Alingnment wrong for Olonthor (latest dragon in Wyrms of the North column) [Archive] - Wizards Community

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nick012000

09-20-03, 12:41 AM
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/wn/20030910a

Read this article. Don't look at his statistics block. Guess what alignment he is from the descriptions of him. Seems more CN than anything, to me anyway. Now look at his alignment in his statistics block. LE. Hmm.

People's opinions?
Ryltar Swordsong

09-20-03, 12:47 AM
Well, he is a blue dragon. And blue dragons are "Always Lawful Evil" according to the Monster manual.
cwslyclgh

09-20-03, 03:23 AM
why do you assume that he is CN... I see nothing inherently chaotic, nor non-evil about his actions in the article.
nick012000

09-20-03, 09:57 PM
He sits in his cave all day, listening to music! Doesn't seem to be doing anything particularly lawful or evil either. Come to think of it, you right, he's not CN, he's just N, with CN tendencies.

He's not evil because he doesn't go out of his way to hurt people, and he doesn't callously backstab people like NE people do. The only time the article mentioned him actually killing anybody was in self defence.

He doesn't seem to uphold law and government like lawful creatures do, but doesn't seem very random in his behavior like chaotic creatures do. He simply doesn't seem to care, which indicates chaotic tendencies though.
Ryltar Swordsong

09-20-03, 10:18 PM
You don't have to perform evil acts to be evil. Evil beings can enjoy music. And he did kill people without acting in self-defense. Lawful Evil people look for ways to bend the law in their favor. They don't uphold the law, they twist it.