#alignments

Iblis, maybe. Allah, never.

The SMT Iblis starter pack would definitely include the reappearance of this guy:

Agreed on Lucifer, et al., being stale. However, even Iblis would just be a new wrapper on the same monotheistic antagonist junk food we always get (going by how Atlus perceives alignments!).

Even a Zoroastrian-themed game where the two poles are Ahura Mazda and Ahriman would just be identical to the Law/Chaos dichotomy, so it would need the emergence of Zurvan (as a Neutral antagonist or something) to shake up the plot.

That's really the problem with SMT's alignments, mythologies usually have the [benevolent/supreme god vs. the opposing force] that are just too easily tacked on to Law and Chaos, so there's little room for variety, if played straight. The attempts to shake things up have not had quite the same impact as Law/Chaos:

Nocturne's Reasons: Philosophies that are on the more atypical/abstract side but still boil down to Law (roughly Shijima), Neutral (roughly Musubi) and Chaos (roughly Yosuga) and we're ignoring TDE, of course. I qualify them all with "roughly" because of the inversion of the typical demon supporters of these respective Reasons: Shijima by the Fallen demons (and Ahriman, who would normally be a Chaotic Tyrant), Musubi by Foul spirits like Specter (Noah is Vile, so Law), and Yosuga by Divine angels (repped by Deity Baal Avatar, Neutral). So everything is topsy-turvy, which is the point of the Vortex World in the first place.

4A's Monotheism vs. Polytheism conflict. Not technically Law v. Chaos, but, in practice, it still kinda was. However, I think the Divine Powers as an antagonistic force was a decent idea that the game didn't use to its full advantage (by not letting you side with them!). A cross-pantheon, even cross-alignment set of goodies or baddies should probably be attempted again--just with better execution.

SMT5's shit. On paper, it really isn't that bad. Obviously a Nocturne-inspired scenario. God is dead, only Lucifer took his place. But my goodness what a boring mess to witness play out. I dunno, I don't feel like typing much more at the moment. It's vanilla SMT5, the anti-hype SMT experience. 🤷

So the verdict is that with most of Atlus's post-SMT2 conflicts/alignment scenarios is that they're trying to come up with novel ideas! But it's hard and Lucifer is iconic or something. Anyway, they should just reboot NINE.

Hi, I’m Squeaky, I’m a minor and I use she/they pronouns (but you can call me either).

This is a gimmick blog dedicated to assigning posts to D&D alignments! If you don’t know those alignments, here’s a guide!

The first word in the name indicates how they feel about the law. I indicate these using color. Purple - Lawful - They follow the law as much as possible. Not expecting to see it much here on the “become ungovernable” site. Blue - Neutral - They follow the law when they want to. Sometimes they do, sometimes they don’t. Orange - Chaotic - “The law doesn’t exist if I ignore it enough.” / They do not care about laws whatsoever.

The second word in the name indicates their morality. I indicate these using font. Plain - Good Bold - Neutral Italics - Evil

And the special alignments: Green - Chaotic lawful - Strict moral code, but no one can figure out what the fuck it is. Pink - Lawful chaotic - Malicious compliance, basically.

If you’re wondering, I myself am true neutral, and when I mention things that are part of D&D worlds, the character speaking is an elven druid of the same name and alignment. Essentially, think of me as a character in a D&D world who documents the supposed alignments of random conversation snippets she overhears.

What I WILL align: - Users on tumblr - Posts - If you send in images I won’t align them unless specifically asked to but I can align images

What I WILL NOT align: - Music - Fictional characters - Users on other medias (I’m only allowed to have tumblr and YouTube)

TAGS: There’s a tag I use for each of the nine alignments! There are also: #the tavern roars for answers (answering asks) #storysqueaking (the adventure Squeaky’s going on as they assign alignments to random sentences and snippets of conversations) #travelers evils and disasters talk (TED talk but D&D edition, when I explain the alignment of a post or post something that isn’t an alignment or answer or anything like that, but still related to the D&D theme of the gimmick, it might be tagged with this) #user alignment (for when I get asks about what certain people’s alignments are) #apprentice moment (for any mentions/reblogs of my now offic(i)al apprentice @dnd-alignments-offical )

I’d also like to mention that you may tag me in any post you want to see the alignment of! I love receiving tags :)

This post by @groupthinker is chaotic evil