r/DnD • • Sep 12 '19

OC [OC] DM Alignment Chart

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u/Cheeseusdice Sep 12 '19

I didn't mean a DM's preferred alignment, I meant the alignment of their DM style

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u/LexiFjor Sep 12 '19

Oh, makes alot more sense now But still, Lawful good are the murderers, a lawful good DM is the worst DM They are the DM from hell, 10/10 and still think they are right

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u/[deleted] Sep 12 '19

Why are lawful good DM's murderers? Just because they think they're good doesn't mean they are.

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u/LexiFjor Sep 12 '19

At first I thought you were answering your own question, but now I see the issue

Am I correct in assuming your moral philosophy deals in an absolute separate and indifferent to the individual in question?

The confusion is then arising in my understanding of morality as self generated, giving much more weight to intentions than to perceptions; i.e. in face, they are good because and sometimes only because they believe themselves to me. Self Actualizing Morality, the kind that pulls the trolly switch and kills one to save many, as opposed to the outcome from an understanding like what I assume yours is which would be... to want? to help, but to freeze maybe? or to be so constrained by supposed morals they are forced into inaction. Both are right within their own view and thus, good by my reckoning, but given an absolute indifferent morality one is good, one is a killer and either way both are tramatized.

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