What is your alignment?

[Taneel BrightBlade]

LG or NG least wise this is what I'm told.

 

[James Heard]

I'm neutral evil or perhaps lawful evil. Under some set of circumstances I would kill you all and eat you without feeling guilty about it. When I hurt people they deserve it, and honestly there's just a thrill that comes from dismantling someone's dreams and ideals so thoroughly that grown men cry. When I watch cop shows about serial killers, part of me is taking notes...on the way the opposition's mythos is working. I probably won't turn into a mass murderer any time soon, but if I decide to in the future I don't want to get caught so I can kill again and again. I'm fairly certain that it would be addictive, power always is.

 

[JRRNeiklot]

Chaotic Good. I hate laws. Sometimes I will break them just for the sake of breaking them. On the other hand, I will help an old lady cross the street, stop and help someone broken down on the interstate, give my life for my friends, and gladly help a neighbor out in a time of need. If orcs come and terrorize the neighbor, regardless of how I feel about him, I'll strap on my sword and go hunt some orc. If an army of orcs attacks California, they're own their own.

 

[Li Shenron]

I am amazed by how many saints...

If I have to be honest, let's play this game and I'll say I am Chaotic Neutral.

Let's see...

“Good” implies altruism, respect for life, and a concern for the dignity of sentient beings. Good characters make personal sacrifices to help others.

Respect & concern absolutely yes, altruism not very much... I wish I was, but frankly it doesn't happen often at all that I do something very "altruistic". Sure I make sacrifices to help friends and families, but they are always ridiculously little ones compared to what I could do, and I don't do them for strangers.

“Evil” implies hurting, oppressing, and killing others. Some evil creatures simply have no compassion for others and kill without qualms if doing so is convenient. Others actively pursue evil, killing for sport or out of duty to some evil deity or master.

I definitely don't hurt, oppress or kill and don't support others doing that in any way. I am against any war and any sort of death penalty or physical punishment. I despise any sort of political, religious or cultural oppression.

People who are neutral with respect to good and evil have compunctions against killing the innocent but lack the commitment to make sacrifices to protect or help others. Neutral people are committed to others by personal relationships.

That pretty sums up the first axis very well.

Lawful characters tell the truth, keep their word, respect authority, honor tradition, and judge those who fall short of their duties.
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Those who consciously promote lawfulness say that only lawful behavior creates a society in which people can depend on each other and make the right decisions in full confidence that others will act as they should.
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Chaotic characters follow their consciences, resent being told what to do, favor new ideas over tradition, and do what they promise if they feel like it.

I don't always tell the truth and I sometimes promise something which I am not sure I can do: I say that it's because I am over-optimistic but that's probably a lie as well. I respect authority and laws with actions but not with words, since I often question some specific authorities and several specific laws. To some extent, I even question property (if that doesn't make me chaotic, what does? ). I never ever "judge those who fall short on their duties", and instead I question the duties or the judges. I don't even care too much if a guilty goes unpunished, unless he was exploiting a position of power, in which case I care and say it loud.
I think society rules and laws should be respected and I do, but I also think that most of the current ones should be changed.
About tradition, it's only worth in food and art (which doesn't mean that there should be no innovation as well), in everything else it is just void.

There's no escape, I am chaos all the way...

A chaotic neutral character follows his whims. He is an individualist first and last. He values his own liberty but doesn’t strive to protect others’ freedom. He avoids authority, resents restrictions, and challenges traditions. A chaotic neutral character does not intentionally disrupt organizations as part of a campaign of anarchy.
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A chaotic neutral character may be unpredictable, but his behavior is not totally random. He is not as likely to jump off a bridge as to cross it.

Yes, that's me

 

[trowizilla]

I was really tempted to click "chaotic good", because I find myself in disagreement with the government so often, but then I started thinking: is my dislike for the government a dislike for authority, or a dislike for injustice? Now that I think about it, I think authority can exercise its powers for good or bad, and I'll support the good and oppose the bad. "Without bias for or against order": Neutral Good for me!

 

[Kahuna Burger]

kahuna burger quietly does a cross reference between the folks who proclaim themselves evil and those signed up to come to her home for a gaming weekend....

So far, so good.

Kahuna Burger

 

[ivocaliban]

I'm really surprised at how many people consider themselves Neutral Good. Maybe it's a good sign, but I expected the vast majority to be Neutral. In my experience, that's far closer to the truth.

 

[Chorn]

I'm really surprised at how many people consider themselves Neutral Good. Maybe it's a good sign, but I expected the vast majority to be Neutral. In my experience, that's far closer to the truth.

I'd say it's a mix of personal prejudice genuine desire to be Good. Most of us really do want to be called Good, but how many can compare themselves to the likes of Ghandi or Martin Luther King? I'm not saying that "you must be this holy" to be called Good, but rather that you can be Neutral and still be considered a "good" person. Afterall, the Neutral person prefers Neutral/Good neighbors to Evil ones no?

 

[oskar_deepscout]

I'm really surprised at how many people consider themselves Neutral Good. Maybe it's a good sign, but I expected the vast majority to be Neutral. In my experience, that's far closer to the truth.

Not me. I am NG, but tending toward N.

I used to be more Neutral, caring only about those with whom I have a personal relationship, but not so anymore.

I get up for elders or gravid women on subway trains or other mass transit. That used to be considered expected behavior, but not so any more. I do it because it is a nice thing to do. Hopefully my Kharma will aid me when I am older, but I don't count on it.

There is enough selfishness and lack of consideration in the world without adding to it. If everyone were a bit nicer and stopped to allow someone waiting at an intersection to pull out, we could eliminate a good number of the traffic lights in this place. That would help everyone. There is nothing worse than getting stuck at a light in the middle of the night when no one else is on the road just because people could not have been a bit more polite to start with - in which case there would be no traffic light and I would be home by now! :\

If people all merged with traffic as soon as they were aware that a lane was closing, traffic would not slow down nearly as much as it does when people pull ahead of others, then force their way in to the other lane. Such behavior forces the other lane to slow down more and inconveniences everyone else.

I donate to charities. I am less inclined to give to street folks directly since in my experience it rarely goes to actually improving their lives - I will give to a shelter instead.

I am not perfect, by an stretch, but I try to do more good than harm and help where I can. There is enough evil in the world.

 

[blargney the second]

Most of us really do want to be called Good, but how many can compare themselves to the likes of Ghandi or Martin Luther King?

I think you're onto something here, Chorn. It's easy to view Good vs Evil as a bipolarity: I'm definitely not Evil, therefore I must be Good.

But there's more to good than not being evil - it's the whole self-sacrifice aspect. Ultimately it all comes down to your frame of reference. Every single being who has nurtured a child to adulthood has undergone some form of self-sacrifice. Most non-abused children view their parents as good people, and with reason!

Now someone who takes that level of self-sacrifice and applies it to humanity as a whole... that's a Good person!

-blarg