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It's not a neutral outlook Dark Knight Send a noteboard - 21/09/2011 06:27:27 PM
You come the closest only when you're talking about someone playing something along the lines of 'true' neutral. 'Lawful' neutral and 'chaotic' neutral are completely different animals all together.

Your definition also does not mesh with any sort of depth to any decision. While a person might, on a metascale, prefer the status quo, decision by decision, in the heat of a moment, or even in planning for future events, decisions get made that could never be, as you are actually describing them, truly passive. A person could have a neutral outlook on life, but has a role/profession/situation that demands or rewards action and clear decisions. Such a person is not always tied down by ideas of good or only self-serving personal interest.


It's person who decides in the moment to do what he wants. This person can do good or evil acts, depending on how it benefits him. This isn't a neutral outlook. It's not like he's going to make sure he balances out his good acts with evil ones. He doesn't think like that.
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Take Knights of the Old Republic, for example - 20/09/2011 05:08:04 PM 747 Views
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thank you for phrasing that better than me *NM* - 20/09/2011 11:11:54 PM 305 Views
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I'd say that's evil. - 21/09/2011 03:00:32 AM 814 Views
of course, then you get into question of whether actions like that example are evil - 21/09/2011 04:03:03 AM 694 Views
Questions of morality are the great fun of philosophy . - 21/09/2011 05:24:50 AM 654 Views
Re: I'd say that's evil. - 21/09/2011 06:23:11 PM 794 Views
Re: I'd say that's evil. - 21/09/2011 10:21:17 PM 805 Views
That's actually a pretty narrow view of Neutral when it comes to Alignment or Morality. - 21/09/2011 02:19:34 PM 691 Views
I thought I had allowed for what you said. - 21/09/2011 04:33:30 PM 625 Views
It's not a neutral outlook - 21/09/2011 06:27:27 PM 751 Views
See, what you're talking about IS in fact considered EVIL. - 21/09/2011 08:33:30 PM 689 Views
You might want to try The Witcher series. - 21/09/2011 05:16:05 AM 673 Views
I just played the first one... - 21/09/2011 02:14:13 PM 722 Views
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if they wanted to make the conversation mechanics more complicated... - 21/09/2011 07:14:21 PM 769 Views
I don't care if it's complicated so long as it's clear. - 22/09/2011 08:27:46 PM 653 Views
I agree with this, actually. *NM* - 22/09/2011 09:17:23 PM 334 Views
I agree with that, too. *NM* - 22/09/2011 10:38:15 PM 319 Views

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