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2018-01-05, 11:25 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Which Alignment do you Usually Roleplay As?
It's the palladium system alignment.
http://gelvgoldenaxe.proboards.com/thread/23
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2018-01-05, 11:35 AM (ISO 8601)
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2018-01-06, 06:31 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Which Alignment do you Usually Roleplay As?
**** alignment. alignment is the stupidest part of d&d. my character behaves the way they behave, if you feel the need to pidgeon hole their behaviour fine but leave me out of it
May I borrow some bat guano? It's for a spell...
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2018-01-06, 02:30 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Which Alignment do you Usually Roleplay As?
I usually play NG characters, though that: A) depends on the system, and B) probably should be "played" not "play", since I haven't actually played a real RPG (as opposed to CRPGs) in years.
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2018-01-06, 07:35 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Which Alignment do you Usually Roleplay As?
I usually just play True Neutral. Evil is usually banned (and not always for bad reasons), but if you do play evil you often get asked why you aren't backstabbing everyone in the back even if they are your loot-obtaining buddies or your character really isn't obsessed with wealth or power. You don't get the issues of playing good with another player trying to out-good you or the DM trying to pull a Paladin Dilemma on you.
You also never get told that any action is outside of your alignment unless you go completely nuts and murder a town, but I don't tend to do that anyway. Just try to take away my alignment!
Also pretty easy to go with the flow, in case you get a newer roleplayer or someone really committed to a character concept. Yeah, you wanna do a CG/CN Robin Hood thing? Can do! You want a grimdark tough choices type thing? Can do with no penalty! You want to obey the law for once? Can do!
And yeah, I guess it's kinda optimized in many editions. Oh well. Then again, the last two games I played in I just wrote down a random word for my alignment. Let's see how long it takes for a DM to complain about it...For all of your completely and utterly honest needs. Zaydos made, Tiefling approved.
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2018-01-07, 12:11 PM (ISO 8601)
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2018-01-07, 12:13 PM (ISO 8601)
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- May 2016
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2018-01-07, 12:20 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Sep 2015
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2018-01-07, 02:46 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Jun 2011
Re: Which Alignment do you Usually Roleplay As?
For all of your completely and utterly honest needs. Zaydos made, Tiefling approved.
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2018-01-08, 02:21 PM (ISO 8601)
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2018-01-08, 02:35 PM (ISO 8601)
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2018-01-08, 06:04 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Which Alignment do you Usually Roleplay As?
I usually go with Neutral Good. I want to play characters that try to help people, and committing to either Lawful or Chaotic always leads to conflicts. (I really don't like to hear someone else say "But that's not what your character would do." I can do whatever I like with my character, thank you very much.) Occasionally if I'm playing a character that has a very strong tendency toward Law or Chaos I'll put that, although Neutral usually stays at the top. I am playing a Lawful Evil character right now, and it's nice. Playing in 5e, alignment doesn't play a very large role at all, so it's not a big deal.
As a general guideline when I DM, though, is that everyone's character must be Good. There's a single Neutral character, and he has backstory reasons that make him want to help, (ends justify the means kind of guy) so I allowed it. That way there's no qualms about morals, nobody can say "I'm Evil, I wouldn't be playing my character if I didn't set that barn on fire/beat that banker to death/take this dead soldier's armor and sword/I'm super clever and edgy." Too many people think Evil = Murderhobo and Neutral = I don't care about anything, so I just avoid all that and keep things at Good. It's worked so far, so I'm keeping it. It also allows me to actually create a plot line the banks on the characters caring about whether others survive. It's a nice fallback.
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2018-01-08, 07:00 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Which Alignment do you Usually Roleplay As?
Seems like the top three alignments (after more than a week and >900 votes) are:
1.) Neutral Good (210 votes)
2.) Chaotic Good (184 votes)
3.) Lawful Neutral (126 votes)
I honestly was really surprised how many votes this poll got lol. I'm thankful that people have decided to participate as much as they have. I wonder if it will even break 1000? O_oLast edited by Altrunchen; 2018-01-08 at 07:01 PM.
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2018-01-08, 07:55 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Which Alignment do you Usually Roleplay As?
Neutral Good: 1. Help the peoples
2. ???
3. Repeat
True Neutral: Do whatever you want, if your DM has a problem, alignment shift away!
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2018-01-08, 11:33 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Aug 2006
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Re: Which Alignment do you Usually Roleplay As?
Good. Usually Neutral, but I've played chaotic and Lawful. Hell, the only other alignment I have ever played was Lawful Neutral. That was only once, and the character ended up not only Lawful Good, but the world first true Paladin in a couple eons (even better, he was a Drow).
He's still my second favorite D&D PC to this day.
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2018-01-08, 11:36 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Which Alignment do you Usually Roleplay As?
Neutral or Chaotic Good
And palladiumwise certainly unprincipled.
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2018-01-09, 11:46 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Which Alignment do you Usually Roleplay As?
Neutral Evil because IMO it gives me the most freedom.
