2251: Alignment Chart Alignment Chart

2020-01-06T11:33:36Z

Xirdus: /* Explanation */ Aligned alignment charts in alignment chart in a chart.

{{comic
| number = 2251
| date = January 6, 2020
| title = Alignment Chart Alignment Chart
| image = alignment_chart_alignment_chart.png
| titletext = I would describe my personal alignment as "lawful heterozygous silty liquid."
}}

==Explanation==
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In many pen and paper RPG games, particularly in Dungeons and Dragons, every character has an alignment, which is a sort of a personality archetype. A common way to denote alignment is to use two perpendicular axes, each axis having three words; the alignment of a particular character is a combination of one word from each axis. The two axes are:
* Lawful/neutral/chaotic: this axis says whether a character is strongly devoted to, indifferent about, or categorically opposed to following the rule of the law.
* Good/neutral/evil: this axis says whether a character is generally inclined to commit good deeds or evil deeds.
For example, a character's alignment can be "chaotic neutral". It means that they don't care about the existing order of the world, what is good and what is evil, what is allowed and what is prohibited. They're very prone to acting on emotions, and their actions often seem to be lacking rhyme or reason. There are nine possible alignments - any combination of the two axes is allowed. A character with the "neutral neutral" alignment is called a true neutral.

An alignment chart is a grid that divides the alignments, usually for the purpose of putting descriptions or particular characters on it. In this comic, Randall put on the alignment chart different kinds of charts that divide things into groups (which can be thought of as a generalized idea of the alignment chart - hence "alignment chart alignment chart", i.e. alignment chart of alignment charts.)

{| class="wikitable"
!Alignment
!Chart
!Explanation
|-
|Lawful Good
|Soil chart
|
|-
|Neutral Good
|Punnett square
|
|-
|Chaotic Good
|IPA vowel chart
|
|-
|Lawful Neutral
|Phase diagram
|
|-
|True Neutral
|Alignment chart
|
|-
|Chaotic Neutral
|CIE chromacity diagram
|
|-
|Lawful Evil
|Political compass
|
|-
|Neutral Evil
|QAPF rock diagram
|
|-
|Chaotic Evil
|Omnispace classifier
|
|}

==Transcript==
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{{comic discussion}}



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2251: Alignment Chart Alignment Chart

2020-01-06T11:11:17Z

Xirdus: /* Explanation */ Started it.

{{comic
| number = 2251
| date = January 6, 2020
| title = Alignment Chart Alignment Chart
| image = alignment_chart_alignment_chart.png
| titletext = I would describe my personal alignment as "lawful heterozygous silty liquid."
}}

==Explanation==
{{incomplete|Created using the [[User:DgbrtBOT|BOT template]]. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}

In many pen and paper RPG games, particularly in Dungeons and Dragons, every character has an alignment, which is a sort of a personality archetype. A common way to denote alignment is to use two perpendicular axes, each axis having three words; the alignment of a particular character is a combination of one word from each axis. The two axes are:
* Lawful/neutral/chaotic: this axis says whether a character is strongly devoted to, indifferent about, or categorically opposed to following the rule of the law.
* Good/neutral/evil: this axis says whether a character is generally inclined to commit good deeds or evil deeds.
For example, a character's alignment can be "chaotic neutral". It means that they don't care about the existing order of the world, what is good and what is evil, what is allowed and what is prohibited. They're very prone to acting on emotions, and their actions often seem to be lacking rhyme or reason. There are nine possible alignments - any combination of the two axes is allowed. A character with the "neutral neutral" alignment is called a true neutral.

An alignment chart is a grid that divides the alignments, usually for the purpose of putting descriptions or particular characters on it. In this comic, Randall put on the alignment chart different kinds of charts that divide things into groups (which can be thought of as a generalized idea of the alignment chart - hence "alignment chart alignment chart", i.e. alignment chart of alignment charts.)

==Transcript==
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}

{{comic discussion}}



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2251: Alignment Chart Alignment Chart

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