Chaotic Neutral: You started playing in 3.5 where an alignment shift resulted in a level loss and learned that chaotic neutral basically just let you do whatever you want without worrying about an alignment shift.

@JessicaMorgani

Жыл бұрын

Never heard of that, in what book is that rule?

@TheAudacityOfHopefulHearts

Жыл бұрын

Also curious on the source.

@clericofchaos1

Жыл бұрын

@@JessicaMorgani what do you mean you've never heard of that? It's in the first 3.5 dungeon masters guide. A shit ton of stuff could make you lose levels in 3.5.

@clericofchaos1

Жыл бұрын

@@TheAudacityOfHopefulHearts the 3.5 dungeon masters guide.

@jaisummons2304

Жыл бұрын

I play Chaotic Lawful I follow the laws and make my own laws that I follow that go against the law of the land. Things I agree with Slavery, Experiment on people, organs harvest, zombies soldiers, poison people, assassins, investments, taxes, legalize magic, allow technology advancement. The bloated 1: send the infected legion in first to weaken the defenses. Use poison gas canister shot: Poison gas cloud weaken the trench lines. The infected turn into undead The undead march into the trench Send in the prisoners we captured meat shield for the main force Send in the abomination Wear wolf Mech suits Partner: Curses me to be a wear wolf Me: Military Exosuit inventer Friend: Plague and poisons me Brother: Experiment on my DNA Me: Bloated one, abomination, mech suit Me: zombie plant mushroom, Half wear wolf, half dragon, half mech That's my party me: The experiment before campaign Some kingdoms don't agree with all my views and policies.

Evil: Hurts people for fun, also profit. Neutral: Hurts people for practical purposes like profit or just to save time. Good: Hurts people to protect other people, also profit.

@CouldBeChara

Жыл бұрын

**Profit intensifies**

@JEL625

Жыл бұрын

I mean profit is just short term for things that I like or help me. And I'm fairly certain we are all for those things whether it be income, land, knighthood, or a demon army to conquer the dumb leafeater lands

@SuperFizzah

Жыл бұрын

@@JEL625 every morning I wake up and curse the stars that I haven't received my demon army yet... Soon though

@TheIZproductions

Жыл бұрын

I love being evil

@electricpepperoni4789

Жыл бұрын

Apparently LTN made these alignments

I like lawful evil because honestly I've had the most luck with them managing party cohesion, mission focus, and efficacy in achieving goals above personal causes. Mind only really works when they are loyal to the party.

@TheDimir

Жыл бұрын

Well, lawful evil characters are the easiest ones to blend into party without betraying party ot antagonizing it, cause LE characters actually care for many things that can be considered good: keeping their word, caring for those who you consider friends/loyal servants. Tho when things come out of party staff, it can be sometimes hard.

@funnyblog100

8 ай бұрын

I would say they are more loyal to a good party than an evil one. Less backstabbing and they can hide behind the heroes good deeds and reputation. Helping them take down baddies in order to eliminate their competition and keep people from looking into their dirty laundry because they are hailed as a hero for it. They also view money as a means to gain power for themselves so they might stick around just for the gold and loot. This works best for an affably evil character who likes to play the long game.

@zeehero7280

5 ай бұрын

Lawful Evil characters tend to be the easiest to work with for Good characters since while they may be evil they have a set of understandable ethics or motivations.

@samhunter1205

5 ай бұрын

​@@zeehero7280so do the other evil alignments if you play them properly. The idea that CE, for example, means no moral values or standards of behaviour whatsoever is simplistic and incorrect imo

@nuh_uh210

5 ай бұрын

I’m in a party with two Chaotic Evil characters (new players) as well as others, and though we and the DM let them have their fun often times, the Chaotic Good tenet of “doing whatever is necessary to do what’s right” makes it easier for me to bring them back into the party because Lawful Good character are still bound by whatever “laws” they follow.

Chaotic good: you've killed more people then any villain because of your weird idea of what "good" is Lawful evil: you've saved more lives then any hero because you thought murder was "excessive" Chaotic neutral: you dont actually know what this alignment means, you just want to be as evil as possible without anyone calling you evil because being called evil bruises your ego

@thosebloodybadgers8499

Жыл бұрын

Revolution cannot occur without dismantling the status quo! - Chaotic Good character before slaughtering a small town's worth of guards

@thespanishinquisition4078

Жыл бұрын

I think chaotic neutral gets a massive bad wrap because of newbies, but chaotic neutral veterans actually tend to be very chill. And this kinda actually goes for all alignments on periods where they got a bad wrap. CN is just the most prominent nowadays. For the record. Chaotic Neutral rookie: What you said. Chaotic Neutral Veteran: you played 3.5 with a GM that stuck to the ruled as written and have PTSD about the alignment rules. Now for those that don't know. In 3.5 there was rules for alignment change, and every time you switched alignment you loss a level. You're playing evil but do one too many good deeds? loose a level you girl scout. You're playing lawful but break the evil tyrant's obviously evil laws one too many times? You should've lobbied for reform you chaotic revolutionary, loose a level. Etc. And the kind of GMs that actually cared about this are the kind of GMs that would say "true neutral is for animals/constructs." But guess what. Chaotic Evil? All you had to do to keep that alignment is steal something every once in a while and not stop crimes unless you're payed. Piece of cake!

@skell6134

Жыл бұрын

@@thosebloodybadgers8499 Ehh,thats evil thing to do already because there more peaceful ways of dealing with that

@thosebloodybadgers8499

Жыл бұрын

@@skell6134 the status quo will never relinquish its power peacefully, komrade

@skell6134

Жыл бұрын

@@thosebloodybadgers8499 Never gonna know until you try You can always do the slaughter later if this plan fails

Blaine has gotta be Chaotic Evil. The order he picked to go over these is both those things.

