Alignment

Alignment is a representation of a character's personal ethos and personality.  It serves as a stat in games, where it helps determine the reactions of characters to each other and to the player's actions.  There are generally three possible alignments: Lawful (associated with a high Alignment stat), Chaotic (associated with a low Alignment stat), and Neutral (which falls in between the two extremes).

Alignment as a Statistic

Alignment is a stat in Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen and Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber. The alignment of a class or character is used in various situations such as:

• Plot events: determined by the Opinion Leader, or Magnus' stat total. Depending on the event, either low or high alignment might be needed.
• Endings: determined by the Opinion Leader, or Magnus' stat total. Typically, the higher the alignment, the better the ending.
• Character recruitment: determined by the Opinion Leader, or Magnus' stat total. Depending on the character, either low or high alignment might be needed.
• Liberation: determined by the average alignment of the unit. Alignment is only one of the variables in a liberation that raises Reputation or Chaos Frame, but is the most important.

Alignment can be raised by:

• Defeating a character that is of a higher level.
• Defeating a character that has lower Alignment.
• Drawing a Priestess card after the liberation of a town or temple.
• Drawing a Hierophant card after the liberation of a town or temple.
• Using the item Soul Mirror on a character.

Alignment can be lowered by:

• Defeating a character that is of a lower level.
• Defeating a character that has higher Alignment.
• Drawing a Tower card after the liberation of a town or temple.