# Personality Type: What D&D Alignment Would This Be? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 15, 2026, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personality-type-what-d-d-alignment-would-this-be/1030083 "2026-05-15T00:05:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![whc.03grady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a6a055/32.png) [@whc.03grady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whc.03grady)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2026, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personality-type-what-d-d-alignment-would-this-be/1030083/1 "2026-05-15T00:05:39Z")
Someone who wants to do good for themselves and others, and doesn’t really care about following the rules in order to do so. But! also believes that most others are basically too dumb to be allowed to act similarly, and thinks _they_ should follow the rules. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2026, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personality-type-what-d-d-alignment-would-this-be/1030083/2 "2026-05-15T00:08:55Z")
Neutral Good? ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2026, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personality-type-what-d-d-alignment-would-this-be/1030083/3 "2026-05-15T00:16:09Z")
Sane? But, yeah based on the standard 3x3 grid, neutral good. ---
**Author:** ![whc.03grady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a6a055/32.png) [@whc.03grady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whc.03grady)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2026, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personality-type-what-d-d-alignment-would-this-be/1030083/4 "2026-05-15T01:02:02Z")
I thought part of being neutral was an indifference to the very existence of rules generally. The personality I’m thinking of thinks rules (the ones they agree with anyway) are a **great** idea, just not for them. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2026, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personality-type-what-d-d-alignment-would-this-be/1030083/5 "2026-05-15T01:28:59Z")
The neutral alignments can represent all sorts of middle grounds between the extremes. It can be apathy, or a little of one and a little of the other, or an active drive towards balance, or everything-in-moderation, or whatever. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2026, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personality-type-what-d-d-alignment-would-this-be/1030083/6 "2026-05-15T01:40:31Z")
> [@whc.03grady](#): > > Someone who wants to do good for themselves and others, and doesn’t really care about following the rules in order to do so. But! also believes that most others are basically too dumb to be allowed to act similarly, and thinks _they_ should follow the rules. That sounds like Chaotic Good to me. They do what they think is right with little regard for what others might think. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2026, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personality-type-what-d-d-alignment-would-this-be/1030083/7 "2026-05-15T01:45:23Z")
> [@Odesio](#): > > That sounds like Chaotic Good to me. Yep, I concur. CG. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2026, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personality-type-what-d-d-alignment-would-this-be/1030083/8 "2026-05-15T03:19:16Z")
I’d go with Neutral Good. The good part is easy. The Neutral part comes from a mindset of “Rules are fine and useful but shouldn’t be a barrier when they stand in my way for doing good”. Chaotic Good is more “Rules and restrictions are a barrier keeping us from really pursuing good”. ---
**Author:** ![xtenkfarpl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c2a13f/32.png) [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2026, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personality-type-what-d-d-alignment-would-this-be/1030083/9 "2026-05-15T03:43:32Z")
I haven’t played D&D for many years. And even when I did, it was a rather ad-hoc in-person group. So there were few if any set rules or templates? But this sounds like “The Road to Hell is Paved with Good Intentions”. With a side order of Hubris? ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2026, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personality-type-what-d-d-alignment-would-this-be/1030083/10 "2026-05-15T13:49:55Z")
> [@xtenkfarpl](#): > > But this sounds like “The Road to Hell is Paved with Good Intentions”. With a side order of Hubris? Yeah. To me it sounds like a Lawful Neutral/Good character in the process of falling to Lawful Evil. “Laws for thee, but not for me”. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2026, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personality-type-what-d-d-alignment-would-this-be/1030083/11 "2026-05-15T14:54:30Z")