@skell6134

Жыл бұрын

I would more say he is true neutral

@agsilverradio2225

Жыл бұрын

He's probly chaotic netral. The order he picked is intentionally annoying, but dosn't harm anyone.

@theangrypotato2.031

3 ай бұрын

Chaotic evil would be making all the allignments wrong

My favorite allignment depends on the context. Favorite to play: netral good. Favorite to have as an ally: chaotic good. Favorite to have as an enemy: lawfull evil. My IRL allignment: true netral.

@robertono2331

Жыл бұрын

im hungry neutral it kinda explains how i gained 10 pounds and some how found a way to make it look like im in shape

@electricpepperoni4789

Жыл бұрын

Lets be honest everybody thinks that CE are the purest of evil but lets be real here, the purest form of evil is LE, why do you think capatilism exists

@TheIZproductions

Жыл бұрын

True neutral is a meme.

@agsilverradio2225

Жыл бұрын

@@TheIZproductions Well, for me it's I aspire to be good, but am not moral enough to call myself that in good faith. ... How is true netral more of a meme than any other allingment?

@joxyver

Жыл бұрын

@@robertono2331 that’s probably cause the 10 pounds you gained you probably turned it into muscle, There are a lot of big guys that would be pushing into high triple digits that are Jacked but weigh as much as fat Albert. I believe you are good dude

I always understood this as how you relate to a moral code and what you´d sacrifice when faced with a problem: Evil: Prioritize the self above others. Good: Prioritize others above yourself. Lawful: Strict adherence to a code (no matter what that might be) Chaotic: You go mostly towards spur-of-the-moment choices, even if there´s little internal consistency. Neutral: Work with different case-by-case scenarios.

@LadyDoomsinger

4 ай бұрын

Chaotic can also be an active and deliberate rejection of established codes or social norms - not necessarily a "don't think things through" kind of personality. For example, an anarchist that actively fights against an unjust political system, or a progressive activist who opposes religious tradition could be a chaotic type personality.

@KeyWiteWolf

2 ай бұрын

I'll add to the previous comment that chaotic can also be someone who doesn't allow the rules to stop them, especially if they think those rules are counter-productive. (It can also be someone who is trying to have "fun", by their own definition, and is especially amusing on immortal/long-lived characters who need a bit of chaos thrown into everything they do, just to keep it interesting.) That all said, I think of the alignments as what it is that restricts you or governs your choices. So a person who is a good alignment is going to try to do good when the choice presents itself, and this is more important to them than other motivations. Likewise, someone of an evil alignment is going to put themselves or their group/guild/cause/whatever above others and sees no problem with it being at others' expense. Though to actually be evil, the "at other's expense" needs to be a bit more of the focus. Neutral, however, is perhaps the most pure version of doing things for the self or cause. Going back to the idea of alignment being what restricts or governs you, a Lawful/True/Chaotic Neutral person isn't concerned with whether an action is good or evil, but they would also not see a point in going out of their way to do good or evil either. So while they might not be too bothered if someone would be hurt by their actions, they're also not going to hurt people if there's no reason to. A better way of seeing it might be pragmatism, in the case of Lawful Neutral. Chaotic Neutral is more often the spontaneous kind of chaos you mentioned, but where it's chaos for the sake of chaos, while still not crossing the line too much to either side of good or evil. (For the record, this all mattered more back in earlier D&D days when certain actions you took could cause an alignment shift if you dipped too far into another alignment compared to your stated one.) True Neutral is I think the most misunderstood alignment, and the only one I disagreed on his assessment of. It's not people who are indecisive. It's people who don't care if something is good or evil, or lawful or chaotic. Their only concern is what they want. Again, neutral being the most pure form of doing things for the self, this is the pinnacle of that. They will follow the rules when it suits them, or break them when it doesn't. Likewise, they may do a lot of good to help people when it serves them, and then betray or step on people if that serves them better. But at no point is the morality (good or evil) of the actions what directs them. While I usually play Chaotic Good characters myself, I've played all the alignments at some point, and one of the most entertaining was a True Neutral one, who actually ended up the party leader partly because he was good at what he did, and partly because everyone ended up in his debt somehow. He was actually very candid about the fact that he kept everyone around solely because they were useful to him, and most were okay with that, since he wasn't trying to sugarcoat it. Deciding to help or betray people who came to us was totally dependent on if he felt it would benefit him, now or in the future. He sometimes could be simply offered a bigger sum of money to choose one or the other, but more often he preferred to have people owing him a favor, or a bigger reward in the future. He was far from indecisive though, and once you played with the character for a short time, you could generally tell what he would do. Since it was always what would result in the best benefit/outcome for him, he was pretty consistent. He saw no point in people who were restrained by moral obligations, or who went out of their way to hurt others. Both seemed like a waste of time to him. (All of that said, he did notice a trend, that doing "good" tended to get more people owing you favors/rewards, and doing "evil" tended to pay better in raw gold, so sometimes it just depended on what he was short on at that moment.) All you really had to do was make sure whatever "bad" things you did were kept under wraps, and the "good" was talked about, to keep up a positive reputation and get you more jobs/rewards. It was amazing how many NPCs in the campaign actually though he was a good guy. He was actually not good or bad, just sassy, practical, and ultimately self-serving. It just so happened that (acting) good served him better most of the time.

