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amcler02.cre - Chyil - originally NONE
amfsleep.cre - Sleeping Woman - originally NONE
bdock1.cre - Dockhand Ogre - originally NONE
bdock2.cre - Dockhand Ogre - originally NONE
becky.cre - Becky - originally NONE
bfishw1.cre - Commoner - originally NONE
cefgt02.cre - Shadow Druid - originally Lawful Evil
cefgt04.cre - Shadow Druid - originally Lawful Evil
cpchick1.cre - Party's Dog - originally NONE
cpchick2.cre - Surly's Dog - originally NONE
dgdru01.cre - Druid - originally Lawful Evil
diane.cre - Diane - originally NONE
dogwisu.cre - Rabid Dog - originally Chaotic Evil
drshlo01.cre - Loren - originally Neutral Good
drshlo02.cre - Loren - originally Neutral Good
drshsp01.cre - Spirit of the Grove - originally NONE
druid10a.cre - Zorl - originally Lawful Evil
druid10b.cre - Zorl - originally Lawful Evil
druid12a.cre - Zorl - originally Lawful Evil
druid12b.cre - Zorl - originally Lawful Evil
druid6a.cre - Zorl - originally Lawful Evil
druid8a.cre - Zorl - originally Lawful Evil
druid8b.cre - Zorl - originally Lawful Evil
drush.cre - Drush - originally Lawful Evil
ecolt.cre - Monk - originally NONE
ffbiff01.cre - Biff The Understudy - originally NONE
ffcook.cre - Uda the Cook - originally NONE
ffcrowd1.cre - Nobleman - originally NONE
ffcrowd5.cre - Commoner - originally NONE
figpit.cre - Storekeep - originally NONE
gdruid.cre - Druid - originally Lawful Evil
gmayor.cre - Theshal - originally Chaotic Good
golem01.cre - Clay Golem - originally Chaotic Good
grhog01.cre - Groundhog - originally NONE
igolem02.cre - Jailkeep Golem - originally Chaotic Good
iotyugh.cre - Otyugh - originally Neutral Good
jaguarsu.cre - Jaguar - originally Chaotic Evil
jahaboam.cre - Jahaboam - originally NONE
kelzomb.cre - Zombie - originally NONE
kpmerc01.cre - Tolmas Bendelia - originally Neutral Evil
loutm02.cre - Mercenary of Riatvin - originally Neutral Evil
merchant.cre - Bel Dalemark - originally NONE
moose.cre - Moose - originally NONE
mumfig01.cre - Commoner - originally Lawful Evil
noblem3.cre - Lord Ophal - originally NONE
obsgol01.cre - Guardian Golem - originally Chaotic Good
otyugh.cre - Otyugh - originally Neutral Good
otyugh01.cre - Otyugh - originally Neutral Good
pheas01.cre - Pheasant - originally NONE
postul6.cre - Nobleman - originally Neutral Evil
ppinn01.cre - Innkeeper  - originally Neutral Evil
ppiron.cre - Clay Golem - originally Chaotic Good
rabbit.cre - Rabbit - originally NONE
sbutler.cre - Commoner - originally NONE
scjerlia.cre - Jerlia the Ore Merchant - originally Lawful Good
scqar.cre - Qar Jysstev - originally Lawful Evil
sevdru01.cre - Alatelo De Bonito - originally Neutral Evil
shop01.cre - Mira - originally NONE
shop02.cre - Arnolinus - originally NONE
shop04.cre - Enge - originally NONE
shop05.cre - Perter - originally NONE
shop06.cre - Hes - originally NONE
shop07.cre - Storekeep - originally NONE
shop1.cre - Storekeep - originally NONE
shop2.cre - Storekeep - originally NONE
shop3.cre - Storekeep - originally NONE
shop4.cre - Storekeep - originally NONE
shop5.cre - Perter - originally NONE
shop6.cre - Hes - originally NONE
shop7.cre - Storekeep - originally NONE
shop8.cre - Galoomp the Bookkeeper - originally NONE
slshop01.cre - Black Market Thief - originally Neutral Good
squirl.cre - Squirrel - originally NONE
squirr.cre - Squirrel - originally NONE
tdr10a.cre - Kyland Lind - originally Lawful Evil
tdr10b.cre - Shadow Druid - originally Lawful Evil
tdr6a.cre - Shadow Druid - originally Lawful Evil
tdr8a.cre - Shadow Druid - originally Lawful Evil
tdr8b.cre - Shadow Druid - originally Lawful Evil
trax.cre - Trax - originally NONE
trcar01.cre - Raafee - originally Neutral Evil
trcar04.cre - Caravan Merchant - originally Neutral Evil
trcut02.cre - Nobleman - originally Neutral Evil
trevil02.cre - Guardian of the Source - originally Lawful Evil
trevil03.cre - Master Verthan - originally Neutral Evil
trmer01.cre - Peddler - originally Neutral Evil
trmer02.cre - Merchant - originally Neutral Evil
trnobm01.cre - Sir Parick - originally Neutral Evil
trple04.cre - Customer - originally Neutral Evil
trskin02.cre - Tiris - originally Neutral Evil
trtavp05.cre - Alenina - originally Neutral Evil
ttser1.cre - Jospil - originally Chaotic Evil
ttser2.cre - Servant - originally Chaotic Evil
ttskel.cre - Skeleton - originally NONE
uddear02.cre - Uder Mordin - originally NONE
uddoor07.cre - Skeleton - originally Chaotic Evil
udduer01.cre - Carlig - originally NONE
udgolem.cre - Brain Golem - originally Chaotic Good
udtrap02.cre - Raevilin Strathi - originally Lawful Evil
uhogre03.cre - Minotaur - originally Lawful Evil
wauksqu.cre - Squirrel - originally NONE
welther.cre - Welther - originally Neutral Evil
wmart1.cre - Joluv - originally Neutral Evil
yarin.cre - Yarin - originally NONE
yscara01.cre - Merchant - originally Neutral Evil
yscara02.cre - Merchant - originally Neutral Evil
ysgp03.cre - Tibbit - originally Chaotic Good
ysgp04.cre - Chinchilla - originally Neutral Good
ysgp05.cre - Chinchilla - originally Neutral Good

