What's your alignment?

[alexwcovington]

Just wondering.

[everythingsxen]

1. Wow...

I used to be able to answer this question without hesitation...

Lawful Evil was always my answer. No flinching, no nothing. Now I have to actually ponder it...

Damnation.. love has messed my head all up! :loveya:

[AlienGirl]

4. Ah ha ha ha!

Now how'd I know you used to be Lawful Evil?

My psychic power is strong!

Tucker

[everythingsxen]

6. Hehe

Of course..

Do your psychic powers tell you what my alignment is now?

[AlienGirl]

8. Actually, no...

I'd guess you may have moved to Lawful Good.

Tucker

[everythingsxen]

10. Eh...

Maybe... I was thinking more along the Neutral Good path...

Though it is still impossible for me to disobey orders so... :evilgrin:

[ButterflyBlood]

7. so, what would * and Ashcroft be then?

they want more laws, people following more laws, and they are most certainly evil.

[alexwcovington]

11. Lawful Evil

Typical Republicans.

[everythingsxen]

12. I disagree..

as a former member of that alignment..

I think they are Neutral Evil. They obey the law as it suits them, however they freely ignore that law when it suits them.

Lawful Evil typically have honor.

[AlienGirl]

2. Chaotic Good

I'd almost be Lawful Good, except that I do not see the virtue of obeying laws simply because they *are* laws. If the law is wrong I'll break it to do good.

Tucker

[Katarina]

3. True Neutral

Which is always where I am at

[ButterflyBlood]

5. another tactics ogre fan...

i see it like this:

Lawful Good: true Evangelical Christians like Jimmy Carter and populist Democrats
Neutral Good: standard Democrats
Chaotic Good: anarchists, rebels, far left extremists
True Neutral: just what the name says, opportunists
Lawful Evil: Fascists, authoritarians, neocons
Neutral Evil: Like the Freepers, want the government out in certain areas, want more government in others
Chaotic Evil: Randians and Objectivists

I'd be Chaotic Good

[wickerwoman]

22. It's been awhile, but my impression is True Neutrals are Buddhists

rather than opportunists. They are largely disengaged from the problems of this world and look for balance rather than their own good.

In my better moments, I'm true Neutral leaning towards Chaotic Good.

[ewagner]

9. Used to be Neutral Good

Fast slipping to chaotic good............

[Dragon Turtle]

13. Lawful Good...

moving toward Neutral Good tendencies.

[RandomKoolzip]

14. I voted "Chaotic Neutral."

I was scared as a kid of "Chaotic Neutral." There were no monsters in the Manual or the Folio who were CN that I remember...the alignment scared me..."You mean, CNer's just don't give a shit about ANYTHING?!?" I couldn't wrap my brain around that one...

I was always Lawful Good, cuz I was always a pussy.

[Chovexani]

29. Hee.

I've never really been satisfied with the rulebooks' explanations of the various alignments, especially chaotic neutral. The 2E PHB makes it sound like CNs are total nutjobs who don't place any kind of meaning to any actions, they just kind of run around like crackmonkeys. Sorta like Toon players. :evilgrin: As a DM I can remember some "munchkin" types liking CN because they thought it meant they didn't have to roleplay...they could just do whatever they wanted. That was a pain in the ass.

The only LG PC I ever ran was out of necessity, a paladin I had years ago when I played 1E in grade school. That was a real challenge from an RP perspective. I've always gravitated towards CG characters (especially rangers). My current PC is a CG Drow Ranger/Mage/Sword Dancer (specialty priest of the good Drow goddess, Eilistraee). On the first adventure the group went on, my friend DM'd the classic "baby orc" moral dilemma and my character had to talk the others out of killing the baby orcs. You know you're bad when the *Drow* in the party is the voice of mercy, LOL.

--C

[CrownPrinceBandar]

15. Lawful Neutral...

Great question. Actually have thought this before. I'M SUCH A GEEK! :crazy:

[ButterflyBlood]

16. wouldn't lawful neutral be following whatever the law is at the time?

that would mean supporting the patriot act and all...

[everythingsxen]

17. Yes.. but..

for example when I was LE I would be bound to follow it as well...

I and he might both disagree with it. However as we are (presumably) not terrorists, we would obey the law.

[AlienGirl]

20. That's why Chaotic Good rulez!

[CrownPrinceBandar]

21. Not necessarily...

There are more laws than the laws of the land.

[everythingsxen]

23. That's hair-splitting...

Being the stickler for the rules I am...

The alignment system is pretty clear cut...

While you can make the case for following "higher moral" laws etc. it results in madness.

Of course the entire alignment system is bunk to begin with. Most Nazi's in WW2 would have thought themselves to be Lawful Good. :shrug:

My 2 cents anyway.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

24. So your saying alignment...

is more the way you interact with the system around you, as opposed to your own personal code of conduct? Personnaly I prefer the latter to the former. The fact that my alignment jibes with most of the laws here is pure serindipity.

Alignment, bunk? Its about as useful as religion.

:7

[everythingsxen]

28. I think it is supposed to be a little of both...

If you are lawful neutral though, you would dutifully obey the law, regardless of whether it was good or evil.

