Planar Alignment Traits: How Do They Feel?

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Planar Alignment Traits: How Do They Feel?

I got to thinking about what it feels like for a character on a plane with an opposing alignment trait. I think that for a chaotic character on a lawful plane, it feels like claustrophobia; you can't "think outside the box" because the "box" keeps shoving your thoughts back in.

For a lawful character on a chaotic plane, it feels like agoraphobia; your thoughts are adrift in a sea of limitless space with no points of reference to anchor you. Just being in Limbo will make a Guvner dizzy — and they'll probably puke even if they don't actually see the plane.

For an evil character on a good plane, it feels like constant guilt or paranoia; they feel that if they even think an evil thought, the forces of good will jump out of nowhere and bust them.

For a good character on an evil plane, it feels like a constant low-level fear and loathing; you're afraid because everything around you loathes you.

Now, what does it feel like if you're on a plane that matches your alignment?

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Planar Alignment Traits: How Do They Feel?

'Rick Summon' wrote:
Now, what does it feel like if you're on a plane that matches your alignment?

Like home. Laughing out loud

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'Rick Summon' wrote:
Now, what does it feel like if you're on a plane that matches your alignment?

Like warm cherry... nevermind.

Probably just like Zimrazim noted: it feels like home. Or at least somewhat close to it.

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Planar Alignment Traits: How Do They Feel?

I think it depends an your respective alignment.
If you're a good-aligned cutter with a strong sense of order, coming to Arcadia definitely will be like coming home. If you're an evil basher who needs order to give him a place in his life, spending time in Baator probably isn't exactly holidays for you, since there's all the mighty bloods looking down at you and treating you like dirt, filling your heart with envy and hate and fostering the desire to take their places, while at the same time you have to kick those weaker than you in order to keep them humble and in line.
The chaotic planes'll even be harder to imagine. Sticking out tongue

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'Calmar' wrote:
The chaotic planes'll even be harder to imagine. Sticking out tongue
Regardless of how they feel, the chaotic planes would probably be where you feel the most!

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