I like Lawful Evil the most, and you nailed the description. It's just the most fun alignment since you can do evil in creative, roleplaying ways while not being a murder hobo. The Neutral Evil character will kill a merchant and take his money. The Chaotic Evil character will kill the merchant and burn his money. The Lawful Evil character will point towards the other two Evil characters and extort the merchant to pay an exorbitant protection fee so they can be temporary "security," despite it being a very safe city or road, to prevent any "unfortunate accidents." The dynamic is even more fun with actual good characters in the party.

@thespanishinquisition4078

Жыл бұрын

Having a team lead by a Lawful Good paladin-type containing both a Lawful Evil and a Chaotic Good character to act as the angel and demon on their shoulders from the trope (except it's more like 2 demons, really) makes for amazing team roleplaying if the players have enough chemistry.

@5-Volt

Жыл бұрын

Props to anyone who can RP Lawful evil characters properly. It seems kinda difficult & you really need to know what you're doing. Imo it's the hardest alignment to RP properly.

@jpjfrey5673

Жыл бұрын

@@5-Volt somehow it comes very easy for myself, most successful character so far being a LE Fiendlock strolling party in the direction character wanted

@SillyRobot

Жыл бұрын

Yes, I agree. Lawful evil is actually a very fun alignment. Honestly, it's a lil' neutral when roleplayed right. Selfish, hurts people for gain. Honestly I think car dealers are lawful evil bards, roleplayed right.

@shadenox8164

Жыл бұрын

"The Neutral Evil character will kill a merchant and take his money. The Chaotic Evil character will kill the merchant and burn his money." What you're describing here is shortsighted idiots, not evil characters. Neither of these alignments would do this if they are any level of competent. That's the problem with how people play evil characters, they hear evil and think that means they must always do the worst thing possible while twirling a moustache. The idea of shaking someone down for protection money like that also doesn't really gel with lawful either. A lawful evil character should be about using rules and laws to their benefit what you're describing is evil, but you're not using rules and laws to achieve it. Frankly I'd say it slots better into neutral evil, don't care about the rules and it makes getting the merchants money easier and less messy long term. Even a chaotic evil character isn't just going to murder someone at the drop of a hat if only because they know it can cause problems for THEM.

I was vibing with this video until blaine called be out with the hungry alignment. Screw you mean internet man.

@TheAudacityOfHopefulHearts

Жыл бұрын

🦀

@Ririxpj

Ай бұрын

Lmfao

Hungry “Finally, a worthy alignment! My character will be legendary!”

@ultimaterecoil1136

Жыл бұрын

Goku’s alignment

My favorite alignment is always gonna be Lawful Neutral cause I like the idea of “A promise is a promise it doesn’t matter who it’s too.” I’ve never played a warlock but pacts seem cool. Also having a character with such a massive stick up their ass makes character development so much more fun. Makes it an amazing moment when you break a promise to help your party.

@fathatgunderson3126

Жыл бұрын

i also love lawful neutral. it can also hold the character type of someone driven by a very rigid personal code - maybe others don't even understand it. if you become powerful enough you may be regarded as a force of nature that can only be evaded by playing by the rules

I like true neutral and chaotic neutral because they're the most flexible in terms of what they can do. I'm not a super experienced player so I find it easier to play characters that are closer to my alignment because I don't feel like betraying my party since it's often counterproductive and also screws up people's games and risks retribution later, but also don't feel like defaulting to being kind and forgiving when leaving no witnesses is the best course of action. Neutral just seems like it gives you the flexibility to do whatever seems most efficient (and with the chaotic leaning, fun)

@i010001

Жыл бұрын

That's a good way of thinking of it. Neutral alignment is sort of like, an understanding that you can trust an order of paladins with your life as long as you are just and honorable to them, but it might be best to backstab a devil so hard they will never be a problem again before they do the same to you

@shadenox8164

Жыл бұрын

I mean chaotic good is pretty flexible. Being good means you'll try to help people if you can, it doesn't mean you're an idiot. That's the problem most people playing to alignment forget, your character is probably not an idiot.

@FaolanHart

8 ай бұрын

@@shadenox8164 Grom hit thing with big stick well. But know not to rush to fight when he alone. Grom most big brain of tribe.

@Aquilenne

6 ай бұрын

I tend to see Neutral as: "Everything, including those with good intentions have the potential to be harmful when taken to excess. Selfishness, chaos, order and benevolence all have potential to cause harm. What's most important is levelling power disparities so that no group gets so powerful that it's given free reign to run rampant."

Yea I tend to restrict CN characters for first timers so that they put more thought into their character than just doing whatever. “Murdering puppies is totally Chaotic Neutral”

@Niemandzockt

Жыл бұрын

Harming innocents is the definition of DnD Evil

@Akranejames

Жыл бұрын

Funnily enough I started with a CN character in my first ever campaign... and ended up as the most responsible character of the bunch and the de facto leader, despite despising both authority and exerting it. Tbf, my CN character was a bit more of a "live and let live, idgaf" and "no step on snek" kinda guy than anything that ended up being an adventurer out of spite for conventional work, so I guess it makes sense I ended up the less murder-hoboey of a bunch of newbies.

@sunjian9818

Жыл бұрын

I personally really enjoy CN when played properly, you don't go out of your way to harm or help others, yet you're willing to do so if they get in the way of your plans.

@vert3432

Жыл бұрын

@@sunjian9818 I play CN mostly, and its just "If you pay me, I will literally do whatever you ask. But you better damn well pay or imma set your life on fire"

@jessepbigjdp

Жыл бұрын

@@vert3432 I would classify that as neutral evil, as "literally anything" includes the closest things to objectively morally evil acts such as murdering children

Playung Neutral Evil is some of the most fun I've ever had in DnD. Evil Alignments are all about being smart and understanding that actions have consequences that Good and Neutral alightments tend to get away with.

