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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nyeshet" data-source="post: 3332188" data-attributes="member: 18363">NN (almost chose NG)I almost chose NG, but in the end chose NN. In part this was because of a DM I had years ago. In his opinion, one's stated alignment on their character sheet was what the character *thought* s/he was. The DM kept track of the actions of the character and adjusted it as necessary - from a base of NN (or an AL w/n 1 step of NN) and without informing the player. You had to get special permission from him to start as a Paladin, because its AL requirement could not be w/n 1 step of Neutral at start. On the other hand, it was very easy to fall from Paladinhood in his games, so few played that class (and he rarely used them as NPCs, except for the occasional Blackguard that had fallen or fallen Paladin on a quest to seek atonement). I just got used to NN while playing with that DM, and while many of my characters are NG instead of NN, I tend to think that NN is more natural for a human character in the game and less limiting. NG is the alignment assumed for the heroes, but in many ways a band of adventurers are not too dissimilar from a band of 'swords for hire', mercenaries, or other 'trouble shooters'. Such can be good and choose whether or not to accept a quest or complete a quest, but a band that tends towards NN is less limited in what quests can be accepted, what methods might be used to fulfill the quest, and so forth.</blockquote>