DrunkonDuty
he/him
The other day my GM told me that an action of my character's moved me a step closer to Lawful Neutral. Fair enough, after all I lied to a bad guy, promising his freedom if he coughed up information we needed. Then executed him. (He was a dangerous serial killer, my character could not in good conscience let him go so I chose the lesser of 2 evils.) Talking it over later with another player he said something like: 'Yet all the altruistic stuff your character does didn't get mentioned.'
Now this thread isn't about WHAT constitutes a particular alignment's behaviour. Rather:
I'm interested in how it seems (IME) that good deeds are not kept track off while the bad ones are.
I recall the old (many) D6 Star Wars game had a system for getting & losing Dark Side Points. Losing them was WAY harder than getting them.
As a GM I definitely err in this regard. (I hope I won't from here on.)
I suppose a 'Paladin Fall and Redeem' story would have to consider the good deeds but I've never been involved in one.
It's as if the Celestial accounting system only has a column for debits and none for credits. Now I am just talking about my experience here. Which is why I'm interested in hearing other peoples' experiences. Is it always a slow inexorable slide to the dark side? Or is there possibility of redemption?
cheers all,
Glen
Now this thread isn't about WHAT constitutes a particular alignment's behaviour. Rather:
I'm interested in how it seems (IME) that good deeds are not kept track off while the bad ones are.
I recall the old (many) D6 Star Wars game had a system for getting & losing Dark Side Points. Losing them was WAY harder than getting them.
As a GM I definitely err in this regard. (I hope I won't from here on.)
I suppose a 'Paladin Fall and Redeem' story would have to consider the good deeds but I've never been involved in one.
It's as if the Celestial accounting system only has a column for debits and none for credits. Now I am just talking about my experience here. Which is why I'm interested in hearing other peoples' experiences. Is it always a slow inexorable slide to the dark side? Or is there possibility of redemption?
cheers all,
Glen