@skell6134

Жыл бұрын

Neutral evil is about caring about party,but as long as you have some profit from them,you wouldnt throw away your party on first opportunity,but might consider idea of leaving them on too dangerous situation . ,.

@StarryxNight5

Жыл бұрын

A really fun Neutral Evil (or, to be fair, more a True Neutral leaning evil) character is to actually have empathy and love. Have people you care about. But... why care about anybody besides that? You like your party, but everybody else? Nah. What does it matter if a few children are being tortured to death in that evil castle over there? Actually, the idiots in your party might rush into it and get themselves killed. Best to just cover it up. What they don't know won't hurt them. And let's try not to get caught doing it. We'd hate everybody calling us evil or something when we're just looking out for them. Etc, etc. Obviously, this is going to be a bit of a pain for the DM. You'll have to wrangle the character concept into having *some* motivation for adventure. Money, status, power, anything will work. But while playing, you get to live out how an amoral psychopath would while desperately trying to hide the fact that you're an amoral psychopath

@skell6134

Жыл бұрын

@@StarryxNight5 I find concept of hiding fact that your character is psycho pretty nice tho,it makes some good stuff for roleplay and i just love Neutral evil alingment in general Also yeah,as neutral evil i can just have some nice chat with party and then few hours later cut off fingers of random bandit because he did dare to do spying on my party XD

True Neutral could also be opposed to all the other alignments which is neat. Neutral alignment should not be confused with the unaligned. Being neutral you could view all other alignments as enemies.

Two new alignments: Lawful Chaotic & Chaotic Lawful Lawful Chaotic - you cause as much chaos as possible while following the letter (but not the spirit) of the law Chaotic Lawful - you have a strict moral code but nobody knows what it is because it doesn't make any sense (think fey)

@sashaisweird

Жыл бұрын

Yes

@FIVEBASKET

Жыл бұрын

yes

@majoras_swag

Жыл бұрын

yEs

@SkoomaGodDovahkiin666

Жыл бұрын

Lord Tzeentch, well met.

@Enlightenment0172

10 ай бұрын

Good Evil: You generally don't want to cause any harm, but money is money and you gotta come out on top. Evil Good: Screw morals, I'm killing that thief and taking their stuff.

Chaotic neutral: You are the forever DM and want to explore every second of this Bookstore regardless of sense or use for the campaign, either to show the others how much of a pain you are going through when they do it or because you want to make sure your DM gets to tell you everything they have prepared

@andrewcross4193

Жыл бұрын

Literally me. My favorite alignments are CN and LE for exactly this reason plus my love of classic villains.

@andrewcross4193

Жыл бұрын

Some day we'll get to play an actual character again instead of DMing. Don't give up hope, man.

Excellent description of Lawful Evil...exactly spot on. It's my favorite alignment because it lets me be a villain with some sense of morality more easily. Like my first character had a line that he would never cross such as harming children. Gives me the villain itch I like without being a horrible person I also have to admit keeping a tighter leash on CN and CE, because players in the past have used it as an excuse to just be an ass both in game and at the table. This is namely when I ask the player how they intend to play this character along with the others to make sure we can have a fun time

I like chaotic evil because it is by far the hardest alignment to make work. Building reasons for a sadistic 'Can i kill them pls' monster to work well with a party thats generally helping people most of the time is even more interesting than the well intentioned morally conscious villain. I overthink every situation, coming up with worst case scenarios, backup plans, and contingencies. All in the goal of being a murderhobo that gets away with it while others still enjoy my company. I could pick a favorite class, but I end up multiclassing 90% of the time anyways. My characters play against class stereotypes about that often as well

@roxythelipstickpixie72

Жыл бұрын

Chaotic Evil Tiefling Bloodrager who just loves to kill and prefers to kill those who put up an actual challenge, joins up with the heroes because at least this way he can kill anyone as long as they try to attack the party, plus plenty of challenge.

@skell6134

Жыл бұрын

@@roxythelipstickpixie72 Probably this character wouldnt be a good team player,lol Cleric gonna have a hard time managing party's hp like that XD

@DefinitelyNotOmegon

Жыл бұрын

My favorite CE character is one that the party doesn't realize they're CE because even though they have no morals and will do absolutely anything to get what they want, they just so happen to want very innocent things. Recently played a character like this whose only desire was to collect hats and rats.

@roxythelipstickpixie72

Жыл бұрын

@@DefinitelyNotOmegon Classic Hat and Rat Collector, of course. Love the good old I'm chaotic evil truly, but I got everything I want so I'm so I'm set.

@zenvariety9383

Жыл бұрын

I haven't played D&D but to make the Chaotic Evil alignment work you need intelligence. For example using magic to mess with people's minds, secretly mutate people into monsters due to mad science, and plotting to become the BBEG in order to bring about a Chaotic world full of nightmares is how it could be played.

Neutral good and chaotic good are my two favorites. Chaotic good can point out the flaws in a system that allows for suffering, while neutral good can paint a picture of what a just and noble life can be if you can't change that system.

One of my first characters was a true neutral lizard-folk. He was the most lizard-folk lizard-folk you'd see. Point of his character is that overtime he becomes less of the usual wild monster and more of a person

chaotic good is so much fun to play, but i love the complexity that true neutral can offer as well as the arcs of being forced to pick a side in conflict :3

The reason it's hard for people to identify as an alignment is cause they don't want to admit they're part of the 90% who are true neutral.

@JMOlsen_

2 ай бұрын

Lawful neutral and chaotic neutral are about as common as TN. No shortage of people in the other brackets as well. My guess would be around 70% in those 3 alignments. The rest fairly evenly distributed between the various good end evil alignments.

