Category:Alignment

The alignment is a categorization of the ethical (Law/Chaos axis) and moral (Good/Evil axis) perspective of people, creatures, and societies.

The earliest edition of Dungeons & Dragons allowed players to choose among three alignments when creating a character: Lawful, implying honor and respect for society's rules; Chaotic, implying rebelliousness and individualism; and Neutral, being the middle ground between the two extremes. The D&D Basic Set retained the system of three alignments, keeping it through the D&D Rules Cyclopedia.

In Advanced Dungeons & Dragons introduced a second axis of Good, implying altruism and respect for life; Evil, implying the absence of altruism and no respect for life; and Neutral, the middle ground between the two extremes.

The two axes allowed for nine alignments in combination.

The nine alignments can be shown in a grid, as follows: