Since there has been some confusion over how a Chaotic person can be good or a Lawful person evil, here is a brief alignment quiz. Brian and Asia… TAKE IT. Everyone else can if they like but need not.

Law implies honor, trustworthiness, obedience to authority, and reliability. On the downside, lawfulness can include closed-mindedness, reactionary adherence to tradition, judgmentalness, and a lack of adaptability. Those who consciously promote lawfulness say that only lawful behavior creates a society in which people can depend on each other and make the right decisions in full confidence that others will act as they should.

Chaos implies freedom, adaptability, and flexibility. On the downside, chaos can include recklessness, resentment toward legitimate authority, arbitrary actions, and irresponsibility. Those who promote chaotic behavior say that only unfettered personal freedom allows people to express themselves fully and lets society benefit from the potential that its individuals have within them.

Someone who is neutral with respect to law and chaos has a normal respect for authority and feels neither a compulsion to obey nor a compulsion to rebel. They are honest but can be tempted into lying or deceiving others.

Good implies altruism, respect for life, and a concern for the dignity of sentient beings. Good characters make personal sacrifices to help others.

Evil implies harming, oppressing, and killing others. Some evil creatures simply have no compassion for others and kill without qualms if doing so is convenient or if it can be set up. Others actively pursue evil, killing for sport or out of duty to some malevolent deity or master.

People who are neutral with respect to good and evil have compunctions against killing the innocent but lack the commitment to make sacrifices to protect or help others. Neutral people are committed to others by personal relationships.

You watch an impoverished man steal a loaf of bread from a baker’s shop in a large city. Following him home, you discover that he intends to feed it to his poor family.

Do you:

A) Confiscate the bread and turn him in for a hopeful reward from the baker

B) Return the bread to the baker and turn the man in to the city watch

C) Return the bread and give the man a stern warning but do not turn him in

D) Take the bread for yourself

E) Ignore the entire issue

F) Give the man some coin so he won’t have to steal

G) Kill the man and his family and take whatever he has

H) Do whatever comes to you first

I) Warn the man of the consequences, but praise him for trying to help his family. Also perhaps give him some coin.

You come upon a slave caravan moving through your kingdom. Enslaving citizens is prohibited here, but slavery itself is not.

Do you:

A) Search hard for evidence that they enslaved someone local to justify your attack and subsequent confiscation of the slavers monies and properties, possibly selling the slaves afterwards.

B) Keep a wary eye on the man, but leave him be.

C) Attempt to buy the slaves and free them or bargain for their release

D) Fabricate evidence that he has enslaved locals, then kill him.

E) Ignore the issue

F) Humiliate him in front of his men and then try to force him to free his slaves

G) Kill him, kill his men, kill the slaves. Take the money.

H) Do whatever comes to you first

I) Attack him and his men at the first opportunity. Free the slaves. Make sure they will not be caught and rounded up.

The Order of the Sword Militant is attempting to evacuate a village in the path of an advancing army. The villagers don’t want to go.

Do you:

A) Urge them to leave, but profiteer from their misery by selling them food at inflated prices that you acquired cheaply in the last town

B) Help them evacuate and then move out yourself.

C) Assist in the evacuations, even making sure to move their belongings out.

D) Don’t help. Plunder what you can.

E) Make sure the balance is in order; if the villagers must die, that is for the balance.

F) Find out what the villagers want to do. Try to persuade them of the right choice, but eventually assist them even if they choose to stay.

G) Kill them, kill the Sword if you can, take their stuff.

H) Do whatever comes to you first

I) Agree to help the villagers defend their village. Run off the Sword if you have to, but try not to let it come to violence.