Miloch Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 Anyone seen this? Neutral EvilA neutral evil villain does whatever she can get away with. She is out for herself, pure and simple. She sheds no tears for those she kills, whether for profit, sport, or convenience. She has no love of order and holds no illusion that following laws, traditions, or codes would make her any better or more noble. On the other hand, she doesn’t have the restless nature or love of conflict that a chaotic evil villain has. The criminal who robs and murders to get what she wants is neutral evil. Some neutral evil villains hold up evil as an ideal, committing evil for its own sake. Most often, such villains are devoted to evil deities or secret societies. The common phrase for neutral evil is "true evil." Neutral evil is the most dangerous alignment because it represents pure evil without honor and without variation. Wait a minute, that's not right (clickety-click)... NeutralA neutral character does what seems to be a good idea. She doesn’t feel strongly one way or the other when it comes to good vs. evil or law vs. chaos. Most neutrality is a lack of conviction or bias rather than a commitment to neutrality. Such a character thinks of good as better than evil. After all, she would rather have good neighbors and rulers than evil ones. Still, she’s not personally committed to upholding good in any abstract or universal way. Some neutral characters, on the other hand, commit themselves philosophically to neutrality. They see good, evil, law, and chaos as prejudices and dangerous extremes. They advocate the middle way of neutrality as the best, most balanced road in the long run. The common phrase for neutral is "true neutral." Neutral is the best alignment you can be because it means you act naturally, without prejudice or compulsion. I guess I'll live with that. It seems skewed against chaotic alignments though. And I only had to change a couple rather innocuous (to me at least) answers to get a "good" alignment. There's some other nifty tools on the site, like a "random Baldur's Gate adventure generator." Now if it could generate the quest mod code too, we'd all be in gravy. Link to comment
Gabrielle Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 Neutral Evil A neutral evil villain does whatever she can get away with. She is out for herself, pure and simple. She sheds no tears for those she kills, whether for profit, sport, or convenience. She has no love of order and holds no illusion that following laws, traditions, or codes would make her any better or more noble. On the other hand, she doesn’t have the restless nature or love of conflict that a chaotic evil villain has. The criminal who robs and murders to get what she wants is neutral evil. Some neutral evil villains hold up evil as an ideal, committing evil for its own sake. Most often, such villains are devoted to evil deities or secret societies. The common phrase for neutral evil is "true evil." Neutral evil is the most dangerous alignment because it represents pure evil without honor and without variation. Link to comment
Guest Guest Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 I'm chaotic neutral, as I knew already Lean slightly towards CG and TN. Link to comment
Guest Guest Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 Post above was me, Morthond. I haven't re-registered heh. Link to comment
Morthond Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 Done (sorry for the triple post). And my alignment in detail: Chaotic Neutral is freedom from both society's restrictions and a do-gooder's zeal. Chaotic neutral characters follow their whims. They are individualists first and last. They value their own liberty but do not strive to protect the freedom of others. They avoid authority, resent restrictions, and challenge traditions. Chaotic neutral characters don't intentionally disrupt organizations as part of a campaign of anarchy. To do so, they would have to be motivated either by good (a desire to help people) or by evil (a desire to hurt people). Chaotic neutral characters may be unpredictable, but their behavior is not totally random - they are not as likely to jump off a bridge as to cross it. However, they do act on momentary whims, and are known to be unreliable. As some would say, "the only reliable thing about them is that they cannot be relied upon!" A wandering rogue who lives both by work for hire and petty theft, an eccentric mage who experiments with dangerous magic just to view the results, and a con-artist or hustler who plays all sides against the middle to further his own aims are all examples of chaotic neutral characters. Link to comment
EiriktheScald Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 Lawful Neutral for me. Link to comment
berelinde Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 Got neutral good myself. Didn't come as much of a surprise. Link to comment
BigRob Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 Lawful Neutral... I'm not surprised by that. Link to comment
EiriktheScald Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 Lawful Neutral... I'm not surprised by that. Oh? I do frequently post anonymously as 'guest.' That doesn't sound exactly reliable or honorable. Oh wait, that's just old age setting in. nevermind! Link to comment
Miloch Posted January 21, 2007 Author Share Posted January 21, 2007 Oh? I do frequently post anonymously as 'guest.' That doesn't sound exactly reliable or honorable. Oh wait, that's just old age setting in. nevermind! I think he was talking about his own results. I was surprised by the initial 'neutral evil' since I don't think I picked a lot of evil responses (chaotic yes, evil no). But like I said, there also wasn't much difference answer-wise between neutral evil and neutral good (there should be, as they are diametrically opposite ). Link to comment
BigRob Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 Heh, yes, I was talking about my own results. The alignment system can be pretty wonky sometimes and it is open to a lot of individual interpretation. Link to comment
Kaeloree Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 Neutral good, as expected. Link to comment
EiriktheScald Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 Heh, yes, I was talking about my own results. Sorry, I read it another way. Link to comment
Western Paladin Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 I am . . . chaotic evil? And here I was sure I was lawful evil. Link to comment
berelinde Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 Western Paladin, your status is in danger! Link to comment
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