So what's your alignment?

The vast majority of my characters are in the quadrant defined by Chaotic Good, Neutral Good, Chaotic Neutral and True Neutral. I have the notion that most of them will break the rules if they have a reason to (especially if they think they won't get caught).

Despite the notion that Lawful and Chaotic are about cosmic concepts beyond mere mortal laws, the truth is that most sane laws (in the real world and in fiction) are intended to promote orderly, safe existence with a dose of preventing evil. None of my characters are particularly interested in destabilizing orderly societies, but almost any of them would ignore laws in both spirit and word if they thought it would help them achieve their aims.

Quite a few of my heroes are morally ambiguous. They would all take great pains to avoid harming innocents or bystanders, but most would choose to take life to save life, and this can lead to slippery slope situations where they may take lives they don't strictly need to, out of vengeance, callousness, what-have you. In GR terms, a lot of my heroes would probably be vigilantes, depending on the RP justifications turn out to be for gaining that designation.

On the flip side, few of my villains are steeped in evil. They tend to take the above view from my heroes, but have gone further into the shadows beyond the thin grey line. Few of them would bother harming bystanders or civilians, to the point of disinterest in work that requires it - if nothing else, there's no challenge. However, several of them are into work that specifically calls for them to take lives. Fortunately, CoH provides convenient outlets for such tendencies, ranging from the ongoing struggle against the Rikti to the endless replay of time-lost conflicts in Cimerora. Most of them are simply mercenary, and having to kill people is something they do when it's necessary to survive or succeeed in a mission. None of them are out to inflict pain or suffering for its own sake. I have the idea that a few of them would even enjoy hearing that Westin Phipps had come to some unpleasant end. If they had a reason to, none of my villains would turn their nose up at saving the lives of others. Most of them just aren't motivated to do that as a primary goal. A few of them would probably make decent GR Rogues, again depending on the RP justifications for that designation.

I think my own alignment is neutral good tending towards lawful good. I'm a law biding citizen, almost habitually so but, at the same time, I have a lot of friends and family who in one form or another violate some key laws and, I have no problem with that. Some of these laws are pretty silly, in my opinion, in terms of protecting the greater good. On other hand, despite being a big fan of the Prisoner, I'm not really an individuality cultist either. So I think this puts me pretty squarely in the middle.

As far as characters in City of Heroes:

• Lawful good: The Bark of the Silent, Telepolice Unit 27 (They're all cops but, realistically, they tend towards neutral good.), Al Batal,
• Lawful neutral: Robot Lenin (This one is really complicated and I'll have to introduce him to a roleplaying thread here one day.), Anapeast Hall (A child prodigy and diva of robotics.)
• Lawful evil: Quark Zombie (A lovecraftian horror from beyond hyperspace. But going with Lovecraft's cosmicism, does human morality really apply?), The Infernal Legionary (A footsoldier in the Hellish Grand Army.),
• Neutral good: The Phytomancer, Ornithopter,
• Neutral: Devices One through Five (Robots about as smart as typical pack animals.)
• Neutral evil: Brain Lich
• Chaotic good: Lioness of Lagos (Tending towards neutral good.),
• Chaotic neutral: Mr. HS Gumby (Look, he's a tribute to the Flying Circus, what do you think he'd be?)
• Chaotic evil: Really can't think of any here.

I am likely from an objective view Neutral Good leaning towards Lawful Good. I believe myself to be Chaotic Good.

My character are all over the place the only thing I don't have is True Neutral because throught 20 years of D&D [1988] I thought True Neutral was BS.

of note My forum Name Sake is Lawful Evil, Shi no Oni is also Lawful evil largely becaue he doesn't share well so he always joining forces with the good guys to get rid of the big threats.

Doom/Batman in 2012

The Resistance has boobs too, and better hair!

I believe myself to be Neutral Good, but I have characters in several alignments: my two mains are NG and NE, and in addition to them I have LG, LE, CG, CE, and LN characters in varying quantities.

