+King of Herdaz Posted June 19, 2019 Report Share Posted June 19, 2019 (edited) What alignment, on the Dungeons and Dragons scale, do you think Nightblood is? I think Chaotic Good because he wants to do good (destroy evil) but doesn't know who to destroy and so acts pretty chaotically. Edited June 20, 2019 by Etherealness 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Invocation Posted June 20, 2019 Report Share Posted June 20, 2019 Gotta be Lawful Evil. DnD officially says the "evil" axis involves harming/killing others. Nightblood's whole thing is Destroy Evil. I would be tempted to say Chaotic Evil, it he wasn't an Awakened creation with a Command that rules his life. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weltall Posted June 20, 2019 Report Share Posted June 20, 2019 I'd say Lawful Neutral is the closest fit. He's Lawful in the sense that he's governed by his Command and can't disobey it and he's Neutral in the sense that he doesn't really know what 'Evil' is and consequently doesn't really know 'Good' either. Brandon's mentioned that Nightblood lets his wielder make those decisions, it's not his fault if everyone who fails the Nightblood Test decides that they're evil and deserve to be destroyed too... Quote Nightblood himself, unfortunately, doesn't quite understand what good and evil are. (This is mentioned later in the text.) However, he knows that his master can determine who is good and who is evil—using the sword's power to make people sick, or through other means. So, he pretty much just lets whoever is holding him decide what is evil. And if the one holding the sword determines—deep within their heart—that they are evil themselves, then they will end up killing themselves with the sword. Warbreaker Annotations (Dec. 22, 2010) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+King of Herdaz Posted June 20, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2019 9 hours ago, Invocation said: Gotta be Lawful Evil. DnD officially says the "evil" axis involves harming/killing others. Nightblood's whole thing is Destroy Evil. I would be tempted to say Chaotic Evil, it he wasn't an Awakened creation with a Command that rules his life. So you are saying that every soldier, police officer, and adventurer whose job involves harming/killing "bad guys" is evil? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Invocation Posted June 20, 2019 Report Share Posted June 20, 2019 (edited) 3 hours ago, Etherealness said: So you are saying that every soldier, police officer, and adventurer whose job involves harming/killing "bad guys" is evil? Per the DnD definition, yes, but that's massively over simplified to apply to real life. Arguably it's oversimplified for everything. Edited June 20, 2019 by Invocation 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weltall Posted June 20, 2019 Report Share Posted June 20, 2019 9 minutes ago, Invocation said: Per the DnD definition, yes, but that's massively over simplified to apply to real life. Arguably it's oversimplified for everything. While the whole alignment system is indeed massively simplified (and is basically intended as a guide to roleplaying) you're reading way too much into that description of what 'evil' is. For example, the Paladin class simply couldn't exist in D&D if evil was read as broadly as you're doing since through 3rd edition they were required to be Lawful Good, yet their role is to be a fighter/spellcaster hybrid with the purpose of fighting evil. That by definition requires harming or killing others at times. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Invocation Posted June 20, 2019 Report Share Posted June 20, 2019 Just now, Weltall said: While the whole alignment system is indeed massively simplified (and is basically intended as a guide to roleplaying) you're reading way too much into that description of what 'evil' is. For example, the Paladin class simply couldn't exist in D&D if evil was read as broadly as you're doing since through 3rd edition they were required to be Lawful Good, yet their role is to be a fighter/spellcaster hybrid with the purpose of fighting evil. That by definition requires harming or killing others at times. I mean yeah that's fair, I probably am taking it too literally. I don't usually bother with alignments in my games. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyRioter Posted June 21, 2019 Report Share Posted June 21, 2019 I'd say True Neutral because he doesn't really make moral/ethical decisions as such. He just does what's in his nature. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ark1002 Posted June 21, 2019 Report Share Posted June 21, 2019 Lawful Neutral. All the arguments were already made for me 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karger Posted June 21, 2019 Report Share Posted June 21, 2019 18 hours ago, CrazyRioter said: I'd say True Neutral because he doesn't really make moral/ethical decisions as such. He just does what's in his nature. But his nature is to act "morally." The same could be said of humans(to an optimistic person at least). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wandering Investor Posted June 24, 2019 Report Share Posted June 24, 2019 Chaotic Neutral, although Chaotic Evil could be argued.. Neutral because Nightblood has no morality, or at best very little, and is not actively trying to hurt or help anyone. Or Evil, becuase Nightblood will happily slaughter people who don't really deserve it a desperate attempt to obey his directive, although his lack of agency might place the blame on his creators/wielders. Chaotic because even though he is trying to at all times follow one law, his law is so vague and his ability to comprehend that law so small that obeying the directive perfectly, or even getting remotely close, is impossible. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Lotus Posted June 28, 2019 Report Share Posted June 28, 2019 True Neutral. Because if someone tells him something is evil, he'll destroy it, even if they are "Good" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsecaller_17.5 Posted July 1, 2019 Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 He has to be lawful because he is completely driven by his commons to destroy evil. Good because the Intent behind his creation was good. However he is still lawful stupid. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SzethIsBadAsHell Posted November 2, 2019 Report Share Posted November 2, 2019 Nightblood should be Chaotic nuetral . Even though he wants to destroy evil , he has no clue what evil is . So he destroys everything figuring he will get to evil that way . It’s exactly how chaotic nuetral functions 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honorless Posted November 3, 2019 Report Share Posted November 3, 2019 Chaotic Neutral. He has exactly one precept with two words and no idea how to decode the complex idea behind one of them, to make matters worse, that one word is supposed to give him context for the first word which acts as his command. Destroy Evil. He understands 'destroy'. He doesn't understand 'evil'. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandy_Dmitry Posted January 8, 2020 Report Share Posted January 8, 2020 I'm going to use an invalid alignment,,, chaotic lawful because he has a moral code but no one, even Nightblood knows what it is... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bookish Ocelot Posted January 22, 2020 Report Share Posted January 22, 2020 Chaotic chaos. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aon Tia Posted January 22, 2020 Report Share Posted January 22, 2020 Chaotic neutral. Since he has no idea what ‘Evil’ means, he has no concept of what ‘good’ means either! All he understands is destroy. And that is chaotic if there is anything chaotic. But I do wonder why if he has no concept of good or evil, why only Vasher or vivenna are deemed worthy by NB of touching him. What command is it that decides that only select few can pick him up? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skaromas Posted February 26, 2020 Report Share Posted February 26, 2020 I think he is like several wild animals in dnd 5e unaligned, but if I had to go for any main ones I would choose chaotic neutral, I don't like how people are saying that he would be lawful because he has a single purpose, lawful in dnd means that they like rules, so an example is a hobgoblin maybe LE which I LAWFUL but they go against all other laws than their own, they just have rules and stick to them, similarly to the devils in the nine hells which have rules, unlike demons who seek to corrupt and destroy no rules or structure. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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