If you are LG you obey the law. A truly evil law though *might* be broken if the greater good is justified.

It doesn't really matter. In 3rd edition rules you can change alignment freely. Alignment only actually matters for certain classes and for a lot of interaction with spells. :P

It's all a case of give and take, however, in the absolute strictest case, it is a mix of personal code and law of the land.

I think it is to prevent someone from making a character whose alignment is in tune with the rest of the group, yet has a personal code that actually reflects something different...

[CrownPrinceBandar]

32. You're right...

I think the actual alignments themselves are rather restrictive. Who can be Lawful Good all the time. I think alignment speaks more to a character's (and in this case, yours)general behavior and moral code. I say LN because I pretty much conform to the laws here in the US, but there are some laws I see as unjust that I chose to ignore :eyes: I don't belive that takes away my generally lawful behavior.

[I AM SPARTACUS]

18. Far-Left Justified...

it's my default...

[HawkerHurricane]

19. Neutral Good

Some laws needed, but 'greatest good for the greatest number' is my creed.

Somewhere around here I've got a alignment quiz... maybe I should post it.

Dungongs and Dragoons: a game about Manatees and Infantry with horses...

[Chovexani]

25. Chaotic Good

It's funny, almost every character I've ever run has also been Chaotic Good. I guess it's not really roleplaying then. :) I try to do the right thing but I don't believe in blind adherence to laws, the greater good is more important and sometimes that means going outside the law. Then again, I've always been more of a Batman fan than a Superman fan, too. :)

It's funny you should post this poll, last weekend after me and the (very liberal) nerd herd finished up a 2E session we were talking about various political people and where they would fit on the scale. We all agreed the BFEE are Neutral Evil, and actually that's how I explained the alignment to a friend we just introduced to D&D. :)

--C

[ArwenJade]

26. Chaotic good

I don't do things just because I'm told to.

[SmileyBoy]

27. Um, I have no idea what anyone's talking about.

And I really want to know which one I am.:)

[everythingsxen]

30. There is a test...

http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/dnd/20001222b

That's the "official" D&D alignment test.

Experienced D&D players already know the answer in their hearts though. :D

[Rabrrrrrr]

35. An okay test, but a number of the questions leave me thinking that

a high school sophomore wrote them.

Quite a few questions that made bold assumptions about heirarchy and ideology that I don't think are helpful or appropriate.

But, overall, it's a good sophomoric 70% best effort.

[everythingsxen]

38. Well it is supposed to be an "in-character" test

I mean.. it is for D&D.. you know.. I cast magic missile at the darkness and whatnot.

[Rabrrrrrr]

39. Well, even so, it suggest the level of thinking of, perhaps, a 15-16 year

old.

Like the question about "Do you criticize the king" is a real absolute black and white question, that implies that it is always wrong or always chaotic to question or criticize the king. A lawful character will, yes, follow the king, BUT if that king is clearly wrong, the lawful character will be the first to challenge and criticize.

But that particular question offered only totally unnuanced responses, and I could not answer the question at all.

And a number of other questions were utterly devoid of nuance, and were unanswerable to me.

And nuance would have been very easy to add, and hopefully they will add it soon.

I came up neutral good, which is probably accurate, and perhaps it is the sign of the neautral good character that I would notice how flawed the test was. :-) And I mean that truly seriously.

[everythingsxen]

40. Yeah.. I know what you mean..

Then again it is just a game. :P

I think we are all taking it too seriously. :evilgrin:

There are other alignment tests out there (all equally sophmoric generally); one of them actually gives alignment class and deity (for Forgotten Realms). I will dig up that link.

[everythingsxen]

37. Apparently.. I am Neutral Good...

Which was what I thought I was.. how about that. ;-)

[CrownPrinceBandar]

41. Took the alignment test...

and it said I was lawful good. :puke:

[everythingsxen]

42. Hahaha!

Little goodie-two shoes! :P

Hey.. at least you can be a paladin.

I would be a barbarian, but I am not chaotic. :(

Oh well, I will be a cleric.. or a wizard.. maybe a cleric/wizard!

[wickerwoman]

43. Hey, I was right!

The test came up True Neutral. I agree with Rabrrrrrr though that many of the questions were unanswerable. Would I poison the king? I dunno. Is he a good king?

[everythingsxen]

44. Yeah..

Hey.. what can I say.. I didn't say it was a good test. Just the official one. :evilgrin:

[Chovexani]

33. A word of warning

Before you go on that site, just keep in mind that once you do you will NEVER BE COOL AGAIN.

EVER.

:evilgrin:

[CrownPrinceBandar]

36. I think its too late for me anyway.....eom

[Rabrrrrrr]

31. I want the masses to decide - what algnment is Rabrrrrrr?

I've made my vote, but let's be honest - our actual alignment is based on how others perceive us, because others can judge us only on our actions, not our thoughts or personal struggles, and hence they are the only objective sources for actually realizing what our true alignment is.

So, DUers, what am I?

[SmileyBoy]

34. I'm a True Neutral.

I'm Switzerland!!!

[Seldona]

45. Chaotic Neutral

It is what I picked, and what I got on the alignment thingy.

True chaotic. :evilgrin: