Alignment Handbook Super-Thread

[AvatarVecna]

Here's a (hopefully growing) collection of people's general guides to roleplaying a particular alignment.

Alignment	Guide Creator	Guide Link
Chaotic Evil	Thealtruistorc	No Limits, No Regrets
?	?	?
Chaotic Good	ThinkMinty	Rules Are For Jerks
?	?	?
Chaotic Neutral	AvatarVecna	We're Rebels Without A Clue
?	?	?
Neutral Evil	FocusWolf413 and pieman2945	My Will Or I Won't
Neutral Evil	Svata	Ultimate Pragmatism
Neutral Evil	Mrs Kat	By NE Means Necessary
Neutral Good	Cruiser1	Selfless Service With Blessings To All <3
Neutral Good	Jallorn	The Right Thing For The Right Reason
Neutral	atemu1234	I Look After Me And Mine
Neutral	Seto	The Pursuit Of Happiness
Lawful Evil	Red Fel	Compliance Will Be Rewarded
?	?	?
Lawful Good	Zrak	To March Into Hell For A Heavenly Cause
Lawful Good	Michael7123	To Serve In Heaven
Lawful Neutral	Saintheart	My Country Right Or Wrong
?	?	?

Guides are posted by alignment in terms of alphabetical order.

[legomaster00156]

Lawful Good.

[AvatarVecna]

Lawful Good.

And...added.

[Blackhawk748]

Yay!! Convenience.

[Draconium]

It's under construction, but it looks like a Lawful Neutral handbook just popped up.

[OldTrees1]

Thanks for the convenient single thread to bookmark!

Since it sounds like we might see a full 9 threads does it make more sense to use a 3x3 grid(or are the thread titles too long?)?

[AvatarVecna]

Thanks for the convenient single thread to bookmark!

Since it sounds like we might see a full 9 threads does it make more sense to use a 3x3 grid(or are the thread titles too long?)?

The thread titles are pretty long; even if I could fit them onto a convenient 3 by 3 square, it would make everything much more cramped (especially if I still tried to link both the Author and their Handbook). As it stands, I think by alphabetical alignment isn't that hard to follow; we all know our ABCs around here, right?

EDIT:

It's under construction, but it looks like a Lawful Neutral handbook just popped up.

And...added.

[legomaster00156]

I doubt we'll be getting a True Neutral handbook in any case.

[Draconium]

I doubt we'll be getting a True Neutral handbook in any case.

Actually, I think someone said they were working on one.

[legomaster00156]

Actually, I think someone said they were working on one.

That's bound to be... interesting. I mean, there's so many ways to be TN. You can be too stupid to be responsible (animal-level INT), uncaring of the surrounding environment (general populace), just happen to be perfectly balanced in your actions (difficult but possible), or, and this may be the weirdest, be devoted to neutrality as a cause. There's more options, too, but those are the ones that immediately spring to mind.

[Cirrylius]

That's bound to be... interesting. I mean, there's so many ways to be TN.

Especially with all the archetypes that a character capable of mixed good-or-bad reactions can fit. Sounds like it might have to be either very nuanced or very basic.

[AvatarVecna]

Speaking as a RL True Neutral person (who is apparently weird for being evangelical about neutrality as a concept), I wish that person luck in not ticking people off, stepping on archetypal toes, or generally screwing up one of the easiest and most often misunderstood alignments there is.

[FocusWolf413]

I'm working on a Neutral Evil thread with someone else.

[Cirrylius]

Speaking as a RL True Neutral person (who is apparently weird for being evangelical about neutrality as a concept), I wish that person luck in not ticking people off, stepping on archetypal toes, or generally screwing up one of the easiest and most often misunderstood alignments there is.

Maybe if it were done by committee. One Archetype per writer, something like that.

Concordant Opposition, indeed.

[Svata]

Aww, I was making one of those. NE, that is.

[torrasque666]

I still think LoyalPaladin ​should have done the Lawful Good one.

[AvatarVecna]

You know, we can have multiple alignment handbooks for each alignment. There's no rules about handbook creation...

In any case, I'll go add the Neutral Evil handbook.

[Svata]

True. Mine will be up tomorrow.

[FocusWolf413]

If anyone has a good Camus quote for NE, I would appreciate it.

Also, if you want to collaborate, PM me and maybe we can figure something out

[tadkins]

TN would have some of the most varied info to work with, I think.

[AvatarVecna]

If anyone has a good Camus quote for NE, I would appreciate it.

Also, if you want to collaborate, PM me and maybe we can figure something out

i'll look for something.

[FocusWolf413]

i'll look for something.

Thank you, AV.

[AvatarVecna]

Thank you, AV.

No problem. Progress is slow so far; I've found three quotes that could be construed to involved NE in the right context...but they aren't exactly glowing endorsements.

"Stupidity has a knack of getting its way."

"The need to be right is the sign of a vulgar mind."

"Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it."

[Svata]

I went with 'Truth, like light, blinds. Falsehood, on the contrary, is a beautiful twilight that enhances every object.' Not perfect, but the best I could find.

[FocusWolf413]

No problem. Progress is slow so far; I've found three quotes that could be construed to involved NE in the right context...but they aren't exactly glowing endorsements.

These are okay, but not quite what I'm looking for.

I went with 'Truth, like light, blinds. Falsehood, on the contrary, is a beautiful twilight that enhances every object.' Not perfect, but the best I could find.

oooo I like that one.

[Svata]

Thanks. Btw, the start of mine is up. Would link, but (dumb)phone. Someone care to help?

[AvatarVecna]

Thanks. Btw, the start of mine is up. Would link, but (dumb)phone. Someone care to help?

No worries, I saw you putting it up and linked it in preemtively. Check the OP.

[Cirrylius]

If anyone has a good Camus quote for NE, I would appreciate it.

How about Nietzsche? Hope is the greatest evil? Eh?

[Svata]

Sweet. Thanks. Also, what are everyone's thoughts on it so far?

[AvatarVecna]

Sweet. Thanks. Also, what are everyone's thoughts on it so far?

So far it looks pretty good, although that isn't much. As somebody who's already tried to cover a non-double-extreme alignment, here's my warning to you about archetypes: make sure that whatever you use, it's a decidedly NE archetype, rather than an LE or CE one. Leaning is okay, but the archetype should be balanced on that particular axis, whether by using none of either side, or equal amounts of either side.