I considered myself chaotic good until I became disillusioned with Baldur's Gate's alignment system since many of the 'good' people in the game do things that I consider evil. Since then, I consider myself neutral in the Baldur's Gate system, which translates to good in my own way of thinking.
So, I guess I would be either chaotic good or chaotic neutral depending on your perspective.
When I took the alignment quiz that someone on here posted a few weeks ago it said that my alignment was either neutral good or chaotic good.
I've done good things I've done things some people would consider bad I consider myself as a person who follows the rules unless they are insanely stupid And sometimes pull ideas out of my hat.
I considered myself chaotic good until I became disillusioned with Baldur's Gate's alignment system since many of the 'good' people in the game do things that I consider evil. Since then, I consider myself neutral in the Baldur's Gate system, which translates to good in my own way of thinking.
So, I guess I would be either chaotic good or chaotic neutral depending on your perspective.
When I took the alignment quiz that someone on here posted a few weeks ago it said that my alignment was either neutral good or chaotic good.
'Good' aligned characters are actually worse killers than 'Neutrals'. Good aligned characters have a grudge with any other character of evil alignment, and will want to kill them even if they've done nothing else wrong (take for example Viconia with good aligned NPCs). Neutral NPCs dont care if another person is good or evil, however a Lawful Neutral will kill anyone without asking why if whoever they serve demand it, but they dont share a good aligned characters thirst to smite evil, and they dont have an innate desire to kill like evil characters do.
In terms of more peaceful personalities, True Neutral (non balance obsessed tree hugging Druids at least), and Chaotic Neutrals are the two alignments that generally dont care about harming others due to either personal desire or orders given by authority.
'Do onto others as you would like done to you', and 'People should be allowed to do whatever they like as long it doesnt harm others' are actually both Chaotic Neutral beliefs, but then again so are the weed smoking freedom hippies (or not, maybe they are chaotic good because they want freedom for other people in society too)
Also I believe that both Gandhi and Robin Hood are examples of Chaotic Good personalities, and I'm nothing like either of them. I wouldnt rob a rich man to give to the poor because the rich man has never done anything wrong to me, and I wouldnt organize mass protests for peoples freedoms and rights if it would land me in jail because that would go against my 'do what is best for me before others' personality (which is also another chaotic neutral belief).
Neutral Good for me. It's how I play in the game and I tend to play myself rather than role play. I always think, for determining good alignment, that Viconia in the Government District is a good barometer.
Keldorn, Lawful Good, wants to see her burn because she's a drow and the law says that's evil, as most drow are. Minsc, Chaotic Good, wants to save her because she's a damsel in distress (who cares if she is drow!). Me, Neutral Good, save her because I know she is not an ordinary drow and that she is being punished without a fair reason.
Chaotic Neutral. I generally believe in good over evil (neutral) but I'm far from a bleeding heart (non-good). I suit myself first and foremost and my decisions/relations with others are largely based on how well it suits me. I feel the alignment allows for the most leeway as far as morality and choices go. Not necessarily evil but not saving every darn kitten in a tree. In fact, laughing when some of them fall off the branches...
Chaotic neutral-chaotic good. I think I flip flop. I believe in doing the right thing, rules be damned, just don't get caught. I also believe that you gotta do what you gotta do in order to survive, rules be damned. Sometimes, people get too caught up in comformity and stagnation... Then, its time to upset the milk
Lawful Good characters are racist, intolerant and, to a good degree, extremist nutcases. Anything chaotic is really just a person with ~6 Wisdom and seriously overwhelming cravings (for gardening, chocolate or human skin). Neural Evil are self-centered arrogant pricks who can't see further than the tip of their noses. Lawful Evils are serial killers. True neutrals are just silly, with their little notebooks filled with + and - : "Dear me Akadi, the forces of Good are ahead this morning - better kick that cat over there and even it out!"
Which really only leaves us with Neutral Good and Lawful Neutral.
And to be honest, I'm not all that sure in a world with guts spilled all-over the place, demons, dragons, necromancers and whatnot I'd be able to always keep honest to helping old lady witches cross a bridge. No, no - I think I'd much rather group up with 20 or so likely minded people, get a castle, form a guild and weave out some sort of immortality plan. And help defend villages. And plunder some old crypt.
Neutral Good. I'm a man of black and white values that look grey from a distance, so I tend to adhere to my own convictions solidly. As far as law goes, though, I'll use the law when it suits me, and play by it when it's easiest, but there's nothing inherently good about governments or the rules they make.
