Before Dungeons and Dragons was an amusing time waster for nerds, the cooperative board game was a lightning rod for controversy. It let players engage with an imaginative world in which many made-up ...

Ever since I got big into RPGs I’ve been obsessed with character alignment charts. I even bought one of those cool CritSuccess die rings that determines alignments at random. Alignment is a way to ...

Aden Carter is a contributor for XDA with a focus on gaming. He has spent the last five years guiding players through their favorite games and offering his opinions on the biggest gaming topics. When ...

In the fantasy role-playing game Dungeons and Dragons, players use alignment charts to inform their characters’ backstories and personas. A Lawful, Good character acts benevolently and predictably, ...

It’s so easy to love your companions in Mass Effect. Whether it’s because they flirt awkwardly or sing their own adaptions of Gilbert and Sullivan songs, they’re all endearing in their own ways. But ...

Mike White’s acclaimed HBO show, The White Lotus Season 3, has ended, prompting a conversation among viewers about the characters’ alignment chart. For the uninitiated, an alignment chart (popularized ...

"Alignment charts" began life as a standardized way to describe a character's general moral disposition in role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons. Where does this person (or elf or orc or whatever ...