have alignments so different that their behavior would clearly stand out as abnormal would be pretty rare indeed (and PC's used to dragons ).Now, I personally voted for the first option, but almost third option.&nbsp; Fiends are just plain evil by nature and undead rely on a force that is destruction incarnate and naturally affiliated with evil to exist. Fiends are evil physically incarnate, and exceptions for those are far rarer than anything else (and exceptions for undead are only a little more common).&nbsp; Now, there are a handful of possible exceptions of a redeemed fiend (or fallen celestial) in existing canon so it's possible (but far more unlikely than a Good Orc, or a Good Dragon, or even a Good Illithid), or the cliche of the &quot;good vampire&quot;, but they are so rare that you could count all the ones in existence on one hand.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="wingsandsword, post: 4726253, member: 14159"] Personally, I would call 90% an overwhelming majority. If 90% of the public agreed on an issue, the term "overwhelming majority" would probably be used in the media. The way I see it, any intelligent, free-willed being has some flexibility in alignment. Now, by genetics they might have a tendency to certain behaviors (just as certain breeds of dogs are known for being more friendly, or more hostile, like that but moreso since all dogs have Neutral alignment), and culture goes a long way (being raised in the Cult of Tiamat is probably not conducive to developing a Good alignment), it's not like it's inherent to the creature itself. For a creature that is "Always Chaotic Evil" like some types of Dragon. I'd say that 90% are Chaotic Evil, 4% are Chaotic Neutral, 4% are Neutral Evil, 1.5% are either Neutral Good, True Neutral or Lawful Neutral, and 0.5% are Lawful Good. Therefore by far, most of them are Chaotic Evil, and most of the ones that aren't are only one "step" away (and for most intents and purposes, PC's won't notice the difference between a Neutral Evil and Chaotic Evil dragon, or even a True Neutral dragon if it's only one encounter and the dragon has a reason to be hostile like armed adventurers kicking down the door to his lair), and dragons that have alignments so different that their behavior would clearly stand out as abnormal would be pretty rare indeed (and PC's used to dragons ). Now, I personally voted for the first option, but almost third option. Fiends are just plain evil by nature and undead rely on a force that is destruction incarnate and naturally affiliated with evil to exist. Fiends are evil physically incarnate, and exceptions for those are far rarer than anything else (and exceptions for undead are only a little more common). Now, there are a handful of possible exceptions of a redeemed fiend (or fallen celestial) in existing canon so it's possible (but far more unlikely than a Good Orc, or a Good Dragon, or even a Good Illithid), or the cliche of the "good vampire", but they are so rare that you could count all the ones in existence on one hand. [/QUOTE]

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