Honestly the main reason my favorite is Chaotic Good is just because they make awesome comic relief characters. Lawful Evil and Lawful Neutral are also fun though

@thespanishinquisition4078

Жыл бұрын

A newbie playing CG can be one of the worst alignments. A veteran playing CG can be one of the best. Same with LE and LN. CN is either awful or a 3.5 veteran with PTSD. CE and True Neutral is almost always terrible. NG is almost always boring as hell. And LG is only slightly less boring than NG unless played by a veteran.

@skell6134

Жыл бұрын

@@thespanishinquisition4078 What about NE ?

@thespanishinquisition4078

Жыл бұрын

@@skell6134 Same as CN, except instead of PTSD they're the reason the CN guys got PTSD to begin with.

@skell6134

Жыл бұрын

@@thespanishinquisition4078 Can you explain what NE possibly have done in 3.5 edition that people got ptsd ? . -.

@thespanishinquisition4078

Жыл бұрын

@@skell6134 Oh no it's not what NE did. It's rule sticklers. NE right now (with exceptions these are all just stereotypes) is played by two kinds of people, the ones that want to play as absolute assholes, and the ones that back in 3.5 were massively into the rules and would apply them to alignment, and still refuse to do so. Because back in 3.5 you HAD to be NE to be certain races or even things like a lich. So how does this relate to PTSD? Well. 3.5 had rules for alignment change. Basically, if you roleplayed something other than your stated alignment, it would change. This change came with a penalty, however, you lost a level. No I'm not kidding you lost an entire damn level, which at high levels means a lot of xp, for that. Playing an evil character and do one too many things? Loose a level. Playing a good character and backstab someone? Loose a levek. Playing a lawful character and break the obviously evil laws of the tyranical overlord of doom? Loose a god damned level... But hey, guess what? Good had rules, law had rules, evil for some reason had rules... Chaos didn't. And back in the day True Neutral wasn't an alignment, it was what constructs and animals had, not something for sapient beings... So the only alignment you could choose if you wanted to avoid having damocles' sword over your head was CN. Hence, the kind of people who are still following the alginemnt rules and choosing NE for that reason are the very reason the veterans still picking CN purely out of not wanting to deal with that stuff do so.

My character Gala has throughout our campaign gone on a journey from starting lawful good, quickly transitioning to neutral good, and now at the end is unabashedly chaotic good. Her last words in a major fight was to the king of the region we were in, both she and him were engaging enemies in the back. Upon seeing her friends begin to fall she asked the king if he trusted her, held out her hand, and when he took it announced now is the time to avenge your fallen kingdom and dimension doored both of us square in front of the bbeg. Then she was dropped shortly after.

I played low charisma + chaotic good once, that was pretty fun but my favorite is neutral good. Lawful good/neutral can be lots of fun as well imo, depending on the party (for example classic paladin paired with a goodhearted fighter and a classic cleric. Sounds super basic, but can be a lot of fun).

I mostly play chaotic good because it’s my alignment irl. The description was spot-on. Helping those in need had been my greatest passion for as long as I can remember, but I have a bad habit of feeling guilty for lack of contribution and then overcompensating.

Weirdly enough, I don't choose True Neutral because I'm indecisive but because some of the characters I play don't have a concept of good and evil in the first place.

Chaotic Good: “Steal from the rich, give to the poor.” Chaotic Neutral: “Steal from the rich, keep to myself.” Chaotic Evil: “Steal from everyone, keep to myself.” Lawful: “Stealing is wrong.”

@RallasterAsuremen

Жыл бұрын

Lawful Evil: "Stealing is wrong...taxes and property redistribution is perfectly valid."

@ant3910

18 күн бұрын

I thought chaotic neutral is stealing from everyone and keeps it for yourself then chaotic evil is stealing from everyone for the hell of it

As a chaotic neutral enjoyer, I think it’s just important to realize that CN characters are not excessively violent murder hobos, they’re just free spirits who value being able to live on their own terms. CN is a really fun alignment when played by someone who knows what CN actually represents.

@kalinora3901

2 ай бұрын

Yeah, I think murder hobos would probably fall under chaotic evil.

True Neutral isn't the alignment I play as the most, but it is the alignment I got when taking an alignment quiz online, and it is the first alignment I chose for the first character I made. I relate to this alignment a lot. I'm really indecisive, and the class I have played the most ironically enough is fighter, with barbarian not being that far behind. Congratulations! You just got a soul read on me!

@skell6134

Жыл бұрын

On quiz i got Neutral evil leaning to True Neutral,and so thats the two alingments i would play most probably

@Brxwn9

Жыл бұрын

Bro got “soul read” by an alignment table. I’m done with y’all 😂 STOP! But have your fun.

7:28 wow, that perfectly describes me. I’m even making myself lunch as I watch this.

My favorite to play depends on the dm. Playing lawful good is really fun when I get rewarded for being a genuinely good person. But I think Lawful Evil and True Neutral is what I'm drawn to the most conceptionally. I like being able to play morally grey characters and have them not tied to the same morals as me.

Oh my god, I run a few D&D campaigns with like middle schools who are getting into D&D for the first time and I swear, EVERYONE wants to be either chaotic evil or true neutral, with the intent of running the most messed up blood thirsty campaigns ever with overly edgy characters even though this is their first time. Everything you said in your first part about chaotic evil fans fits so perfectly, but unfortunately, we just can’t let them always pick that alignment because if we wanted to run a TRULY chaotic evil campaign, we’d be getting complaints from parents.

@egale1873

Жыл бұрын

…okay uh, I’ve gotten to the lawful good part of the video and uh… don’t judge me! My essay length KZread comments could be MUCH worse.

