Alignment

A character's alignment is an easy way of summing up their moral ideas, and represent their general moral compass. It has 2 axes, and each axis has 5 magnitudes.

Most people tend towards Neutral. On any one axis, 75% of people are Neutral, 20% of people are one step away, and 5% of people are at an extreme. However, adventurers and those that adventurers combat tend to the extremes more so than most.

Moral Axis

Benevolent

A benevolent entity is an entity that will go out of their way for the betterment of others, and for the greater good. They are willing to do this to their detriment, if they believe the cost to be worth the benefit, but it's very rare that they would give their life for anything less than the lives of many others; the potential good that could be done outweighs the immediate good.

A benevolent character wouldn't think twice of rescuing people from a burning building, donating much needed supplies, or trying to root out corruption within the city guard.

Moral

A moral entity is an entity that will act in the betterment of others if the opportunity presents itself. They are willing to detriment themselves if the cause is great enough, but very, very rarely to the point of risking their lives for strangers.

A moral character would stop a robbery in process, donate a small tithe gladly, or take in a destitute family member.

Neutral

A neutral entity is an entity which feels no strong need to better themselves or others. This is either due to a commitment to neutrality, or apathy to the cause. This is not to say they don't act selflessly or selfishly from time to time, however.

A neutral character could steal a loaf of bread if they were legitimately in need, or donate a loaf to someone else in need.

Immoral

An immoral entity is an entity that will act to their own benefit before others. The detriment of others is of little consequence, though particularly reprehensible acts, such as kidnapping, torture, and wanton murder, are still distasteful.

An immoral character would happily engage in petty theft, occasional blackmail, and perhaps a spot of pillaging.

Malevolent

A malevolent entity is an entity that will think of themselves before all else. Their persuit for personal gain often puts them at odds with society, and they'll often think nothing of murder and other such horrible acts, if it serves to further their goals.

A malevolent character could engage in grand larceny, treason, or mass murder without moral qualms.