 

Edit: Also check the alignment overview thread.

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bdock1 & 2: Well, I can't really make a case for CE with the show of compassion for a sick comrade, they could still be evil OR chaotic...

 

gmayor: Ghouls are CE.

 

kpmerc01: Guh? This guy is a textbook selfish NE.

 

loutm02: He doesn't sound particularly balanced to me. Leave him.

 

mumfig01: No evidence for LE, but no evidence for TN either. Just no evidence at all.

 

postul6: What makes you think he's not evil? It's a good OBC to prevent hurting 'innocents' when you're dealing with vampires, but otherwise...

 

ppinn01: Someone is assassinated right in front of him and he talks about the inconvenience. Yes, that could be TN, but it could also easily be NE.

 

scqar: What about his manner suggests balance? He's just as much of an a$$ as Edwin.

 

trax: He strikes me more as LE than TN.

 

trcut02: See mumfig01 AND postul6.

 

udgolem: Just a mention for the sake universality on brain golems (one type was changed to LE, IIRC). TN is good.

 

wmart1: He's selling the weapons of the good guys from Icewind Dale. How do you think he got them? (No, really. I haven't finished IWD yet, but I do remember hearing that at least one of them dies.)

 

ysgp03 - 05: Yup, no good Bhaalspawns around here. Not even the PC. Oh, wait... :)

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Trax: I might argue LN as opposed to TN.

 

Mostly, he's lawful inept, and lawful unpopular, but he is not behaving chaotically. He is trying to uphold the law and prevent Jan from peddling black market turnips. He isn't good, he isn't evil. But his behavior does suggest a lawful element.

 

I'm not going to loose sleep over this one.

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wmart1: He's selling the weapons of the good guys from Icewind Dale. How do you think he got them?

 

Yeah, this is one where the Bioware alignment is right IMHO. He basically tells you that he's brought all these (extremely valuable) items down south just to get a better price for them - greedy and selfish, a good match for NE. Even if there's an indication that NE isn't the best alignment, where in the wide world of Abeir-Toril did this TN come from?

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wmart1: He's selling the weapons of the good guys from Icewind Dale. How do you think he got them? (No, really. I haven't finished IWD yet, but I do remember hearing that at least one of them dies.)

 

Then again, the IWD games are set more than ten years before BGII. And well more than ten years, if I remember right. By that time, adventurers might have died/retired, the weapons might have been lost and found again, sold to fund old age or stolen and had plenty of time to find their way legitimately to this merchant. Just because he has items for sale once owned by good people, doesn't mean he's evil.

