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“ ♪I won't see you in the afterlife in that case
Because you're Lawful and Chaotic Good am I
And I don't think they'll let me hang at your place.
O buddy Roy, O buddy Roy, why did you die?♪ 		”
  — Elan[1]  


A character's Alignment is a categorization of the ethical and moral perspective of people, creatures and societies. In D&D, the alignment is a combination of two facets - Law vs. Chaos, and Good vs. Evil.

The Outer Planes are agglomerations of strong ideas, whose organizational structure matches the D&D alignment system.

Lawful Good
“ I have an alternate strategy: We go peacefully with her to see her master and answer the charges. ”
  — Roy Greenhilt[2]  


A good character who acts with honour and a sense of duty. They will keep the law unless helping someone requires them to break it, in that case they have to face a hard choice. Most important characters the series, and nearly all Paladins have the lawful good alignment List of Lawful Good Characters

Main article: Lawful Good
Neutral Good
“ You're a very good paladin, sir—but right now, I think our people need their lord more than they need a paladin. ”
  — Daigo[3]  


A character who does good things and follows their conscience, regardless of the law. However, they do not break the law unless they feel they have to.

List of Neutral Good Characters

Main article: Neutral Good
Chaotic Good
“ No, see, we tricked her into suspending her gnome murder rampage. ”
  — Haley Starshine[4]  


A character who prefers doing good things to keeping laws. They don't like being told what to do and prefer to improvise.

List of Chaotic Good Characters

Main article: Chaotic Good
Lawful Neutral
“ Magical evidence is not deemed admissable in a court of law here in Cliffport, due to the ease with which it can be faked using illusions. ”
  — Rookie[5]  


The LAW is the most important thing, and only the LAW. Their enemies are any lawbreakers, and allies are anyone who enforces the law. Unless they break it.

List of Lawful Neutral Characters

Main article: Lawful Neutral
True Neutral
“ I'm True Neutral, I go both ways. ”
  — Julia Greenhilt[6]  


Also known as "Neutral" or "Neutral Neutral", is neither lawful nor chaotic and neither good nor evil. A True Neutral character either only looks out for themselves, or tries to keep the balance between good and Evil.

List of True Neutral Characters

Main article: Neutral
Chaotic Neutral
“ So, now's probably a good time to mention that I'm a wanted criminal in Azure City. I admit to nothing, but I have it on good authority that there are several attractive young heiresses in this town that are quite shamefully lax in securing their most valuable jewelry. ”
  — Julio Scoundrél[7]  


A Chaotic Neutral character is someone who just does what they want, and wants to be free to do that. Either that, or they are completely insane.

List of Chaotic Neutral Characters

Main article: Chaotic Neutral
Lawful Evil
“ Hold her until you drain the life from her. Then devour her corpse. ”
  — Redcloak[8]  


An Evil character likes a well ordered (but evil) society. Lawful Evil will follow orders but may twist the rules.

List of Lawful Evil Characters

Main article: Lawful Evil
Neutral Evil
“ I suppose not warning Nale about his brother's jailbreak will serve as my two weeks' notice. ”
  — Pompey[9]  


Neutral Evil Characters don't respect laws or needlessly cause violence, instead they are usually selfish and would turn on their allies if it benefits them. Basically, they only care about getting what they want.

List of Neutral Evil Characters

Main article: Neutral Evil
Chaotic Evil
“ Nothing, really. I just inscribed a Symbol of Insanity on one of those super-bouncy balls and flung it into the middle of your troops back there. ”
  — Xykon[10]  


An Evil Character who has no respect for laws or lives, and look out only for themselves and what they want.

List of Chaotic Evil Characters

Main article: Chaotic Evil

References

  1. ↑ Comic 445, "A Song for the Departed"
  2. ↑ Comic 204, "What's My Motivation?"
  3. ↑ Comic 467, "Learn to Play it Right"
  4. ↑ Comic 975, "Up in the Air"
  5. ↑ Comic 363, "I Fought the Law"
  6. ↑ Comic 343, "Served with a Side Order of Whoop-Ass"
  7. ↑ Comic 392, "Death From Above"
  8. ↑ Comic 830, "Tidying Up"
  9. ↑ Comic 399, "Death Actually IS Too Good For Them"
  10. ↑ Comic 448, "Just Crazy Enough to Work"

See Also