I thought of myself as Chaotic Good, or even Chaotic Neutral, my whole life. But in the end, I had to face the truth. Turns out I've been Lawful Good all along. True story.
"ohh, I am such a bad asssss evil"... Sorry, could'nt help it.
I guess people have different interpretations of the alignments. But in my book, anyone who honestly believe themselves on the evil side of the scale should seek psychological help.
"ohh, I am such a bad asssss evil"... Sorry, could'nt help it.
I guess people have different interpretations of the alignments. But in my book, anyone who honestly believe themselves on the evil side of the scale should seek psychological help.
The tests say I'm Lawful Neutral and I'd concur. I value traditions, feel most comfortable sticking to routine. Hate when my friends spring surprise changes on me. (Hate it when I do it to them even more, actually.) And believe a person should do things by their own consistent internal ruleset.
Neutral because, while I value other peoples lives I don't consider a stranger's existence paramount to my own, or my friends'.
Edit: It'd be interesting to lump this with some kind of separate moral/political/social philosophy and chart out how that falls in correlation to this one...
@ankheg There's a difference between being self-interested and self-serving. One is willing to at least entertain the concept of helping a stranger, albeit after deciding the personal cost was not outside his acceptable limit.
I am a Neutral Good with a lean toward being Lawful. I try to do good deeds and obey the law but I'm willing to break the rules if I find good in it. This especially goes towards social laws as people say I'm unorthodox in contrast to the rest of society because I do things like collect pop cans off the streets and give sandwiches to outcasts as I find these to be good deeds to do.
"ohh, I am such a bad asssss evil"... Sorry, could'nt help it.
I guess people have different interpretations of the alignments. But in my book, anyone who honestly believe themselves on the evil side of the scale should seek psychological help.
Hm. Has anyone noticed that the person who wrote that 1st Edition alignment test in the other thread wrote hilariously terrible alignment descriptions?
Lawful Good: These guys are stupid, narrow minded and holier than thou, they're all about goodness and stuff, and are jerks. Despite being all different, they're all the same, even though they can believe opposite things from one another. Neutral Good: You know who else was Neutral Good? Thomas Jefferson, the slave owning president who slept with the people he owned, stabbed his political rivals, and former friends, in the back for personal gain. Chaotic Good: These guys are all for humanity and are like, *so* deep. Because Chaos is all about the greater good or something and not the individual, despite saying the opposite on the page before the results. Lawful Neutral: These people are like computers, thinking in 1s and 0s. Also they believe in doing things for the good of society. Because neutral is all about doing good. True Neutral: These guys are the wisests, because they like evil and good equally! Also my conditions for determining Neutrality are +/- 7 in either direction, despite considering anything short of 20 "rather" strong in alignment and going up to 30+ in each! Neutrality on any axis is apparently more exclusive than any other alignment! Chaotic Neutral: Chaotic neutral people are all very different from one another, it's just they all behave the same way... Lawful Evil: These guys don't actually care about the law or anything, they just respect and obey the strong! Neutral Evil: These guys are just in it for the evilz, they just love doing evil stuff for the sake of it. Chaotic Evil: These guys are just misunderstood! Feel sorry for them because they're just so self destructive. Almost like a puppy on fire.
Neutral Good: These characters believe that a balance of forces is important, but that the concerns of law and chaos do not moderate the need for good. Since the universe is vast and contains many creatures striving for different goals, a determined pursuit of good will not upset the balance; it may even maintain it. If fostering good means supporting organised society, then that is what must be done. If good can only come about through the overthrow of existing social order, so be it. Social structure itself has no innate value to them.
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Good-heartedly, of course. It's all in good fun, yes.
So, I guess I would be either chaotic good or chaotic neutral depending on your perspective.
When I took the alignment quiz that someone on here posted a few weeks ago it said that my alignment was either neutral good or chaotic good.
I've done things some people would consider bad
I consider myself as a person who follows the rules unless they are insanely stupid
And sometimes pull ideas out of my hat.
In terms of more peaceful personalities, True Neutral (non balance obsessed tree hugging Druids at least), and Chaotic Neutrals are the two alignments that generally dont care about harming others due to either personal desire or orders given by authority.
