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Published: 2013-07-27 12:30:37 +0000 UTC; Views: 66083; Favourites: 210; Downloads: 331
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This is an alignment chart I made for a local group of DnD players that I'm part of. We're all green when it comes to tabletop RPG:s and I thought this might help out a bit.Basically, I've attempted to make every alignment playable (except perhaps for Chaotic Evil) to some degree. I've heard that evil characters are a general no-go because they'd just stab them in the back when they least expect it, but I still wanted to try and make evil a valid alignment to play.
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Would tempered good help bad guys too, simply because it's the right thing to do?
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For time to time, probably.
Sometimes, the bad guy has a point.
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My Character Is A Chaotic Evil Druid,Though. She Loves Puppies. ._.
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That's perfectly Chaotic though.
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Right? I <3 My Chaotic Evil,Half-Orc Druid. Mostly Because I Only Kinda Created Her: Her Alignment,Race And Class Were All From A Long Ass Quiz Telling Me What *I* Am.XD
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Haha, nice! I just love that kinda creation process. ^^
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Right? I've Somehow Managed To Get A Few People To Take The 100+ Question Quiz And Created Characters For Them Based On THEIR Results. I Also Got Another Character That I Made Without The Quiz: Seersa Slivertongue,The Spunky And And Adorable Goblin Girl That Travels Across The Lands Looking For Anything She Can Sell (Or Any Value Or Otherwise) And Sells Them From Town To Town With A Mix Of Charm,Cleverness And Flat Out Lie'in Though Her Teeth ("See This Old Coin? It's Really From A Forgotten Kingdom! It's So Rare That This Little Thing Could Go For MILLIONS...But You're Such A Cutie And I Like Ya So I'll Give It To You For Just 900!").>;3
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Aah, love those kinds of characters. I always opt for ΓΌber-charismatic orcs myself, because it's just so much fun to shred those stereotypes. ^^
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Now You Got Me Thinking Of A Super Sexy Orc Guy Throwing A Rose Upon Entering,Tuxedo Mask Style And Flipping His Fabulous Hair.XD
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I Blame You. YOU DID THIS!!!>;3
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And my job here is done. ^^
MHOUHAHAHAHAHAHAA!
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Vile Creature! I Shall Hunt You Down Until The End Of Days Until I Have Reached The Sweet Moment Of Victory Where I Have Your Head At The End Of My Blade!!!!!
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No prob! Glad you like it. ^^
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This seems like a great sum up of types of player for every mmo game!
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Thank you for this chart! Very helpful, and very well put together!
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Thanks! Glad you like it.
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I feel like WhitePhoenix would be more chaotically inclined, whether he's just himself, (Chaotic Good ir Chaotic Neutral) or his alternative personality Feu. (Chaotic Evil)
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..what if you want to uphold the law by giving the guards work ie theft/crime in general?
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I wouldn't call that upholding the law, because committing crimes by definition breaks the law. Giving the guards work so they don't get fired and become unemployed might be good, but it isn't lawful per se. If a character has the intention to ensure the guards can still work to keep their families by committing crimes, then I'd call it Chaotic Good, as that (in my mind) is defined by doing good outside the bounds of the law. If a character merely uses that as an excuse to commit crimes, I'd call them Chaotic Neutral or Tempered Neutral, as they're ultimately just doing it for their own gain.
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thanks. that's been bugging me for a while. also, no guards, more invasions more death more crime etc
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Indeed. Guards and policemen must have the most paradoxical jobs in that they're trying to eradicate the very reason they have jobs in the first place. XD
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unrelated to the previous, would a tempered neutral be the kind to decide things via coin flip? also chaotic neutral seems like the best to have a personal code to me.
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Well, I would disagree with the idea that leaving the puppy to die is neutral. I mean, if he's getting beat up, and I'm doing nothing, then what side am I taking? The guy who's beating up the puppy.
Think of it this way: Would I still be neutral if there were a guy drowning in a lake right in front of me and I just let him drown?
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In terms of this, then yes you would. Though keep in mind that this is for a fantasy RPG and is not supposed to be taken too seriously. If you would save him, you would be good. Doing nothing would be neutral. Evil would rather be taking a stick and pushing him down to make sure he drowns or throwing a rock at his head to kill him for sure.
This chart works on the basis of action. An action for the benefit of somebody else is good, while evil equals an action to the detriment of somebody else. Inaction is neutral, whether the consequence of your inaction is good or bad.