 

Likewise, the desire to turn a profit is selfish, but shouldn't all merchants then be evil?

 

Not that I have any objection to his guy remaining evil (hey, who knows what he gets up to late at night).

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The plan for v2:

 

becky.cre - Becky - originally NONE
diane.cre - Diane - originally NONE
ecolt.cre - Monk - originally NONE
mumfig01.cre - Commoner - originally Lawful Evil

Unused. Becky and Diane may be worth restoring somewhere, and mumfig01 is the commoner that appears when you cast resurrection on mummies (restored by Quest Pack, IIRC).

 

kpmerc01.cre - Tolmas Bendelia - originally Neutral Evil
ppinn01.cre - Innkeeper  - originally Neutral Evil
ysgp03.cre - Tibbit - originally Chaotic Good
ysgp04.cre - Chinchilla - originally Neutral Good
ysgp05.cre - Chinchilla - originally Neutral Good

Original alignment is fine.

 

bdock1.cre - Dockhand Ogre - originally NONE
bdock2.cre - Dockhand Ogre - originally NONE
loutm02.cre - Mercenary of Riatvin - originally Neutral Evil
noblem3.cre - Lord Ophal - originally NONE
trax.cre - Trax - originally NONE

The dock ogres are going to CN instead. The mercenary is being changed to LN as he's the only evil member in a good/neutral party. Lord Ophal is going to LN instead. Trax is also going to LN as a gov't agent--there's nothing evil in his actions, he's simply frustrated (justifiably!) with Jan.

 

clgol01.cre - Clay Golem - originally Chaotic Good

A new addition to the list.

 

