There is a point there. I'll have to go back through and check my figures. jimkaren@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > One good point is that the few lawful > gods tend to be powerful, while the > multitudinous chaotic gods tend to be > lesser or demipowers - > > > > > As we all know, I'm not the > biggest fan of alignments out there. No > > character adheres to one alignment, > because no person does. Sure, we > > all have tendencies, but everybody > moves up and down the alignment > > scale, sometimes being more good than > evil, sometimes more chaotic than > > lawful. The problem with alignment > is that I fear it restrains good > > role-playing, forcing players to have > their characters act a certain way > > to avoid an alignment shift. And > sometimes it's a role-playing crutch, > > where a player just has their > character act lawful good, rather than > > trying to figure out what they would > really do under the circumstances. > > All of that being said, I would > like to try and get as wide a range > > of alignments as possible for the > deities. Having all of them cluster > > around one end of the spectrum tends > to make the world rather lopsided. > > As one of the articles that Shawn > Barrick sent us stated, if you have > > twice as many good deities as evil > deities, why are there any evil > > deities left. While I don't propose > we try and make all alignments > > equal, and I certainly don't want to > see us stuffing characters into > > alignments that don't fit them, I > think it behooves us to see where we > > might be able to shift alignments in > a way that don't compromise the > > basic personality of the character in > question. > > So you can see where I am coming > from, here's a list of the > > alignments we currently have, based > on a rough approximation of the > > deities we have been discussing. > > > > LG: 3 > > NG: 3 > > CG: 6 > > LN: 1 > > N: 2 > > CN: 3 > > LE: 1 > > NE: 3 > > CE: 3 > > > > Good Neutral Evil > > 12 6 7 > > > > Lawful Neutral Chaotic > > 5 > 8 12 > > > > The disparity between good and > evil doesn't worry me nearly as much > > as the chaotic nature of the world. > I'd like to see a little more law > > in the world. Just my opinion. > > > > > >