On D&D Alignments

So, there’s this meme-thing going around that looks at what a person’s Dungeons & Dragons alignment would be. How do I score?

Your Score: Neutral-Good

62% Good, 44% Chaotic

Plane of Existence: Elysium, “Blessed Fields“. Description: The plane of peace. Notable Inhabitants: Guardinals – noble immortal humanoids with bestial features.

And I’ll dump the rest behind a cut (because it’s sodding long)!

Examples of Neutral-Goods (Ethically Neutral, Morally Good)

  • Cloud Strife (FFVII)
  • Boogenhagen (FFVII)
  • Mother Theresa
  • Ghandi
  • Sidhartha Gautama (the Buddha)
  • Gandalf
  • Bilbo & Frodo Baggins
  • Samwise Gamgee
  • Indiana Jones
  • The Dalai Lama
  • Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi
  • Luke Skywalker
  • Harry Potter
  • Hermione Granger
  • Albus Dumbledore

Often goes along with the laws and desires of the group as being the easiest course of action, but ethical considerations clearly have top priority. May pursue quite abstract goals. Often aloof and difficult to understand.

  • Will keep their word to others of good alignment
  • Would not attack an unarmed foe
  • Will not use poison
  • Will help those in need
  • May work with others
  • Indifferent to higher authority
  • Indifferent to organizations

Neutral Good “Pure Good”
“Benefactor”

A neutral good [person] will obey the law, or break it when he or she sees it will serve a greater good. He or she is not bound strongly to a social system or order. His or her need to help others and reduce their suffering may take precedence over all else. Neutral good [people] do good for goodness’ sake, not because they are directed to by law or by whim.

This alignment desires good without bias for or against order.

Other Alignments and Tendencies (Tendenices are what you would more often sway towards; esp. for Neutrals):
0-39% Good, 0-39% Chaotic: Lawful-Evil
0-39% Good, 40-60% Chaotic: Neutral-Evil
0-39% Good, 61-100% Chaotic: Chaotic-Evil
40-60% Good, 0-39% Chaotic: Lawful-Neutral
40-60% Good, 40-60% Chaotic: True Neutral
40-60% Good, 61-100% Chaotic: Chaotic-Neutral
61-100% Good, 0-39% Chaotic: Lawful-Good
61-100% Good, 61-100% Chaotic: Chaotic-Good

Link: The Alignment Test written by xan81 on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the The Dating Persona Test

Published by Allyn

A writer, editor, journalist, sometimes coder, occasional historian, and all-around scholar, Allyn Gibson is the writer for Diamond Comic Distributors' monthly PREVIEWS catalog, used by comic book shops and throughout the comics industry, and the editor for its monthly order forms. In his over fifteen years in the industry, Allyn has interviewed comics creators and pop culture celebrities, covered conventions, analyzed industry revenue trends, and written copy for comics, toys, and other pop culture merchandise. Allyn is also known for his short fiction (including the Star Trek story "Make-Believe,"the Doctor Who short story "The Spindle of Necessity," and the ReDeus story "The Ginger Kid"). Allyn has been blogging regularly with WordPress since 2004.

One thought on “On D&D Alignments

  1. Not surprisingly, I got nearly the same results: Neutral-Good, 84% Good, 44% Chaotic, and Elysium.

    And yes, N-G was the alignment I used in my D&D days, over 20 years ago. 🙂

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