Lawful Good: Captain Slow (Psi/Kin Defender), plus a female sword/shield scrapper I've made the costume and concept for but who hasn't got a name yet - she's kind of an old-school-anime space lizard, if anyone has ideas?
Neutral Good: Beata the Dove (Grav/FF Controller)
Chaotic Good: Mender Lathrop (FF/Elec Defender)
Lawful Neutral: Mender Zeal (Dark/Dark Corruptor)
Lawful Evil: Zoombie (Claws/Dark Brute), Charlotte Aranea (Arachnos Widow)
Neutral Evil: Eldrix the Blackbird (Grav/Energy Dominator)
Chaotic Evil: Gravity Cat (Grav/Elec Dominator), Capsica (Energy/Kin Corruptor)

Credit to http://quizfarm.com/quizzes/Style/cr...our-alignment/

I'm overall True Neutral
A True Neutral person has two faces- either these people are merely apathetic, preferring to focus their minds on more important things, or these people truly believe in a balance of all things. To these people, there can be no light without some darkness. These people also have no dedication to, or intrinsic distrust of, laws.



True Neutral
80%
Lawful Good
75%
Lawful Evil
65%
Chaotic Good
60%
Neutral Good
55%
Chaotic Evil
45%
Lawful Neutral
45%
Chaotic Neutral
40%
Neutral Evil
30%

EDIT: I truly believe in laws and balance.. and I'm probably going to side with Tyrant as a Loyalist in GR.. I like his way of thinking, and Villains have more fun. :3

Thanks for the link to the quiz. Here's my results.

You Scored as Neutral Good. A Neutral Good person tries to do the 'goodest' thing possible. These people are willing to work with the law to accomplish their goal, but if the law is corrupt they are just as willing to tear it down. To these people, doing what's right is the most important thing, regardless of rules, customs, or laws.



75% Neutral Good
65% True Neutral
60% Chaotic Neutral
55% Lawful Evil
45% Lawful Neutral
25% Chaotic Evil
25% Lawful Good
20% Neutral Evil
20% Chaotic Good


Fascinating.

You Scored as Neutral GoodA Neutral Good person tries to do the 'goodest' thing possible. These people are willing to work with the law to accomplish their goal, but if the law is corrupt they are just as willing to tear it down. To these people, doing what's right is the most important thing, regardless of rules, customs, or laws.


Neutral Good 90%
Lawful Evil 75%
Lawful Neutral 60%
Lawful Good 60%
True Neutral 50%
Chaotic Evil 30%
Neutral Evil 25%
Chaotic Neutral 25%
Chaotic Good15%
ok, im a bit confused by the lawful evil being next to me rather than lawful good, since i scored on the good axis of neutral, but hey, construct validity can be a bugger.

Take the Magic: The Gathering 'What Color Are You?' Quiz.

I personally am probably best characterized as Chaotic Neutral.

(Yep)

Chaotic Neutral
70%
Chaotic Good
65%
Lawful Evil
65%
Neutral Good
60%
Chaotic Evil
60%
Lawful Good
55%
Lawful Neutral
55%
True Neutral
45%
Neutral Evil
40%

Heraclea is Neutral Good, with chaotic tendencies. She wants to help. She specifically doesn't want to see anyone whom she has chosen to protect be hurt, by anything. She is generally unimpressed with all power structures and hierarchies, and sees them as variations on the same theme.

Toxotes is Lawful Neutral. Give her an order, point her at a target, and stand back; she will do what she can to obliterate it without much philosophical musing about the why and the wherefore. "I shoot an arrow in the air, and where it falls, I do not care."

Androphonissa is Neutral Evil. She sees her mission as restoring the natural order of female supremacy. Paragon City is a place where men live, and she can get away with beating some of them up. Those who pretend to have authority above her? Their time will come soon enough.

Betsy Ross is Lawful Good. She is fighting for the flag, and the republic for which it stands.

Baroness Munchhausen is chaotic neutral. She's in the game for the thrills, and to get attention.

