Staying Lawful Good
Kastion
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Was thinking of starting a second game eventually as either a Paladin or Sun Soul Monk but how hard is it to stay LG in the game? Can you keep Viconia this way (she's the better cleric I've found as Aerie has terrible hp).
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Keeping Viconia might be a bit tricky since you will have to manage your reputation in order to keep her around- she'll leave if you hit 19 or 20 rep. Even an evil party can hit this quite easily. If you get dangerously high you might have to do something evil (killing an unnamed peasant works) to get back in the 10-12 range.
So you could kill an innocent, give money to up you rep, and do it as much as you want with no issue? As well as comments you make when talking to NPC not matter against it? If so, good. I hate the game trying to tell me what L/G is (everyone has a different viewpoint). Plus I liked 4th edition getting rid of the alignment restrictions on paladins anyway. I like holy warriors.
"I could make Aerie, one of the most altruistic characters in the game, commit utterly despicable acts, and retain her in the party by bribing churches, but I don't, because I recognise that it's 'bad design', which is partly implemented to give players a chance to play a bit more of a nuanced alignment, without worrying about suddenly having half the party turn on him for a petty theft.
But I recognise that Aerie would not actually do anything like murder a random child, and being able to do so mechanically does not reflect on her personality. Same applies to Keldorn. The Devs clearly implemented a few 'key decision points' in the game where a clear moral decision does make a decisive difference to your relationship with the NPC. Refusing to help Minsc rescue Dyanheir is one of them,
So basically don't take too serious 'what the game tells you about LG, or any alignment.' I am a roleplay-driven player. My main Charname is Lawful Neutral, strongly leaning towards Good, so much so that I thought I might as well change it back to Lawful Good with Shadowkeeper. However, one of the viewers of my LP clearly thought my Charname did not even come close to living up to what he'd regard as 'Lawful Good'. So there is a lot of subjective opinion on the matter, depending on your own moral compass and beliefs.
But yeah, in general, you can pretty much ignore your alignment when making story decisions.
I know she's just code and it's on a script but I can't help but always want to save her and show her the entire world doesn't suck ...
This time I'm trying Jaheira though so I guess life's going to suck for her after all T_T