I like playing Lawful Good. Why? Because of the obvious question: Why are you Lawful Good? Characters who are Lawful Good have deeply personal reasons for believing what they believe. They often have some kind of very specific apotheosis they are training/building/studying towards, and they’re doing their best to get as many people as possible to the same summit they are climbing to. It’s a classic case of inviting the whole class to a birthday party and being bummed that only your closest friends showed up, and only a couple of them at that. Lawful Goods genuinely want to share what about their life path is so amazing and the good it has done for them, and they get depressed when people don’t take them up on the offer. They let it go eventually, but it can rankle. Proselytization is a common trap for Lawful Goods that can force a downgrade to Lawful Neutral, or Lawful Evil, if they let their frustration and disappointment go too far. Another common trap is the desire to “talk-no-jutsu” everything, as the desire to solve problems in other ways is very strong which makes it harder to just sit down and talk things out. A successful “talk-no-jutsu” is not one forced by the blade; it is one where you connect with the heart and soul of the BBEG on a level they could never have imagined, which completely changes the BBEG’s outlook on their entire evil scheme. That works, because it inspires someone evil to do something good for a change, and the BBEG grows and develops as a character as a result. It’s not holding a sword/fireball/dominate person to their throat and forcing them to change; it’s putting all your cards on the table, laying out your case perfectly, and waiting to see the BBEG come to the sickening realization purely on their own that you are right and they are wrong, and they can’t even argue it in the slightest. If the BBEG persists in spite of this realization, they do so knowing full well that they truly are firmly in the wrong. The shame alone might just end them. Lawful Goods can be some of the best friends and supporters you have ever seen. They will not BS you: if they don’t like something, they will let you know. They will always be quick with advice to overcome any problems or issues you might have, and will go to heck and back to help you if you ask them. Literally; one campaign I am in has my Lawful Good Dragonborn Monk so devoted to their God that they will follow them into oblivion if their God dies (and since his god is in the process of dying, the existential crisis will come to a head 🤣) It deeply hurts a Lawful Good party member when you suffer something in silence, and refuse to ask for help. They know they can help, but only if people open up to them. Many Lawful Goods only got to where they are now because they asked for help along the way. This leaves them humble about their own accomplishments, because they don’t want to discredit the people that supported them. At the same time, they do have a sense of pride about their progress. If an old character flaw pops up, or if a plot twist completely invalidates potentially decades of progress on your character’s goals, you better hope the DM has a rock-solid redemption path for them to bring them back up to their old levels of motivation or they will be so crushed they simply cannot continue, forcing you to make a new character. Just some examples of what makes great Lawful Good characters tick, in case folks were curious!

@dangerousdays2052

4 ай бұрын

Most people in real life are Lawful Good just because they don't want to go to jail.

@firstnamelastname7244

3 ай бұрын

​@@dangerousdays2052Isn't that closer to lawful neutral?

I played a True Neutral human fighter with the aim of making the basic interesting. She wasn't like what you described, she had a definite point of view, but it definitely wasn't aligned with universal themes. She spent most of Avernus scheming to get back to a dimension with real steaks, as well as somehow managing to add to her porn collection (she managed to score a copy of the banned Volume 7 of Orcs of Passion at the wandering market!) lol

Every time I take the alignment quiz it comes out as Lawful Neutral, but honestly True Neutral describes me the best in this video XD

How do you keep doing that? In every video of "What your favorite D&D (something) says about you" you actually described me very well with my favorite (something), every! single! time!

@BlaineSimple

11 ай бұрын

Sorry I'm late to this comment, but I have a lot of experience in the game and picked up a lot of common traits and stereotypes from players and NPCs. Also do a lot of research into the community, with all this knowledge going into making this series sound uncannily predictive lol

Neutral Evil description is pretty spot on. And is the most fun I've ever had. Neutral Evil Sorcerer that fireballs party members when in melee simply because "the bad guys are more squishy so will go down first" and "Oh, isn't everyone fire resistant like me?"

Damn, that neutral evil part was personal

True Neutral players call themselves Centrists in politics, their favorite flavor of ice cream is sugar, their favorite color is beige, and they occasionally like to go nuts and put some black pepper on their food.

My current character is chaotic neutral, and I mainly chose it because my character is definitely not evil, but they aren’t an angel with no sins, they’ve committed crimes, all be it with a reason and person behind it, but in my ideas they’re too evil to be good, and too good to be evil.

Thought: Chaotic Good drow whose turned from their previous ways and tries to help in any way, but may fall back on their tendencies when the going gets really tough. They will apologize and feel bad afterwards, though, and will try to make up for it.

I like Chaotic Neutral the most, but not for the reasons you mentioned. I just enjoy playing a character who is crafty, impulsive, and has their own reason for doing things with no tethers to good or evil. I like when my characters are being enigmatic, hard to pin down, and being able to aid civilians or screw over people in the most vindictive way without being told I’m doing an alignment wrong. I like that border between good and evil, as well as the story telling aspect of it. I like that I can basically be chaotic good most of the time, but genuinely evil and needlessly cruel to my enemies, never serving anyone other than the party’s (and thus my own) best interest, although sometimes acting impulsively and serving as comic relief

*As a neutral good fan is very flattered and now doing that 'aw shucks' hand fanning thing. That being said, the most fun I've ever had in DnD was playing a high charisma CE/CN borderline character being inadvertently held in check by his various 'blissfully unaware of his true nature' good aligned friends so who knows what that means XD edit: Hungry best alignment, 10/10, thank you for letting me know of this rare truth XD

You were 100% spot on with the descriptions of me as a primary true neutral player, except that I am always playing a wizard (or other mage variant) where it was kinda sad to see a total miss after a full hit streak.