William Shakespeare is true neutral. Observing the human race is all just grist for the mill.

Anactoria is chaotic good. She doesn't really want to hurt anybody; she has a mother bear instinct similar to Heraclea's. She found herself on the wrong side of the law as a result of a wanderlust she could not keep in check.

Beata Beatrix is chaotic evil. She likes the sensation of blood on her fists, It feels like winning.

Madame Nhu is lawful evil. She sees herself as having been wronged by the world, and specifically by the American government. She became a soldier of Arachnos to exact the revenge that is her due.

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Huh, interesting results. I may not be as nice a guy as I thought.

You Scored as Chaotic Neutral

A Chaotic Neutral person is someone who is self-motivated to the extreme. Thier actions may sometimes confuse others, due to their lack of moral affiliation. They have little respect for laws, and avoid both the temptation of evil and a feeling of duty to do good. These people can go along with either side of an argument- as long as they benefit from the result!

Chaotic Neutral 70%
Neutral Good 60%
True Neutral 60%
Lawful Neutral 55%
Lawful Good 55%
Lawful Evil 55%
Chaotic Good 50%
Neutral Evil 45%
Chaotic Evil 45%

Ye gods, I have so many characters... I'll just hit the main ones...

Ultimo - Lawful Good (He's a lawyer...)
Canadian Shield - Lawful Good (He's a mix of Superman and Capt.America)
Lord Dire - Lawful Evil (Based on Dr. Doom)
Stalwart Star - Lawful Good (Based on Capt. America)
Technaught - Lawful Neutral (Based on Iron Man)
Die Grausigkeit - Chaotic Evil (Dark Sorceror)
Dr. Solomon - True Neutral (Based on Dr. Strange)
Thor, Son of Odin - Chaotic Neutral (Based on the Mythological Thor)
Ch'ih Sung Tsu - Lawful Neutral (Based on Chinese Myth)

There are so many others...

Actually, I can see that. A lawyer needs to have some objectivity, a more neutral characteristic, in my opinion. anyhow, here's my scores from the quiz. Seems about right to me.


You Scored as Neutral Good
A Neutral Good person tries to do the 'goodest' thing possible. These people are willing to work with the law to accomplish their goal, but if the law is corrupt they are just as willing to tear it down. To these people, doing what's right is the most important thing, regardless of rules, customs, or laws.



Neutral Good
85%
Chaotic Neutral
75%
Lawful Neutral
65%
True Neutral
60%
Lawful Good
55%
Lawful Evil
50%
Chaotic Evil
30%
Chaotic Good
15%
Neutral Evil
10%

My heroes tend to be in the Lawful Good-Neutral Good range. There are a couple of exceptions, though. One of them is a member of the Fair Folk. Chaotic Neutral, she decided to spend some time tormenting the villains of Paragon City. She'd gleefully toss a handful of Seeds of Confusion at the sheep-like pedestrians of the city, if the game mechanics would allow it. The other is Chaotic Evil, but under a geas to obey the instructions of the forces of Good.

My only villain is Neutral Selfish. I haven't played him much, because the villain-side arcs I've encountered have been of the Kowtowing Lackey alignment.

Unknown Variable would be Chaotic Good.

Viverus would be Neutral Evil to just general Neutral.

This thread is pretty nice... let me think of examples...

LG

Kay Nova is LG. A Dark/Archery tech defender, she believes in a structured reality, and on the need of quantified rules to better protect people. She invented a dark matter generator and placed it on a powersuit (and later on a set of belts/armbands). Her choice of Archery comes from the deep discipline needed to learn this weapon.

LN

Frosted Nova is LN. As she was changed by chaos, so she revilles it. Her choice of Shield Defense reflects her position of a Law Enforcer (also her chosen Day job). Her Ice Melee powers mirror her desire of seeing the cosmos frozen on a state without chaotic influence.