'Do onto others as you would like done to you', and 'People should be allowed to do whatever they like as long it doesnt harm others' are actually both Chaotic Neutral beliefs, but then again so are the weed smoking freedom hippies (or not, maybe they are chaotic good because they want freedom for other people in society too)
Also I believe that both Gandhi and Robin Hood are examples of Chaotic Good personalities, and I'm nothing like either of them. I wouldnt rob a rich man to give to the poor because the rich man has never done anything wrong to me, and I wouldnt organize mass protests for peoples freedoms and rights if it would land me in jail because that would go against my 'do what is best for me before others' personality (which is also another chaotic neutral belief).
Keldorn, Lawful Good, wants to see her burn because she's a drow and the law says that's evil, as most drow are.
Minsc, Chaotic Good, wants to save her because she's a damsel in distress (who cares if she is drow!).
Me, Neutral Good, save her because I know she is not an ordinary drow and that she is being punished without a fair reason.
I think that sums it up quite nicely.
I generally believe in good over evil (neutral) but I'm far from a bleeding heart (non-good). I suit myself first and foremost and my decisions/relations with others are largely based on how well it suits me. I feel the alignment allows for the most leeway as far as morality and choices go. Not necessarily evil but not saving every darn kitten in a tree. In fact, laughing when some of them fall off the branches...
My morals are to do good and what is right, but I don't always follow the law.
Lawful Good characters are racist, intolerant and, to a good degree, extremist nutcases.
Anything chaotic is really just a person with ~6 Wisdom and seriously overwhelming cravings (for gardening, chocolate or human skin).
Neural Evil are self-centered arrogant pricks who can't see further than the tip of their noses.
Lawful Evils are serial killers.
True neutrals are just silly, with their little notebooks filled with + and - : "Dear me Akadi, the forces of Good are ahead this morning - better kick that cat over there and even it out!"
Which really only leaves us with Neutral Good and Lawful Neutral.
And to be honest, I'm not all that sure in a world with guts spilled all-over the place, demons, dragons, necromancers and whatnot I'd be able to always keep honest to helping old lady witches cross a bridge.
No, no - I think I'd much rather group up with 20 or so likely minded people, get a castle, form a guild and weave out some sort of immortality plan. And help defend villages. And plunder some old crypt.
But in the end, I had to face the truth.
Turns out I've been Lawful Good all along.
True story.
I guess people have different interpretations of the alignments. But in my book, anyone who honestly believe themselves on the evil side of the scale should seek psychological help.
Neutral because, while I value other peoples lives I don't consider a stranger's existence paramount to my own, or my friends'.
Edit:
It'd be interesting to lump this with some kind of separate moral/political/social philosophy and chart out how that falls in correlation to this one...
@ankheg
There's a difference between being self-interested and self-serving. One is willing to at least entertain the concept of helping a stranger, albeit after deciding the personal cost was not outside his acceptable limit.
Lawful Good: These guys are stupid, narrow minded and holier than thou, they're all about goodness and stuff, and are jerks. Despite being all different, they're all the same, even though they can believe opposite things from one another.
Neutral Good: You know who else was Neutral Good? Thomas Jefferson, the slave owning president who slept with the people he owned, stabbed his political rivals, and former friends, in the back for personal gain.
Chaotic Good: These guys are all for humanity and are like, *so* deep. Because Chaos is all about the greater good or something and not the individual, despite saying the opposite on the page before the results.
Lawful Neutral: These people are like computers, thinking in 1s and 0s. Also they believe in doing things for the good of society. Because neutral is all about doing good.
True Neutral: These guys are the wisests, because they like evil and good equally! Also my conditions for determining Neutrality are +/- 7 in either direction, despite considering anything short of 20 "rather" strong in alignment and going up to 30+ in each! Neutrality on any axis is apparently more exclusive than any other alignment!
Chaotic Neutral: Chaotic neutral people are all very different from one another, it's just they all behave the same way...
Lawful Evil: These guys don't actually care about the law or anything, they just respect and obey the strong!
Neutral Evil: These guys are just in it for the evilz, they just love doing evil stuff for the sake of it.
Chaotic Evil: These guys are just misunderstood! Feel sorry for them because they're just so self destructive. Almost like a puppy on fire.
Neutral Good: These characters believe that a balance of forces is important, but that the concerns of law and chaos do not moderate
the need for good. Since the universe is vast and contains many creatures striving for different goals, a determined pursuit of good will
not upset the balance; it may even maintain it. If fostering good means supporting organised society, then that is what must be done.
If good can only come about through the overthrow of existing social order, so be it. Social structure itself has no innate value to them.