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Everyone and everything in Metanoia Engine has a different set of beliefs or codes, the Universe isn’t designed to be so cut and dry, Good and Evil is vague, some define their actions as good, while others define their actions as evil. It is purely up to the mind of the person creating the character or the character itself to define if they are good or evil.

There are four categories that define someones morals, these categories are Actions, Beliefs, Ideals and Personality. These four categories are designed to help you shape a character that fits greatly within your ideas, and upon seeing a character’s morals, you’ll be immediately able to know how a character will act.

When choosing Morals, you may only have up to 4 descriptors – and a minimum of one – that do not conflict with one another (e.g. Pragmatic Idealist is not a valid Moral, but Pragmatic Altruist is.). The order of your Morals typically show which moral is one your character tends to do more (e.g. an Egoistic Collectivist is more likely to be disrespectful in a societal setting, while a Collectivist Egoist is more likely to benefit or focus on society while being disrespectful.). Morals are an easy way of telling a characters personality at first glance, and is to be used more as a guideline then a set standard of rules.

Moral Categories

Actions

The Actions category defines what the actions of your character focuses on. Some examples of descriptors that focus on your actions are Individualistic or Collectivist

An Individualistic person is more likely to focus on themselves and focus on actions that benefit themselves

A Collectivist person is more likely to focus on society and actions that benefit their society

Beliefs

The Beliefs category defines what kind of beliefs your character has. Some examples of descriptors that focus on beliefs are Pragmatic or Idealistic

A Pragmatic person is more likely to have a realistic set of beliefs, following through with trusting what works.

An Idealistic person is more likely to have a perfect set of beliefs, focusing on the possibilities of an ideal world

Ideals

The Ideals category defines how rigid a character is in all aspects of themselves. Some examples of descriptors that focus on ideals are Dogmatic and Liberal

A Dogmatic person is hard to waver in their ideals and will stick to them whenever they have the chance, with little or no chance of changing

A Liberal person is someone with progressive ideals, their ideas and understanding is free-flowing as they have a large chance of changing.

Personality

The Personality category defines how your character treats or behaves to others in various social situations. Some examples of descriptors that focus on Personality are Altruistic or Egoist.

An Altruistic person is typically kind, warm and polite to others, and shows this through all aspects of their morals.

An Egoist person is typically cold, rude and disrespectful to others, and shows this through all aspects of their morals.

Examples of Morals

When writing these morals in the section for the Character Dossier, it is recommended to write the first two letters of the name with the morals of your choice, with slashes to indicate the start and end of each category e.g. IN/PR/DO/AL, CO/LI/EG, ID/AL, NC

Individualistic (IN)

  • Category: Actions
  • Conflicts With: Collectivist

Individualists are people who focus on themselves, they focus typically on actions that benefit themselves and those close to them that they care about.

Collectivist (CO)

  • Category: Actions
  • Conflicts With: Individualistic

Collectivists are people who focus on a large group or society, they focus on actions that benefit that society and group and prioritises others over themselves.

Pragmatic (PR)

  • Category: Beliefs
  • Conflicts With: Idealistic

Pragmatics are people who keep a level head on their beliefs, trust their “Gut” instinct, focusing on logical and rational conclusions or possibility, they focus on what is real and known.

Idealistic (ID)

  • Category: Beliefs
  • Conflicts With: Pragmatic

Idealists are people who look towards a perfect system, impossible beliefs and ideas of perfection, ambition, or creativity, they focus on what isn’t real and potentially possible.

Dogmatic (DO)

  • Category: Ideals
  • Conflicts With: Liberal

Dogmatics are people who are very rigid in what they believe, typically close-minded and sticking to their own sets of morals that they will die for.

Liberal (LI)

  • Category: Ideals
  • Conflicts With: Dogmatic

Liberals are people who are very flexible in what they believe, typically open-minded and ever-changing in their morals and thoughts to fit within different beliefs and ideas.

Altruistic (AL)

  • Category: Personality
  • Conflicts With: Egoist

Altruists are people who typically show kindness, warmth, joy and more positive emotions when interacting with others, as well as in their actions.

Egoist (EG)

  • Category: Personality
  • Conflicts With: Altruistic

Egoists are people who typically show coldness, cruelty, disrespect and more negative emotions when interacting with others, as well as in their actions.

Non-Conforming/Undefined

  • Category: All
  • Conflicts With: All

The state of non-conformity or an undefined morality is one of instability, Undefined morality is for the rare instance where ones morals are completely and utterly complex that no definition can say what a characters morals are. This state is used as a transitional state between other morals.