This at least speaks to how much I want to keep playing. I desperately want to become a lich and command a party filled with undead companions (opens in new tab), but I'm also considering packing this adventure in and rolling a good or neutral character. But it's impossible for me to roleplay my character that way. It was clear what his alignment was before I even recruited him. I've got a Lawful Evil gnome in my party at the moment, and nearly every conversation we have manages to express his nature. This has nothing to do with the ability of its writers, because I know they can write dialogue that captures a character's alignment pretty well. This state of affairs is particularly frustrating because developer Owlcat chose to make these options so shallow. You've just decided you don't like them, so you murder them, right in front of your paladin pal. And there's never any additional context. This is the evil solution to pretty much every problem: kill. But you can also kill him the moment he introduces himself, before you know he's carrying something you want. It's the one where you can murder a man for his keys. In only one of these examples does this choice make even the slightest bit of sense.
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