I play chaotic good characters, and yeah you pretty much described what my characters are like.

I think Lawful Neutal describes me IRL rather well. I respect the rules I decided to respect / see the value of, I do not respect all rules just because they exist (LG) nor do I break laws for fun (chaotic). I am no samaritan who helps others constantly (LG-CG) nor do I go out of my way to make people miserable or suffer (CE,NE,LE). I do not twist words to trick people either while not breaking the rules (LE). On the other hand I am not completely detatched from everyone (true neutral) and my actions/impulses make sense and are easily understandable to others (thus I am definitely not CN).

@Vedhon

Жыл бұрын

This dude just pulled over a its just like me fr fr

@danemr6808

Жыл бұрын

You see, that's the misconception people have about LN and LG. LN is respecting rules because they exist, LG is respecting rules because they help people or keep bad people in line. The way I like to think of it is that the second letter is what you do, and the first letter is what you use to do it. A lawful good person wants to do good, and they want to use the law to do it. A chaotic evil person wants to do evil and will use chaos to do it. Neutral is "Whatever *shrugs*". NG is a person who will do "whatever *shrugs*" to do good, and LN is a person who uses law to do "whatever *shrugs*".

"True Neutral: You play a fighter or barbarian." I mean, I can't say you're technically incorrect since my first character was a fighter. It was just a multiclassed sorcerer/rouge/fighter. My take on true neutral tends to be more the role of one who adapts to the situation and is willing to do either good or evil acts as necessary, but within reason rather than seemingly randomly like chatoic characters, while also not following a strict code as most lawful characters are. Basically someone who follows the path of "what best serves me and the party" while still being willing to do some "less than ideal" things if they sound like fun or are what the party wants to do, so long as they don't just cause problems.

@Ikoraiza

2 ай бұрын

I like that idea of lawful neutral. Im playing baldurs gate 3 and this is how I play my drow rogue. I try to adapt to a situation, not following a code or doing things just because. Im not evil, but im not a charity either. I like to do good or evil when its necessary, when it isn't difficult or benefits me and the party as long as its not an extreme.

My favorites are Lawful Evil and Chaotic Good... I feel A LOT of people don't always understand the Chaotic Good part, and assume you always break rules no matter what. The thing is more, your obsession for justice on villains could be that you will rather murder one if they harm others, or possibly prevent them from ever harming people again by excessive punishment. You could still follow standard rulings within a city just fine (like not breaking in and/or stealing stuff), it is just that your morality is absolute and, in your eyes, worthy by you to execute over any form of justice within a city's laws... :-P

The funny thing about the Hungry alignment is I am at work. And while I'm watching this, I'm not on break.

I feel kinda attacked....less by my fav alignment details, more that I am on lunch from work ATM, and feel called out XD

My heart literally jumped when you described exactly what i was doing with that last alignment

Have you thought about doing a series of: What your LEAST favorite XYZ says about you? e.g., my LEAST favorite alignment is Chaotic neutral. People seem to play it either because the campaign bans evil alignments, the player wants to play a crazy character, or the player wants a loner edge lord. All three instances make the game hard for players and the DM

@MurakamiTenshi

Жыл бұрын

Campaigns banning evil alignments in the first place is why players are forced to play CN

@celestialtree8602

Жыл бұрын

@@MurakamiTenshi I mean I don't think it's unfair to want players to do the right thing in your game focused on doing the right thing and stopping some big bad guy doing the distinctly wrong thing. Like that description applies to a LOT of campaigns and bypassing that by playing the closest thing to evil without *technically* being evil gets annoying real quick.

@greymouse451

Жыл бұрын

@@MurakamiTenshi I think that an indication of a mismatch between the player and the campaign.

@ICantThinkOfAFunnyHandle

Жыл бұрын

Evil alignments being banned and loner edge lords aren't chaotic neutral's fault, it's the fault of the players not playing the alignment they chose. The fun way to play chaotic neutral is by playing a wildcard, a character who's only with the party because there's a shared interest in the moment. It becomes a fun challenge for the DM to make a good story that'll keep the wildcard's interests aligned with the party while also creating tension for the players that one of their party members might turn on them at any moment. It's certainly not for everyone and if you want to play a pure good power fantasy it's certainly far from ideal but otherwise it's a really fun dynamic to have in a party

@greymouse451

Жыл бұрын

@@ICantThinkOfAFunnyHandle The problem with the wild card is that the player is responsible for deciding why their character would stay with the group, not the DM. If the character wouldn't stay with the group, the payer needs to think up a different character. I've never seen anyone play Chaotic neutral in a way that was anything other than a way for the player to make the game less fun for the DM and other players.

As a Neutral Evil main, you just described me perfectly.

LE : "Betrayed the party and got away with it". *Look at his highest level character*. I indeed did that at the end of the first campaign and now they think I'm dead. Except the paladin he caught on to it but he needs me.

My favourite alignment is chaotic good, and I feel like what you said describes me well. Great video btw!

You forgot my personal favourite alignment: alignment denier. “You think alignments are stupid and too vague to provide any benefit for role play. You constantly complain about it and other systems you don’t like to anyone and everyone who happens to mention them and whether you realise it or not should probably just play some other ttrpg than Dungeons and Dragons.”

@ElFrogge

Жыл бұрын

You're a Lawful good

I feel called out on that hungry alignment. I always eat something whenever I'm watching his videos. How did he know.

You are forgetting my favorite, chaotic stupid. These are the characters who do stupid things just for kicks and giggles (eg. "I pickpocket the guard", "I steal the friendly noble's jewelry").

