What Alignment do you play?

[Headdrivehardscrew]

I tend to prefer neutral good, unless I'm a rogue-type character in which case I might roll chaotic good.

For a rogue, chaotic good tends to be a bit of a hassle, I believe. I think as chaotic good you're not supposed to ever meddle with poisons and the like, and while you can lie with and make babies with anyone you fancy, you are only supposed to lie to characters of evil disposition. Doesn't seem to fit the job description of your typical rogue.

Then again, since I do prefer the Chaotic Good badge myself, I shall have no laws or rules constrict me and bind me down.

Maybe that's why Amalur turned into a walk in the park around halfway through?

 

[WoW Killer]

Chaotic Evil is someone evil, who abhors order and any sort of structure or establishment. Someone who is Chaotic Evil is a supervillain who follows their own rules, and doesn't work well with others. I.E. has no comrades. Completely Individualist.

Neutral Evil is someone who respects rules and establishment, but is willing to bend them to suit their own gain, I.E. sell out their comrades as soon as someone stronger comes along. Collectivist or individualist, depending on the situation.

Lawful Evil is someone evil who has a strict guidelines of how things should work, and has some sort of system in place. I.E. a tyrant. Collectivist.

The way I think of it is:

Chaotic Evil = Sadist,
Neutral Evil = Psychopath,
Lawful Evil = ****.

IRL I'm probably Neutral Good, but for RP purposes I think Lawful Neutral is the most interesting. Actually Lawful Good is probably the most interesting (so long as you understand what it means and not go Lawful Stupid), but I just can't relate to that alignment at all. So yeah, Lawful Neutral is my usual choice.

 

[CrimsonBlaze]

I'm most comfortable as being Chaotic Good. It allows me to be flexible in my role-playing and make the decisions that I want for the forces of good.

 

[Carbonyl]

Gotta go with Chaotic Good. Sometimes the right choice is to slap the mayor upside the head, not going to get to do that following the law.

 

[BlueKenja]

Every D&D personality test tells me I'm chaotic neutral...so I pretty much always go with it

 

[kouriichi]

More often then not Lawful Evil. I like to think the law is a crowbar. And im going to use it to bust into your house, break your kneecaps, and get the Tax your refused to pay our glorious ruler

Of course im going to skill 30% of it off the top and say you couldnt pay it all <3 When your in debt, your going to work far harder at your job! And a productive worker is a happy worker.

 

[trooper6]

Well, in a RPG I am playing a character who is not me. So I try to play a different character each time with difference characteristics...and that includes alignment (if I'm playing a system with alignments, which I prefer not to). So I've played Lawful-Good, I've played Chaotic-Evil and everything in between. One of my favorites was a Nuetral-Evil character who believed himself to be Lawful-Neutral.

But generally, I'd rather play a system without an alignment system.

 

[Cpu46]

I tend to hover between Lawful good and chaotic neutral depending on the situation.

Give me a group of guards and I will refuse to kill them, I have no qualms about injuring them, but I don't kill them. Give me a wizard who was the antagonist until he turned on his master at the last moment and I will still bash his face in. I don't care if either situation causes more damage than good. That's just how my characters play.

Then again on the occasions I have played in an evil party i have been told I play Chaotic Evil really really well. Sold out my party for the bounty posted on them (was the newest addition to the group and therefore wasn't included), collected the reward, pick pocketed the plot item from the guards, then used the plot item to bribe myself back into the party after they broke out of prison.

DM wasn't happy that I had pretty much hijacked the session and turned it into what accounted to filler, since all that had really changed from start to end was the weight of my gold pouch, but everyone else seemed to enjoy it.

 

[Marsell]

Chaotic Neutral
Because rules were made to be broken

 

[Jack Nief]

I'd say Lawful Good or Neutral Good for me. I want to be the hero, the good guy everyone looks up to. I want to be the guy who fights injustice and evil. My first concept of the Paladin was in Warcraft 2, but my interest only really stood from the name. 'Paladin'. Such a cool word. Later on, I actually got into gaming as a paladin in Quest for Glory V- Dragon Fire. The hero who solves all problems, no crisis too great, no problem too small. I adored the character idea, and I actually stuck with it from then on.

 

[Something Amyss]

Depends how you play it out really

there's a big difference between a psychopath and somebody who is forced into a life of crime in order to carve out a livelyhood

but yea, perhaps 'hell-raising' wasn't the best way to describe it.

In D&D, evil acts for good reasons still make you evil. Or, at the very best, neutral.

 

[Imperioratorex Caprae]

Depends on the game, setting, players and DM. But generally either Lawful Evil if my bastard side is hopping up, Neutral Evil or True Neutral. I've played Good characters before, but I am a sucker for bad guys and sometimes making them Jerk with a Golden Heart.

 

[phantasmalWordsmith]

Lawful Good. And so far, I'm only the second/third one to say that. Sad to say, that's my real life alignment. I once rode the train without paying, felt guilty for weeks despite the fact that I hadn't really hurt anyone by doing so but felt bad because I had broken the rules. Though I would prefer to call it Snarky Good. No matter what situation I get into, I'm making a tongue in cheek/sarcastic comment

 

[Kiefer13]

I've never played a tabletop roleplaying game (though I'd like to try it sometime), but I think I'd probably go with Chaotic Good.

 

[Hawk of Battle]

I don't follow D&D alignment conventions. The only convention I do follow, is the classic Worms conventions of being a Brightsider, that is, playing according to the situation and doing whatever benefits me the most.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

I've never played a tabletop game, but I usually like to play as Chaotic Good. I do what I believe is right, laws and governments be damned.

 

[BathorysGraveland]

Neutral Evil is my preferred.

I'm very attracted to selfish, arrogant mercenary-type characters, so I enjoy playing them. My characters aren't really evil, they just don't care about anyone but themselves really. For example, my characters will never accept a quest unless there is some payoff for himself. My characters aren't afraid of breaking laws to suit their needs as well, be that something as simple as stealing or as serious as murdering an innocent townsmen (though for the latter, there would need to be an exceptionally massive payoff).

I find these the most interesting and fun characters.

 

[WoW Killer]

whatever benefits me the most.

That's called Neutral Evil

I've never played a tabletop game, but I usually like to play as Chaotic Good. I do what I believe is right, laws and governments be damned.

That could be more Neutral Good depending on what you mean by "be damned". Chaotic Good characters believe the establishment is what causes evil. If you just try to do the right thing regardless of prejudice then that's Neutral Good.

 

[malestrithe]

I tend to be on the Lawful end of the spectrum.

In a good campaign, I play lawful good. The few times we did evil, I was lawful evil.

I have to remind many people that being Lawful Good does not mean you are a kill joy. It does not mean carte blanche to harass the thief either. It does not mean you do not kill. You only kill as a last resort. What it means is that you try to do as much good within the law as possible. If it means that sometimes you have to bend the rules to do so, then bend the rules, but just enough.

 

[Sunrider]

I don't play tabletop games, but if I did, I'd go for the Lovable Rogue / Gentleman Thief / Classy Cat Burglar kind of character!
In games that don't necessarily follow the D&D rules and / or settings, I still use their alignment system as a sort of reference. I tend to switch between asshole and nice guy in different games and playthroughs just to keep things somewhat fresh.