eru001
2017-06-14, 08:55 AM
So a while back there was a thread where people could post characters which they were having trouble figuring out the dnd alignment of. It was helpful back when I was running a campaign, and now I'm involved in another and have a few more characters to deal with which I just can't place. I figured I'd post the topic again as the old thread has long since passed the deadline for being posted on. I also figured I can't possibly be the only person in this boat, and having a single thread for us confused people to post this particular question could be useful.
Can anyone help me figure out these guys alignments (Also feel free to post any characters you are having trouble figuring out)
Character 1: The Knight Rebellious,
He has served the kingdom in which he lived loyally for nearly a decade now. He was knighted four years ago for valerous conduct on the battlefield. He routinely rescues peasents from bandits and does other standard paladin esque actions without any expectation of reward, and has actively refused any reward that was offered, (With the sole exception of a large sum of money which he immediately used to purchase food and aid supplies for the citizens of a part of the country which was devastated by war.) He has actively upheld and enforced the laws of the kingdom, and the one time he accidentally commiteed a crime (due to an error in communication) he turned himself in to the first officer of the law he found, and at trial demanded the highest applicable penalty for himself. On the surface, it seems an open shut case of Lawful Good. The problem comes with his curent situation. The old king died. The new monarch, made by apparently unquestionable divine appointment of the lawful good diety, (and yes I know this is not good DMing, I'm not the DM and didn't make that call), has not behaved in a lawful or good manner. The new monarch has overturned many of the Kingdom's old traditions, violently supressed the region of the kingdom the character is from, Instituted prohibition, and ordered all practicioners of a certain brand of magic (a non evil one) to be registered and resticted. The Knight, has of course, met with important individuals around the kingdom and begun organizing a coup. A coup against the lawfully and divinly appointed monarch. But one with the intent of installing the old monarch's sister, a generally good, and responsible individual, on the throne.
How do I call this one?
Character 2: The Thrillseeking Demonhunter
This guy is a bit on the insane side. He's made an assorment of deals with higher powers, mostly neutral or slightly good, in order to gain power. He uses this power to fight demons. He does so pretty well and has rescued an impresive tally of helpless individuals from the assorted giant monsters of down below. When I mention a chain of deals, I mean he has basically set up an overlapping series of contracts where he has sold his soul so many times to these various grey/slightly good leaning powers that none of them can agree on who gets it, therefore in the meantime he is free to act, with an impressive degree of granted power. He uses this power to fight things which are definitely evil, and help people it is probably good to help. That being said, while he likes helping people, his primary reason he fights all of the evil giant monsters and demons is that he is at heart just an adrenaline junkie. He does it for fun. He makes sure that the monsters he fights are all evil, but helping people is mostly just an added bonus to him. He's really just in it for the thrill of the fight. While it has never come up, it is pretty clear, that if he had to choose between fighting a more challenging evil creature, or fighting a weaker one who's defeat would happen to help more people, he'd fight the bigger monster every time.
I'm having a hard time calling this one too
Can anyone help me figure out these guys alignments (Also feel free to post any characters you are having trouble figuring out)
Character 1: The Knight Rebellious,
He has served the kingdom in which he lived loyally for nearly a decade now. He was knighted four years ago for valerous conduct on the battlefield. He routinely rescues peasents from bandits and does other standard paladin esque actions without any expectation of reward, and has actively refused any reward that was offered, (With the sole exception of a large sum of money which he immediately used to purchase food and aid supplies for the citizens of a part of the country which was devastated by war.) He has actively upheld and enforced the laws of the kingdom, and the one time he accidentally commiteed a crime (due to an error in communication) he turned himself in to the first officer of the law he found, and at trial demanded the highest applicable penalty for himself. On the surface, it seems an open shut case of Lawful Good. The problem comes with his curent situation. The old king died. The new monarch, made by apparently unquestionable divine appointment of the lawful good diety, (and yes I know this is not good DMing, I'm not the DM and didn't make that call), has not behaved in a lawful or good manner. The new monarch has overturned many of the Kingdom's old traditions, violently supressed the region of the kingdom the character is from, Instituted prohibition, and ordered all practicioners of a certain brand of magic (a non evil one) to be registered and resticted. The Knight, has of course, met with important individuals around the kingdom and begun organizing a coup. A coup against the lawfully and divinly appointed monarch. But one with the intent of installing the old monarch's sister, a generally good, and responsible individual, on the throne.
How do I call this one?
Character 2: The Thrillseeking Demonhunter
This guy is a bit on the insane side. He's made an assorment of deals with higher powers, mostly neutral or slightly good, in order to gain power. He uses this power to fight demons. He does so pretty well and has rescued an impresive tally of helpless individuals from the assorted giant monsters of down below. When I mention a chain of deals, I mean he has basically set up an overlapping series of contracts where he has sold his soul so many times to these various grey/slightly good leaning powers that none of them can agree on who gets it, therefore in the meantime he is free to act, with an impressive degree of granted power. He uses this power to fight things which are definitely evil, and help people it is probably good to help. That being said, while he likes helping people, his primary reason he fights all of the evil giant monsters and demons is that he is at heart just an adrenaline junkie. He does it for fun. He makes sure that the monsters he fights are all evil, but helping people is mostly just an added bonus to him. He's really just in it for the thrill of the fight. While it has never come up, it is pretty clear, that if he had to choose between fighting a more challenging evil creature, or fighting a weaker one who's defeat would happen to help more people, he'd fight the bigger monster every time.
I'm having a hard time calling this one too