amcler02.cre - Chyil - originally NONE
amfsleep.cre - Sleeping Woman - originally NONE
bfishw1.cre - Commoner - originally NONE
cefgt02.cre - Shadow Druid - originally Lawful Evil
cefgt04.cre - Shadow Druid - originally Lawful Evil
cpchick1.cre - Party's Dog - originally NONE
cpchick2.cre - Surly's Dog - originally NONE
dgdru01.cre - Druid - originally Lawful Evil
dogwisu.cre - Rabid Dog - originally Chaotic Evil
drshlo01.cre - Loren - originally Neutral Good
drshlo02.cre - Loren - originally Neutral Good
drshsp01.cre - Spirit of the Grove - originally NONE
druid10a.cre - Zorl - originally Lawful Evil
druid10b.cre - Zorl - originally Lawful Evil
druid12a.cre - Zorl - originally Lawful Evil
druid12b.cre - Zorl - originally Lawful Evil
druid6a.cre - Zorl - originally Lawful Evil
druid8a.cre - Zorl - originally Lawful Evil
druid8b.cre - Zorl - originally Lawful Evil
drush.cre - Drush - originally Lawful Evil
ffbiff01.cre - Biff The Understudy - originally NONE
ffcook.cre - Uda the Cook - originally NONE
ffcrowd1.cre - Nobleman - originally NONE
ffcrowd5.cre - Commoner - originally NONE
figpit.cre - Storekeep - originally NONE
gdruid.cre - Druid - originally Lawful Evil
gmayor.cre - Theshal - originally Chaotic Good
golem01.cre - Clay Golem - originally Chaotic Good
grhog01.cre - Groundhog - originally NONE
igolem02.cre - Jailkeep Golem - originally Chaotic Good
iotyugh.cre - Otyugh - originally Neutral Good
jaguarsu.cre - Jaguar - originally Chaotic Evil
jahaboam.cre - Jahaboam - originally NONE
kelzomb.cre - Zombie - originally NONE
merchant.cre - Bel Dalemark - originally NONE
moose.cre - Moose - originally NONE
obsgol01.cre - Guardian Golem - originally Chaotic Good
otyugh.cre - Otyugh - originally Neutral Good
otyugh01.cre - Otyugh - originally Neutral Good
pheas01.cre - Pheasant - originally NONE
postul6.cre - Nobleman - originally Neutral Evil
ppiron.cre - Clay Golem - originally Chaotic Good
rabbit.cre - Rabbit - originally NONE
sbutler.cre - Commoner - originally NONE
scjerlia.cre - Jerlia the Ore Merchant - originally Lawful Good
scqar.cre - Qar Jysstev - originally Lawful Evil
sevdru01.cre - Alatelo De Bonito - originally Neutral Evil
shop01.cre - Mira - originally NONE
shop02.cre - Arnolinus - originally NONE
shop04.cre - Enge - originally NONE
shop05.cre - Perter - originally NONE
shop06.cre - Hes - originally NONE
shop07.cre - Storekeep - originally NONE
shop1.cre - Storekeep - originally NONE
shop2.cre - Storekeep - originally NONE
shop3.cre - Storekeep - originally NONE
shop4.cre - Storekeep - originally NONE
shop5.cre - Perter - originally NONE
shop6.cre - Hes - originally NONE
shop7.cre - Storekeep - originally NONE
shop8.cre - Galoomp the Bookkeeper - originally NONE
slshop01.cre - Black Market Thief - originally Neutral Good
squirl.cre - Squirrel - originally NONE
squirr.cre - Squirrel - originally NONE
tdr10a.cre - Kyland Lind - originally Lawful Evil
tdr10b.cre - Shadow Druid - originally Lawful Evil
tdr6a.cre - Shadow Druid - originally Lawful Evil
tdr8a.cre - Shadow Druid - originally Lawful Evil
tdr8b.cre - Shadow Druid - originally Lawful Evil
trcar01.cre - Raafee - originally Neutral Evil
trcar04.cre - Caravan Merchant - originally Neutral Evil
trcut02.cre - Nobleman - originally Neutral Evil
trevil02.cre - Guardian of the Source - originally Lawful Evil
trevil03.cre - Master Verthan - originally Neutral Evil
trmer01.cre - Peddler - originally Neutral Evil
trmer02.cre - Merchant - originally Neutral Evil
trnobm01.cre - Sir Parick - originally Neutral Evil
trple04.cre - Customer - originally Neutral Evil
trskin02.cre - Tiris - originally Neutral Evil
trtavp05.cre - Alenina - originally Neutral Evil
ttser1.cre - Jospil - originally Chaotic Evil
ttser2.cre - Servant - originally Chaotic Evil
ttskel.cre - Skeleton - originally NONE
uddear02.cre - Uder Mordin - originally NONE
uddoor07.cre - Skeleton - originally Chaotic Evil
udduer01.cre - Carlig - originally NONE
udgolem.cre - Brain Golem - originally Chaotic Good
udtrap02.cre - Raevilin Strathi - originally Lawful Evil
uhogre03.cre - Minotaur - originally Lawful Evil
wauksqu.cre - Squirrel - originally NONE
welther.cre - Welther - originally Neutral Evil
wmart1.cre - Joluv - originally Neutral Evil
yarin.cre - Yarin - originally NONE
yscara01.cre - Merchant - originally Neutral Evil
yscara02.cre - Merchant - originally Neutral Evil

These remain as being changed to TN. Some specific comments:

  • gmayor (the ghoul mayor) - he's trying really, really hard to not only be good, but encouraging his fellow ghouls to also be good. I'm willing to give him some points here even if he does end up trying to, y'know, eat you.
  • postul6, trcut02 - without overt evil actions, they should be neutral. No fluffy kitten arguments, please. :)
  • wmart1 - It's been at least ten years. The suggest that the merchant is directly responsible for the acquisition of the items and the assumption that it had to occur in an evil machination is a huge stretch.

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May be a bit late, but I would suggest you not base...anything, really, on the official BG2 description of the true neutral alignment. Because, well, it's incredibly stupid. It makes an alignment that should in most cases represent a lack of extremes into the most extreme alignment of all. The behavior it describes is more fitting for the far far far end of chaotic neutral than the general description of any entire alignment.

 

Because it is, quite honestly, just plain insanity. No rational person spends their life obsessed with whether the total tally of all their moral and ethical decisions strikes a perfect neutral balance - or whether they are contributing to such a balance in the world around them. And while a character may indeed be irrational, it's not a trait that should be in any way dictated by alignment. Every alignment should (and does except for BG's true neutral) allow a person to be just as sane as anybody else.

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Don't worry. Neutral is already used as the default alignment (i.e., the "I don't give a damn" alignment). It isn't assigned based on crazy people neutrality; nobody really believes any of these characters are obsessed with doing equal amounts of good and evil.

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