Lawful Good: Lawful good is known as the "Saintly" or "Crusader" alignment. A lawful good character typically acts with compassion, and always with honor and a sense of duty. A lawful good nation would consist of a well-organized government that works for the benefit of its citizens. Lawful good characters include righteous knights, paladins, and most dwarves. Lawful good creatures include the noble golden dragons. Batman and Indiana Jones would be examples of Lawful Good Characters.
The lawful good alignment is one of the hardest to properly role-play, since it requires unwavering dedication and complete lack of flexibility.
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Neutral Good: Neutral good is known as the "Benefactor" alignment. A neutral good character is guided by his conscience and typically acts altruistically, without regard for or against Lawful precepts such as rules or tradition. A neutral good character may cooperate with lawful officials but does not feel beholden to them. A doctor that treats soldiers from both sides in a war would be considered neutral good. Zorro & Spiderman would be examples of Neutral Good Characters.
The neutral good alignment is perfect for idealist characters who want to be as good as possible, but don't want to be bothered with ethical considerations of law versus chaos.
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Chaotic Good: Chaotic good is known as the "Beatific," "Rebel," or "Cynic" alignment. A chaotic good character favors change for a greater good, disdains bureaucratic organizations that get in the way of social improvement, and places a high value on personal freedom, not only for oneself, but for others as well. Most elves are chaotic good, as are some fey. Chaotic good has been the default alignment for characters who want to be good but unpredictable.
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Lawful Neutral: Lawful neutral is called the "Judge" or "Disciplined" alignment. A lawful neutral character typically believes strongly in Lawful concepts such as honor, order, rules and tradition, and often follows a personal code. A lawful neutral society would typically enforce strict laws to maintain social order, and place a high value on traditions and historical precedent. Examples of lawful neutral characters might include a soldier who always follows orders, a judge or enforcer that adheres mercilessly to the word of the law, a disciplined druids or a cowardly commoner.
Characters of this alignment are neutral with regard to good and evil. This does not mean that lawful neutral characters are amoral or immoral, or do not have a moral compass; but simply that their moral considerations come a distant second to what their code, tradition or law dictates. They typically have a strong ethical code, but it is primarily guided by their system of belief, not by a commitment to good or evil. James Bond would be a good example of this type of character.
The lawful neutral alignment is one of the most abstract and hardest to role play effectively. If you choose the lawful neutral alignment, your character will rigidly act in accordance to a set of laws or personal code instead of by any social standard of morality.
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Neutral: Neutral alignment, also referred to as True Neutral or Neutral Neutral, is called the "Undecided" or "Nature's" alignment. This alignment represents neutral on both axes, and tends not to feel strongly towards any alignment. A farmer whose only concern is to feed his family is of this alignment. Most animals, lacking the capacity for moral judgement, are of this alignment.
Some neutral characters, rather than feeling undecided, are committed to a balance between the alignments. They may see good, evil, law and chaos as simply prejudices and dangerous extremes. Druids frequently follow this true neutral dedication to balance. A typical druid might fight against a band of marauding gnolls, only to switch sides to save the gnoll's clan from being exterminated. Another example of this would be, Lara Croft or Hans Solo in his early Star Wars appearances.
The middle alignment, called True Neutral, is reserved for characters who are committed to maintaining a delicate balance between all of the opposite forces in the universe. To effectively role play a true neutral character you will need to think on a grander scale than the average character.
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Chaotic Neutral: Chaotic neutral is called the "Anarchist" or "Free Spirit" alignment. A character of this alignment is an individualist who follows his or her own heart, shirks rules and traditions. They typically act out of self-interest, but do not specifically enjoy seeing others suffer. Many adventurers are of this alignment.
An unusual subset of chaotic neutral is "strongly chaotic neutral", describing a character who behaves chaotically to the point of appearing insane. Characters of this type may regularly change their appearance and attitudes for the sake of change, and intentionally disrupt organizations for the sole reason of disrupting a lawful construct.
An example of Chaotic Neutral would be Captain Jack Sparrow from Pirates of the Carribean.
Choosing the chaotic neutral alignment gives you the most freedom to role-play your character in any given situation, and can throw a serious wild card into your group's party of adventurers.
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Lawful Evil: Lawful evil is referred to as the "Dominator" or "Diabolic" alignment. Characters of this alignment show a combination of desirable and undesirable traits: while they typically obey their superiors and keep their word (trustworthy), they care nothing for the rights and freedoms of other individuals. Examples of this alignment include tyrants, devils, honorable but undiscriminating mercenary types, and soldiers who follow the chain of command but enjoy killing for its own sake. Some examples would be Boba Fett, The Sheriff of Nottingham or Magento from X-men.
You will need to walk a fine line between morally bankrupt and completely psychotic to effectively play a lawful evil character. These types of characters hold law and tradition in high regard, but have no qualms about causing destruction for personal gain.
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Neutral Evil: Neutral evil is called the "Malefactor" alignment. Characters of this alignment are typically selfish and have no qualms about turning on their allies-of-the-moment. They have no compunctions about harming others to get what they want, but neither will they go out of their way to cause carnage or mayhem when they see no direct benefit to it. An example would be an assassin, who has little regard for formal laws but does not needlessly kill. A villain of this alignment can be more dangerous than either lawful or chaotic evil characters, since he is neither bound by any sort of honor or tradition nor disorganized and pointlessly violent. Mystique from X-Men and Sawyer of Lost are examples of this Alignment.
The neutral evil alignment is one of the easiest play and is almost the direct opposite of the Robin Hood archetype. As a neutral evil character, you will take what you want, by force if necessary, and keep it for yourself.
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Chaotic Evil: Chaotic evil is referred to as the "Destroyer" or "Demonic" alignment. Characters of this alignment tend to have little respect for rules, other peoples' lives, or anything but their own selfish desires. They typically only behave themselves out of fear of punishment. Some examples of this would include Riddick of Pitch Black. Playing a chaotic evil character can be harder than playing a good aligned character, since you are in danger more frequently and find yourself unwelcome in any town your party travels to.
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Simplified.
- Lawful Good: Civilization and order.
- Good: Freedom and kindness.
- Unaligned: Having no alignment; not taking a stand.
- Evil: Tyranny and hatred.
- Chaotic Evil: Entropy and destruction.
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