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What is My Alignment? Alignment is used to represent the values and beliefs that are inside each Character to help explain why they act the way they do.This applies to ALL actions performed, including the slaying of mobs, talking, helping other PCs with advice/equipment, or assisting in corpse retrievals. Remember that the essence of Roleplay is learning to keep separate your personal alignment from that of your character, unless of course you have chosen to RP a character with the same alignment as yourself. The following definitions should be consulted for you to pick the proper label for the way you plan to act on Darkening Sun. Once an alignment is selected, actions performed outside that alignment are punishable by alignment changes, loss of experience, and worse - so choose wisely!
Law vs. Chaos: The standard Cop versus Criminal philosophical differences. Law - The belief that in order for happiness and safety to exist, a set of external laws must be followed and obeyed, regardless of the consequences. A lawful character believes that all laws must be obeyed for society to prosper, including those laws that he does not agree with. A lawful person does not tolerate those that break the law. Chaos - The belief that laws and strictures restrict the happiness of an individual, and society will be better off without these restrictions. In order for a person to achieve the most in life, they must not be held back by restrictions imposed by others, and they should be allowed to do whatever they feel like doing. Neutral (Law/Chaos) - - This is either not being able to understand the concept of a society's laws [wild animals]; or having a personal set of laws to live by that are close to that of society, but not identical. This can be simplified to "Laws are important, but I don't mind breaking little laws, or breaking laws in small ways". They are always true to their own personal set of laws. |
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