alignment

muletang · Post by **muletang** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 11:03 pm

Would somebody be so kind as to point me at where you find out exactly what your alignment is? I see the bit telling me i am 'so and so' but wheres the points? I keep a track of the points gained from quests but how do you know if you are on the verge of shifting alignment?

thanky

StormRunner · Post by **StormRunner** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 11:06 pm

They removed it from the game, apparently. The numbers must be somewhere, but it's not visible to the player.

Damned hard to stay true neutral. Still managing, though!

muletang · Post by **muletang** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 11:07 pm

heh, and there i was just thinking i was being blind. cheers stormy

A Wandering Monk · Post by **A Wandering Monk** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 11:22 pm

I also read that in NWN2 when you do switch alignment thru actions, you are placed at the midpoint of the new alignment to keep you from being able to manipulate your alignment too easily.

KeyraAugustina · Post by **KeyraAugustina** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 10:23 pm

Would it be possible to mod the UI to show this? I'm not a modder (yet) so I have no clue.

muletang · Post by **muletang** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 11:33 pm

so, just to labour the point...

when I start off brand new and am, for example, lawful good (never!). and I do some quests and make up 3 lawful and 3 good points, am I 3 points further into my alignment, or have I not moved?
Then say I get a point in chaotic. I have now gained:
+3 good
+3 lawful
+1 Chaotic

So I should be:

+2 lawful and +3 good left over?

Or.. am I just +1 chaotic and have to get a +1 lawful to get back to where I started?

Hope this makes sense.

Evelond Formos · Post by **Evelond Formos** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 11:35 pm

I'd post a way to find out your alignment, but I'm not sure whether we're supposed to know, so I won't. Sorry.

A Wandering Monk · Post by **A Wandering Monk** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 11:37 pm

muletang wrote:so, just to labour the point...

when I start off brand new and am, for example, lawful good (never!). and I do some quests and make up 3 lawful and 3 good points, am I 3 points further into my alignment, or have I not moved?
Then say I get a point in chaotic. I have now gained:
+3 good
+3 lawful
+1 Chaotic

So I should be:

+2 lawful and +3 good left over?

Or.. am I just +1 chaotic and have to get a +1 lawful to get back to where I started?

Hope this makes sense.

My understanding is that as you gain/lose alignment points you slide back and forth within the alignment you currently reflect. As soon as your alignmnent crosses the line for the next alignmnet, you are placed at the halfway point of that new alignment. It is to keep someone from immediatley doing something they know will give them that 1 point back and going back to their old alignment too easily.

muletang · Post by **muletang** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 11:57 pm

yeah but do i start off in the max of my chosen alignment or the middle? so do points i get to begin with in favour of my alignment make any difference?

Evelond Formos · Post by **Evelond Formos** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 11:58 pm

muletang wrote:yeah but do i start off in the max of my chosen alignment or the middle? so do points i get to begin with in favour of my alignment make any difference?

In the middle. Refer to nwn1.

Greyshore · Post by **Greyshore** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 10:13 pm

So... is it forbidden to know it or not? Like Eve, I do know of a way to find it out as well. :p

KoolestLoser · Post by **KoolestLoser** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 6:09 am

Why would it be forbidden to know your own alignment?

"I'm not allowed to remember if I'm Chaotic Good or not!"

Minuvas · Post by **Minuvas** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 9:37 am

If you want to know your alignment, roleplay it

.

For all i care, my alignment could say Lawful good - and I could be the meanest unlawful, evil guy ever.

They're numbers, in a mechanical world. Of course - you may have to change this if its a requirement for a class your playing

.

Kell · Post by **Kell** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 1:13 pm

Your allignment is a guideline and a thing for the DM's to see whether or not you're playing along the lines of your charactersheet. It all depends on the DM's whether or not you have to use that allignment or not. If they want to hand out XP-rewards for good roleplay, then you might wish to stick to the allignment and if you want them to swat you with the allignmentstick because you're not sticking to it; then play according to it too.

If you don't give a rats *** and have your allignment in your head, well that's okay I suppose but you're not gonna be able to cooperate with the DM's then.

They're numbers, in a mechanical world.

3.5th ED D&D = about numbers. It all boils down to the word of the DM's on how they treat allignment.

Zephis · Post by **Zephis** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 1:21 pm

Thats.. a point Kell however given as how the newbie quests tend to swing your alignment about wildly depending on wether you act like a jerk or are simply polite, for the most part. it becomes a bit of a mute point.