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Subject: Paladins and alignments
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Date: Thu, 9-May-85 13:12:11 EDT
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I'd like to further the discussion on alignments.

While I too wrote up my interpretations of LAWFUL, CHAOTIC, etc, 
to give to my players to help them roll-play their characters,
I think that a better idea is to post examples.

Lets take historical or movie characters and just categorize them.

e.g.

David Carradine's KANE in Kung Fu:   VERY LAWFUL, mostly GOOD.

Richard Nixon:	As CHAOTIC as he could get away with, it seems.

Clint Eastwood's KALLAHAN: NEUTRAL, tending towards LAWFUL.
	- obviously since he wastes quite a few people, can't be considered
GOOD, and while he generally is on the side of LAW AND ORDER, he does things
his own way.

Lets see other examples of characters who exemplify the various extremes.
Given that the whole alignment deal is a plane, most of us probably sit
in the lawful-good quadrant, but not too far from the neutral center.
What famous characters sit where? And why do you consider them so?

The Amish farmers:	Extremely GOOD, but not so lawful.  They have their
			own rules, but ignore some of those of the state.

I myself always understand concepts better from examples.  I think others
will too.  I'd love to come up with a list of typical characters for my
players.  It would be much easier for them to think, "Now how would
CHAOTIC-NEUTRAL "Bandit" (Burt Renolds) behave in this situation?" and then
they would have some guideline to help they play their professed alignment.

Lets see lots of responses.