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theincarnadine42
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Personally, I like playing bad guys. I often find that an evil character with a good story behind them can be far more interesting than your standard "I fight for what is right and defending cute puppies" kind of character. Don't get me wrong, I like heroes, but sometimes I get bored with the "well you have to kill undead, they are undead and therefore must be purged" and jump to the Dark Helmet standpoint of "Good is dumb" and start rubbing my hands together while cackling like a mad man. In character of course.
Usually. I'm not crazy!
I think back to some of the most fun characters I have played in other games or in PnP, some were evil, some were not quite that far but not good people. I had an alien in City of Heroes who was of a clone breed bent on universal domination. In SWTOR my favorite character was an assassin who was pretty much insane, but with a really detailed tragic story that got her to that point, mostly due to her Sith master, another one of my characters who had a thirst for chaos inspired by the Joker. In D&D I am playing a rogue who, while not necessarily evil, is certainly there for his own gains, is not above stealing from his allies, and may have accidentally killed half the population of a town by selling them a potion made up of strange goo he found in a dungeon.
Not all of my characters are evil, a very small percent of them are, but they always turn out to be the most fun...
So what do you guys think? How do you prefer to play?
Usually. I'm not crazy!
I think back to some of the most fun characters I have played in other games or in PnP, some were evil, some were not quite that far but not good people. I had an alien in City of Heroes who was of a clone breed bent on universal domination. In SWTOR my favorite character was an assassin who was pretty much insane, but with a really detailed tragic story that got her to that point, mostly due to her Sith master, another one of my characters who had a thirst for chaos inspired by the Joker. In D&D I am playing a rogue who, while not necessarily evil, is certainly there for his own gains, is not above stealing from his allies, and may have accidentally killed half the population of a town by selling them a potion made up of strange goo he found in a dungeon.
Not all of my characters are evil, a very small percent of them are, but they always turn out to be the most fun...
So what do you guys think? How do you prefer to play?
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Just tired of the whole alignment not reflecting at all in a game.
Alignment started out really as more of a faction system, with two sides labeled "Law" and "Chaos", not a morality classification system. Putting "Good" and "Evil" into it ruined it and turned it into the ridiculous monstrosity that is the "classic" 3x3 system. 4E got rid of some of the more pointless alignments, and got rid of almost all of the mechanical implications, but I wish it had gotten rid of it entirely.
In PnP roleplaying, my characters are whatever they are. Sometimes they do "good" things, sometimes "bad" things, depending on the perspective who's doing the judging.
In a video game like this, though, I don't really give any thought to my character's morality or lack thereof; that's not what I'm here for.
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In the end, he's a killer, and whatever "alignment" he chooses, that's what he'll always be. And deep down, he hates that.
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That is the beauty of the Foundry system, we can make whole stories designed for the bad guys to fill any gaps the regular game may have *evil grin*
I will go with whatever alignment Selune has. Good thing that now I can try monk class and still worship Selune. I always had problems with monk class for they were not reflecting my goddess.
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Not confirmed, not denied - just like any other class. Plus more classes than these four would be at launch.
Once can hope for it, especially if one is monk of Selune for she is the light in darkness, the Lady of hope (ok, not her name but her folio at least).
A dwarven female in wedding dress? Cool!
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Like if you were playing a Lawful Neutral Paladin, and you found a (wrongfully) convicted criminal in a dungeon, what can you do? He wants to tell you what really happened to him, but justice has already been decided and you're blocked from a potential quest. To get all the content and quests done the first time around in an RPG (which is what I always shoot for), I have to change my alignment on the fly depending on the situation.
How charged with punishments the scroll.
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.
- W.E.H.
Pretty much most people are it in real life so... why be any different in a game?
A Challenge is something interesting and awkward until you beat it... then it's called "Repetative"
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Because I don't want to be me in a game.
I haven't met anybody I would consider true nuetral in real life.
This is because alignments are guidelines now and not govern how your character is compelled to act - in order to give more flexibility to DM. Unfortunately it means that a campaign has become more dependent on DM.
i.e. a bad DM like me can manage a 3e campaign but I still don't have confidence to manage 4e campaign
One more - Unaligned is there - which basically means that your character shows a finger to alignment(does not mean neutral).
Yeah I always pictured Unaligned as Han Solo-- or some of the Rifts' alignment system of handling the alignment shades o grey.
Alignment in a MMO though just seems to come down to what gear you can/cant wear. It did in DDO at least. I hope they make some more use of alignment in the campaigns. At least make Divine classes have the alignment of their deities.
Edit: Actually, I'll probably be Chaotic Neutral with Good Tendencies. Going to basically run around exploring every nook and cranny in game, and letting the Wind carry me wherever it will.
Other characters alignment's will vary.
And the MMO will not be using alignments, or do we get factions to side with, officially speaking.