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Oops. Lets use the right alias, shall we? :-) Here is my (pauljathomes) application. All the details should be in my profile. Rogato Medvyed is a male glaive wielding druid who has managed to combine the worship of Nature and of Shelyn into a nearly seamless whole
I think that we're actually largely in agreement and talking past each other. I totally agree that I play whatever is on the sheet. I can play EITHER of the following two alignments. They're NOT the same character. I need guidance as to which (if either) you think would be a better fit for the campaign. I honestly have no preference 1) The character IS Lawful Neutral. He isn't a fanatic about law and he is definitely closer to the LG end of the spectrum than the LE end of the spectrum but he IS Lawful neutral. OR 2) The character IS Neutral Good. He used to be a LG monk but his alignment CHANGED when he became a druid. He is an Ex Monk at this point. This character is no saint and he is definitely closer to the LG than the CG end of the spectrum but he IS Neutral Good. [aside]I'm looking forward to the introduction of Anathemas and the near elimination of alignment in PF2 :-). I think in PF2 this whole thing wouldn't be an issue[/aside]
That isn't quite what I mean. I view alignments as very much a spectrum. All LN characters are NOT identical. Some are very, very fanatical about the law, some are only a smidge more lawful than the most lawful of Pure Neutral characters. Some NG characters are only a smidge more good than the most good of Pure Neutral Characters. And I find that once I have a personality in mind it often isn't at all clear into which alignment they fit. It is quite possible to have a character who is sort of lawful, sort of neutral, sort of good, sort of neutral. So, in this case I have a personality in mind. That personality is arguably LN, NG or even LG. Since I HAVE to pick ONE to put on the character sheet I think that the best single answer is LN. Hence my question as to whether the character HAD to be good aligned or not. If he HAS to be good aligned then I'll very slightly tweak his priorities and personality and back history and make him currently NG. He USED to be LG and his alignment changed. Mechanically, a character who WAS a LG monk who had a slight alignment shift to NG is completely legal. He is an ex Monk/Druid. As to the drawback, yeah he IS naive. I have no problem if that comes up in reasonable ways over and above the text for the drawback. Obviously I chose a drawback that both reflects the characters personality AND that I could mechanically live with. Its meant to be a bit of a flaw and not a crippling disadvantage. The drawback I really don't care about. Allow it or not and the difference to the character is almost unnoticeable. The alignment thing may be a show stopper (I really hope not and really think it shouldn't be). If you think Ex Monk - Druid is cheesing things and insist that I play a good pure druid then I'll just bow out. If you're willing to accept a LN Monk/Druid but are very strict in what that means and insist that he follow YOUR definition of LN then I'll also bow out. As I say above, he is LN but very close to Pure Neutral on the one axis and fairly close to LG on the other axis.
Ok, here is my (pauljathome) submission Menkarat is a Zen Archer/Druid. Although not quite as good an archer as a dedicated archer would be he almost makes up for that by being a druid :-). When arrows aren't good enough, then snowball is :-) No Animal Companion although he DOES have a hawk familiar I do have two incredibly minor questions (the answers don't affect much). Your submission guidelines say good characters. He is currently LN with very strong tendencies toward good and towards Neutrality on the L/C axis. I can change him to being NG if you prefer (Which makes him an Ex monk but that has no mechanical effect). I don't think it will change the way I play him one way or the other (to me personality is more important than what is on the character sheet) The other question is:
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