> [@whc.03grady](#): > > The personality I’m thinking of thinks rules (the ones they agree with anyway) are a **great** idea, just not for them. I’d call that “Calvinist” 😉 [![](https://wattstrending.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/calvin_ethics-scaled-1000.jpg) ](https://wattstrending.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/calvin_ethics-scaled-1000.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2026, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personality-type-what-d-d-alignment-would-this-be/1030083/12 "2026-05-15T21:10:13Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > Yeah. To me it sounds like a Lawful Neutral/Good character in the process of falling to Lawful Evil. “Laws for thee, but not for me”. To me, they’re more Chaotic Neutral who thinks they’re Chaotic Good. Chaotic Asshole. You can’t really be a good person if you think you’re better than everyone else. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2026, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personality-type-what-d-d-alignment-would-this-be/1030083/13 "2026-05-15T22:20:48Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > To me, they’re more Chaotic Neutral who thinks they’re Chaotic Good. Chaotic Asshole. Note to DMs- think carefully before you allow a CN character in your game. You will get some jerk moves, along with “but that’s what my character would do!” excuse. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2026, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personality-type-what-d-d-alignment-would-this-be/1030083/14 "2026-05-18T11:31:11Z")
> [@whc.03grady](#): > > Someone who wants to do good for themselves and others What, exactly, are they defining as “good”, here? Because DnD Good is basically altruism, and binding others to rules you don’t personally follow is not that. On the GvsE axis, it’s Neutral, and possibly Evil, depending on whether others’ adherence to the Law is merely advocated vs coerced by the person in question. The “doesn’t personally obey laws” part makes it not Lawful, regardless as to whether they think _other_ dumbos should. So probably CN based on how it’s laid out in the OP is a good fit. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2026, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personality-type-what-d-d-alignment-would-this-be/1030083/15 "2026-05-18T11:35:18Z")
I, also, vote chaotic neutral. Or possibly true neutral. Despite what they think, i don’t classify them as good. ---
**Author:** ![whc.03grady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a6a055/32.png) [@whc.03grady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whc.03grady)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personality-type-what-d-d-alignment-would-this-be/1030083/16 "2026-05-19T21:10:07Z")
“Binding others to rules you don’t personally follow is not [altruism]”? It’s a perfectly sensible idea. A parent may act such that they do as much good as possible to/for their child _and_ they want the child to follow rules that they as a parent are not bound to. (I’d argue this is more or less the default position, if not the _definition_, of being a parent, but I digress.) The character I’m describing basically thinks of almost everyone else as permanent children, worthy of having good done to/for them, but not smart enough to understand the nuance of when rules need to be ignored or broken. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personality-type-what-d-d-alignment-would-this-be/1030083/17 "2026-05-19T22:01:04Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Note to DMs- think carefully before you allow a CN character in your game. You will get some jerk moves, along with “but that’s what my character would do!” excuse. Alignment is pretty much dead in 5th edition. Gone are the days of spells like Protection from Good/Evil and there aren’t any magic items or traps that do damage to you based on your alignment. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personality-type-what-d-d-alignment-would-this-be/1030083/18 "2026-05-19T22:41:42Z")
> [@whc.03grady](#): > > The character I’m describing basically thinks of almost everyone else as permanent children, worthy of having good done to/for them, but not smart enough to understand the nuance of when rules need to be ignored or broken. Are they a god? Do they have godlike intelligence and wisdom? Because if not, they’re just an asshole. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personality-type-what-d-d-alignment-would-this-be/1030083/19 "2026-05-19T22:44:05Z")
> [@Odesio](#): > > . Gone are the days of spells like Protection from Good/Evil It’s been replaced by Protection from Good **and** Evil, which provides general protection from undead, fey and extraplanar beings - meaning that it’ll protect you from angels and demons equally. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personality-type-what-d-d-alignment-would-this-be/1030083/20 "2026-05-19T22:50:30Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > It’s been replaced by Protection from Good **and** Evil, which provides general protection from undead, fey and extraplanar beings - meaning that it’ll protect you from angels and demons equally. Sure, but the spell works by protecting you against certain creature types rather than alignments. Alignment no longer has any mechanical effect in D&D. At best alignment is a vestigal artifact of the past. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personality-type-what-d-d-alignment-would-this-be/1030083.md?page=2)