Also, don't think that this reflects my own ethical views. If If see a drowning man and I have the ability to save him, I will most likely try. Just standing there and watching him drown is something I would also consider bad. However, condemning people for their inaction is way too black-and-white. A lot of times, people a paralyzed by fear or shock when confronted by a situation where they could or could not make a difference. Hell, survivor's guilt is based off of the same misconception that inaction equals evil.
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what RPG is it for?
And yes, I do kind of agree that if one CANNOT do anything because of fear or shock or etc., then their inaction is justified, and there's no need to feel survivors' guilt. But if someone COULD do something but chose not to for an unjust reason, then that's a diff story. For example, there was this guy being assaulted in a train station once. The people around him did nothing but take video footage of him being assaulted. Not a single one helped. I guess, here we could apply the theory that as the number of people go up, the incentive to help decreases, because everyone thinks that someone else will do the job. Unfortunately, that's not always the case.Β If you ask me, humanity needs to get that erroneous idea out of their head, and everyone needs to contribute a little. Just think: if everyone were willing to die for another person, then we wouldn't have tyrannical regimes like North Korea.
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It's for Dungeons and Dragons. Me and a couple of friends just got started last week and we're all new to it, so there are lots of things we're still uncertain about. XD
I don't think it's that simple. The example you put up is perfect in the sense that in it, there could have been any number of factors that discouraged people from standing up. Many times it's the fear that they'll get hurt themselves, stabbed in the gut with a knife. If not fear, they may be overcome by doubt: who knows what story is behind it and that the guy taking a beating isn't somebody who's had it coming for him anyway, like a criminal found by his victim (not a valid reason IMO, but I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of people thought that way). Taking video footage isn't bad in itself btw, since that will provide evidence of the occurrence and possibly of who did it, which might allow the prosecutor to be brought to justice.
With states, it becomes even more uncertain. Who knows what will come after they topple a tyrannical regime? That's what the Arabs keep asking themselves now during/after the Arab Spring. It's probably what the Russians were wondering after the February Revolution, or what the French were thinking after the overthrew the monarchy. There's never anything to promise you that your efforts won't be in vain.
As such, I can't condemn inactive people like that as evil. I say they were wrong, that they were jerks, but I can't label them evil unless they were directly responsible for the guy's death (don't know the details, but say it happened), killing him on purpose. I expect people to look out for themselves and those they care about, being their family and friends or whomever they hold dear (provided they have such people), and the scene you describe to me is exactly the way I expect people to act. Not because I want it to be so, but that's the amount of faith I have in humanity and my fellow human beings. I don't expect them to be good, inasmuch as I don't expect them to be evil. Good is a label I reserve for people who go above and beyond their personal needs and desires and do something good for somebody else, and that is not something I expect of the common man and woman.
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My views on humanity are much the same. I recently did a lot of soul-searching, and I've determined that I have little faith in most people. I see the common people as ignorant, oblivious, too attached to their phones, too conforming, too careless about what's going on around them. I would point to evidence of the first two terms as their tendency to believe whatever they are told, as long as it is from a source they like, even if it's ridiculous BS or has no evidence to support it. For example, (not to defend Hitler or anything, but) most people believe that Hitler hated anyone who didn't have blue eyes and blond hair, even though there's plenty of pictures with brown-haired Germans at Nazi rallies.
From the start, I've always wanted to be somehow different from the common people, whether in a good or bad way. Long ago, I myself actually wanted to be what I described as evil. I actually took pride in having that view, because it was different from others' views. I openly declared that I could care less about anyone out there except those in my inner circle. Another reason for taking this view was because of one of my former Social Studies teachers. When I had her, I was a Stalinist. And she got all sad and disappointed because of it. You could literally see the sadness in her face on one of the days. She like got down on the ground and begged me to reconsider (awk -.-). But alas, I kind of enjoyed her pathetic disappointment.Β
I just want to make her know that I will not take the views she wants me to take. I want her to know... that I take my views, not on what people want me to take, but on what I personally believe in.
I am no longer a Stalinist or a Communist. I am currently a "Third Positionist"- I like the Fascist and Nazi economic ideology, but I don't like Racism or Totalitarianism.
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Haha, really? XD
Yeah, I have been spending a lot of time there this past year, so that might have influenced my style a bit. XD
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I've actually made some articles over there.
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Among some other things, that article for the 1983: Doomsday AU fics. ^^
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