Question: Roleplaying a Neutral Character on Pathfinder

Hello! I'm a bit curious as to how someone would go about roleplaying a neutral character, or a neutral cleric more specifically. The god I would worship would be Gozreh. <a href="http://www.pathfinderwiki.com/wiki/Gozreh" rel="nofollow">http://www.pathfinderwiki.com/wiki/Gozreh</a> When I look at the neutral alignment as well it's a tad bit confusing because it says Gozreh is one of the best examples for it. "One of the best examples of a neutral deity is&nbsp; Gozreh , a deity who balances natures nurturing side with its more destructive forces. If Gozreh embodied just one of these aspects he would probably be a different alignment but because he represents the two in perfect balance he is considered neutral." I'm not sure how i'd act this out. Would I steal money so I could feed the homeless? <a href="http://www.pathfinderwiki.com/wiki/Neutral" rel="nofollow">http://www.pathfinderwiki.com/wiki/Neutral</a> Just a side note to how much this confuses me. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gro2ec8sAD0" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gro2ec8sAD0</a>

The thing about true neutral is that you don't care if its good, or evil. Law, or Chaos. They all have their place, and all can be used to serve an end. While a good man would flinch away from harming an innocent, and an evil man might revile in it, the neutral alignment might ask, "what purpose does it serve?" I think if you want to play a neutral character you have to first chose what motivates him. What are his goals, and what not.&nbsp;

This comparision always helped me.

I will forever and always insist that Vader was good.

Vader? He may have thought he was good, but no... evil, quite very evil indeed. At least until (spoilers) the end of Jedi when he redeems himself. Kinda. The best evil villains think they're doing good; that's part of what makes them memorable. Even Hitler thought he was doing the right thing, at least at first. Probably, I mean I never asked him, but com e on. Very few people (The Joker aside, of course!) do evil believing it to be evil. Vader worked within the system to take over the galaxy. He wanted to rule everyone with an iron fist. (Literally! HA! Star Wars joke!) If you didn't agree with him, you got your entire planet blowed the f&amp;ck up! Good people don't, generally speaking, blow up occupied planets. Ender Wiggin (spoilers) may, may, &nbsp;count as the exception.&nbsp; Lawful is not good; there's a diff erence! ps: I agree with the four corners of the above image. Vader is the perfect example of LE. Superman is the perfect example of LG. "V" is excellent for CG, and The Joker is perfect for CE. The others... eh, some wiggle room in the neutral categories. I might put Picard as NG instead of LN, for example. But it's a pretty good v isualization for people new to the concept. Other fun charts:

I suppose that last comment deserves some explanation.&nbsp; Vader was a servant, obeying the Emperor while subverting him at the same time. He did not kill or terrorize people needlessly. When Leia was his captive he used drugs over tourcher. &nbsp;It was Tarkin who ordered the destruction of Alderan, not Vader, Tarkin was the one who had Luke's aunt and uncle killed in the search. He was not the monster that he was perceived to be in A New Hope. &nbsp;In fact the only people he ever killed with no real justification were Imperial officers who he showed nothing but disdain and contempt for. He even looked for the smallest reason to do so, thus subverting the military leadership of the Empire. He didn't even kill Solo after he opened fire at him. And Solo was nothing to him, just a smuggler who happened to shoot him down. Not only did he not execute solo, but he kept the entire group alive. (meanwhile Luke force chokes out guards doing their job. Some real light side points there) When he discovered who Luke really was he pushed him, and asked him to join him to kill the Emperor, knowing full well that his power alone wouldn't work, The quote on that meme says it all "we can end this destructive conflict and bring order to the galaxy." Return of the Jedi would of been a much different movie if Luke had said yes. In the Return of the Jedi, when Luke attempted to strike down the Emperor Vader intercepted his light saber, knowing that even unarmed them Emperor would destroy Luke with a thought. Then he continues to play his part as the evil henchman, while the Emperor watches with glee, but as soon as his guard is down Vader throws his master over the balcony.&nbsp; Starwars is not about good and evil fighting in Vader, its about a man who was manipulated in his youth and has nothing but regret and hatred for himself and wants to do the right thing, but is unable to stand up to the power of his Master. &nbsp; Ok, maybe not good, but I can't call him evil.

Thanks for the replies everyone, I think I'm starting to grasp the alignments a bit better. I'm a new player so I just found it a bit difficult to determine the alignment of a character based off personality/story. I guess I like my characters being a bit open, not so sure if that's a good thing. The images are also a pretty helpful! Thanks again! :)