Chaotic Neutral if Evil is banned or inapropriate.
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2018-01-09, 06:17 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Which Alignment do you Usually Roleplay As?
Ah, you understand my alignment system, I see! Good to see a fellow-giver-upper.
What, you've never heard people accuse you of not being evil enough for not immediately back-stabbing people or trying to form genuine relationships? Also, if you play CN as NE, you might be why several tables ban chaotic neutral.For all of your completely and utterly honest needs. Zaydos made, Tiefling approved.
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2018-01-09, 06:23 PM (ISO 8601)
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2018-01-09, 07:06 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Which Alignment do you Usually Roleplay As?
inquisitor josé's current alignment is iirc "possessed josé". oscillates between "chaotic josé", "demonic josé" and "too sober josé". my dm gave up. between an inquisitor's freedom of alignment, his antics, and my sense of humor, "josé" is now a recognized alignment at my table...
and for my tables, chaotic neutral is banned if it's played as "looney tunes sociopath". chaotic neutral is fine, so long as you're not playing chaotic stupid. if there's method to the madness, it's not only ok, but encouraged since that's quite challenging to do for any length of time.
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2018-01-09, 11:20 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Oct 2010
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Re: Which Alignment do you Usually Roleplay As?
Either Lawful Good or Neutral Good. I want a character who is morally better than me, for the same reason I want a player who is better at magic or combat than me.
Why would I try to amuse myself pretending to be somebody worse than I am in reality? That's like the football star dreaming about being a lousy player.
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2018-01-10, 12:19 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Dec 2015
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Re: Which Alignment do you Usually Roleplay As?
That's it.
My next two PC's will have alignments of "Sorry" and "Wolf".
For an alternative sort of "Alignment system":
Spoiler: Here's my Pendragon PK's "Traits" and "Passions"
[] Chaste 13/7 Lustful []
•[] Energetic 13/7 Lazy []
[] Forgiving 10/10 Vengeful []
•[] Generous 16/4 Selfish [] - Famous Trait
[] Honest 10/10 Deceitful []
•[] Just 10/10 Arbitrary []
•[] Merciful 10/10 Cruel []
•[] Modest 13/7 Proud []
[] Pious 10/10 Worldly []
[] Prudent 10/10 Reckless []
[] Temperate 13/7 indulgent []
[] Trusting 10/10 Suspicious []
•[] Valorous 15/5 Cowardly []
Loyalty (Lord): 15 []
Love (Family): 15 []
Hospitality: 18 []
Honour: 15 []
Concern (my commoners): 8 []
Hate (Saxons): 13 []
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2018-01-10, 04:20 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Nov 2010
Re: Which Alignment do you Usually Roleplay As?
In games that have alignments, almost never good. I tend to play pragmatists, and that just doesn't jam.
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2018-02-23, 07:08 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Which Alignment do you Usually Roleplay As?
Usually Neutral Good, but I really would like to try a Chaotic Neutral.
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2018-02-24, 12:31 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Dec 2010
Re: Which Alignment do you Usually Roleplay As?
I'll tend to put TN and then just play the character organically, which usually ends up being good in practice, but often in ways that would be weird if one took morality as the actual cause of the character's actions. Maybe that makes it tsundere-good or something? "I'm totally not saving all of you, solving all your problems, and generally improving your lives because I think its the right thing to do or anything." ...
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2018-02-25, 11:58 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Which Alignment do you Usually Roleplay As?
Alignment is a straight jacket! Don't put your labels on me, man. I don't fit into your little boxes. I'm an individual. Apparently, a CN individual.
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2018-02-25, 01:09 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Which Alignment do you Usually Roleplay As?
Usually lawful good. Miko Miyazaki is my totem animal. My guardian spirit. My idol. My hero.
Except, you know, the part where she ACCIDENTALLY killed her lord. And also accidentally destroyed the Gate.
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2018-02-25, 01:13 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Which Alignment do you Usually Roleplay As?
I've only really fleshed out two D&D characters, but they can be generally summed up as mostly neutral evil but defined by character quirks that make them easier to get along with.
Neutral Evil but easygoing and fairly ineffectual at working on his own
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Neutral Evil but trusting and boisterous.
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2018-02-25, 09:07 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Oct 2010
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Re: Which Alignment do you Usually Roleplay As?
Usually Neutral Good, unless I have a specific need to be Lawful Good or True Neutral.
I don't enjoy playing somebody weaker than me, or less competent than me, and for the same reasons, I do not wish to play somebody morally inferior to me.Last edited by Jay R; 2018-02-25 at 09:08 PM.
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2018-02-25, 09:32 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Which Alignment do you Usually Roleplay As?
Some systems have alignment dependent classes or feats. In that case, I play the alignment that fits the requirements.
But, when given absolute freedom, I start true neutral and let the environment decide the RP. After I've had a chance to experience the world a little, I start settling into an alignment.
But more often than not, I do not play lawful. More often than not, I do not play evil.PbP Junk and Stuff:
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