Wow Blaine, great video as usual! Keep up the amazing entertaining content!

I'm definitely chaotic evil irl

@satan1149

Жыл бұрын

a bit edgy there arnt we

@WilliamRoberts255

Жыл бұрын

@@satan1149 nah it was just a joke about what he was saying in the start, I'd realistically place myself as lawful neutral probably

Favorite alignment - Chaotic Evil, because i genuinely enjoy emotionally scarring other people. suffering builds character :) Alignment I play most - Chaotic Good, because I am good at pretending and most DMs don't want Chaotic Evil Irl alignment - Hungry. always.

I love chaotic good bc it goes realy well with my hyperactive brain and I can make the DM really mad sometimes: the last time I remember it was when a Sphinx was guarding an entrence and I became friends with it and gifted them a bowtie and they sliped up and told me the answer to every question they knew .

Im a perfect balance between chaotic neutral and true Neutral. I always want to get my party into weird situations but usually nothing happens because I wait for everyone to finish talking.

Potato Salad, in the middle of GMing a 5e campaign, waiting on a player to show up.

This was actually really helpful, thank you.

Really scraping the bottom of the barrel here

@Greenknight3

Жыл бұрын

Don't be saying that, this dumb crap is wy I love this channel.

@nonyabuisness9214

Жыл бұрын

@@Greenknight3 it's also why I love this channel, and is the reason I liked this video

Ah yes, the hungry alignment. The alignment of the Swarm the Walks in Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous. The most evil of all alignments by far.

Lawful Evil is my favorite due to being more or less how I personally due things.

I always though Lawful alignments can give an interesting opportunity for character development and depth, as well as interesting moral dilemmas.

I’m generally polite, truthful, law-abiding and compassionate. As well as risk-averse and loyal. Though sometimes I don’t care about people to an oppressive amount and enjoy the power fantasy, and have/had some anger issues. I think I’m Lawful Neutral.

chaotic good people can be described as “you are being helped. Do not resist.”

Haha, jokes on you I only play chaotic neutral because I can do almost anything in game without a alignment change

Personally, I'm a combination of Neutral Good and True Neutral. I'm the one that's indecisive at restaurants, but I'm very vocal on points I believe are important and I'll fight for them if necessary.

I took a DnD alignment chart test for funsies. While I was True Neutral, I leaned more towards Lawful Evil. So, I guess I'm a fantasy cop. Just, like, one of the henchmen, though. One you could probably convince to just... quit.

I like using Magic the Gathering's color pie system instead of alignments. Anything within 1-3 color combinations, as anything 4+ colors starts losing their unique identity. For example: Red: Passionate and Chaotic. You abhor being controlled by others. Red Black: As above, but willing to fulfill your own desires at any cost. Red Black Blue: As above, but you are cold and calculating, callous enough to treat allies as sacrificial pawns for your own schemes.

You just... Shot me in the gut with Chatoic Good. It's my favorite alignment and that "If someone seems slightly uncomfortable you immediately apologize profusely." that's pretty much me.

I feel called out by that Neutral Good description

Oh Lord, I had a player who was Lawful Evil as a whole. He ALWAYS played sneaky and conniving cookie cutters

I like Lawful good characters because I like playing good characters and I also like characters that make promises that they will hold themselves to as if it were law.

Neutral Evil is a very fun way to play D&D.

"What your favorite personality says about your personality"

I love how the chaotic good alignment despite being a generic comment was very specific with me and I happen to, so far, always play chaotic good.

Made 7 months ago and I’m literally in the break room watching this just like you said!

I think the alignments do make sense and fit everyone, and the people who find them vague simply don't understand them fully.

I'm currently eating my lunch while watching this and I feel seen, but also super called out. :D

As the years of gaming have slowly turned into decades of gaming, I've realized the best alignment is the one that lets you stack up dead orcs like cord wood without DM interference.

tbh, even though the chart itself isn't accurate, these descriptions explain exactly who every person I know is and their favorite alignments.

Lawful evil for me, you can do a lot of stuff and have your character come up with a justification I once had a forged paladin who was built by a demon and was his first officer

I would say that TN is actually one of the most difficult alignments to play well, because your character doesn't really care about laws or morals and so you have to come up with a strong personal motivation for them to be risking life and limb with the party to accomplish something big. TN is not so much a character who can't make up their mind, but a character whose morality is almost completely self-centered and uninfluenced by outside forces. A well-played TN character is often working towards their own goals and (at least initially) considers the party a convenient cover or a means to an end. Whether they eventually bond with the party, betray the party to get the ultimate power for themselves, or just help defeat the BBEG so they can go back to their own personal life, a TN character primarily does what they want to do for their own reasons.

Lawful evil was quite on point

mine is chaotic evil, and you PERFECTLY described me

You reveal your youth, young Simple. The true favorite class of the Chaotic Evil enjoyer is ANTIPALADIN.

it just occurred to me that neutral evil is a common alignment in corporations, and most of them don’t know it. like the corporate system itself rewards behaving like this alignment, until eventually you adopt it over time even if you had a different one at first. Edit: lawful neutral is also very common in corporations, but then it’s bureaucracy in general - not necessarily just corporations.

why was chaotic neutral so perfect. I fr do be that one guy that uses the immovable rods for the stupidest reasons too

My friend favors Chaotic Neutral and I favor Lawful good so our characters always argue nonstop about the morality of forcing our fellow party member to drink chloroform to flush out the cultists who straight up Magic Schoolbus’d up into their system

Umm you forgot my favorite alignment the Unaligned which is most beasts

Good choice of background music!

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