LE

Psiforce Nova is LE. She is a corporate shark, bending rules to her own advantage, using all the loopholes to better further her goals. She is very demanding on her Ninja army, always keeping a tight control of their actions. Another expression of her lawfullness is her power to enhance the structure of things and people around her, using powerfull force fields to protect and cage then.

NG

Life Nova is NG. She sees no real reason for set rules, but at the same time she also has nothing against then. All that matters is her goal of helping people and restoring the health of those in need, and that is reflected as her Empathy powers. Her considerable Psionic powers are only a side-effect of her magical nature.

TN

Storm Flower Nova is True Neutral. She is a force of nature, an elemental spirit defending the natural world. She can control both plants and the weather, and she just do what its needed to avoid dangers to the world.

NE

Anti-Life Nova is kind of contraditory. She follows rules as long as they dont hinder her, but otherwise just ignore then. She only feels some pleasure when she hurts people, always taking a bit of then even when she helps then, and Pain Domination is her art. She also loves breaking down the defenses of her enemies, and so uses hard radiation blasts to weaken then.

CG

Hellcow Nova is a proud blaster individualist. As she is a pariah of her own people, the dreadfull Hell Bovines, she is set against any kind of rules, specially those that say that Hell Bovines are evil. She uses pure instinct to fire her bow, and can project her angst against her foes, with dazzling mental blasts.

CN

Shockwave Neko Nova is a pure force of chaos. She wanders for no reason at all, happy on disrupting everything around her, and at the same time not caring about it. For now she only did "good deeds", but the future will probably see her fluttering both the Islands and the City, meowing with insane high volume and accelerating/slowing everything around her.

CE

Kaitlyn JMM is evil. She likes to torture her Merc Troops for no reason at all, and she revilles on the chaos that she creates with her storm-related powers.

Hmm...well this is a turn up for the books...

You Scored as Lawful Evil

A Lawful Evil person is someone who respects laws, customs, or traditions, but will try to bend them to suit their own needs. These people have little concern for others they hurt, being intrinsically self motivated. Despite this, they value order and obedience to authority.

Lawful Evil
75%
True Neutral
65%
Neutral Good
60%
Chaotic Good
55%
Lawful Good
45%
Chaotic Evil
45%
Neutral Evil
40%
Chaotic Neutral
40%
Lawful Neutral
30%

Personally quite worrying but then I don't put much stock in these internet quizes...

I am without a doubt Chaotic Neutral with any and all characters I play.
I tend to do whatever it takes to float my boat and if that means sinking yours to get there, so be it.

Lawful-neutral
Chaotic-good

Huh. didn't expect that at all. I even -tried- for Lawful Evil.

You Scored as Chaotic Neutral

A Chaotic Neutral person is someone who is self-motivated to the extreme. Thier actions may sometimes confuse others, due to their lack of moral affiliation. They have little respect for laws, and avoid both the temptation of evil and a feeling of duty to do good. These people can go along with either side of an argument- as long as they benifit from the result!


Chaotic Neutral
80%

Lawful Good
65%

Lawful Evil
60%

Chaotic Evil
60%

Lawful Neutral
55%

Neutral Evil
50%

True Neutral
50%

Chaotic Good
40%

Neutral Good
25%

good luck D.B.B.

Hmmm....

Heros
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WarMain - Neutral Good
Nachtgiest - Neutral Good
Argent Sojourner - Lawful Good
Mister Mass - Neutral Good
Ghoshawk - Chaotic Good
Operative XIII - True Neutral
Hauberk - Neutral Good
Warloghe - True Neutral
Arc.Light - Neutral Good
Red Shyft - Neutral Good
Tau-Aegis - Lawful Neutral
Votary of Light - Neutral Good
Psibolt - Neutral Good
Tokamak Bill - Lawful Neutral
Atomic Fa - Lawful Good
VanAllen - Neutral Good
Palatine - True Neutral

Villians
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Hec'Tor - Chaotic Evil
Iron Marut - Chaotic Neutral
Malakoda - Chaotic Evil