Harry Potter Character Alignments

[Hafeal]

I keep thinking that the new Harry film will have a new wave of Hogwartian characters roaming Stormreach, which had me thinking in line of old thread regarding Robin Hood's alignment. How will these characters translate to DDO ... starting with their main identities, what alignment are the various main HP characters?

Harry, imo, is not Lawful Good. Definitely good - but more neutral. Hermoine seems to me to be the Lawful Good type. And Ron seems in chaos all the time, Chaotic Good for him. Now, to convert them to classes Sorc? Wiz? Bard? Cleric? FvS?

This is just meant as a fun Friday afternoon exercise in thought for any who would like to chime in!

[Wrendd]

Hmmm.... I would say:

Harry Potter: Neutral Good Wizard

Hermione: Lawful Good Wizard (Archmage PrE if DDO, or she is planning on Archmage PrC is using P&P rules)

Rob: Neutral Good Wizard (I understand about the chaos you mention, but I see him as more in balance, like Harry)

Fred and George: Chaotic Good Wizard/Rogues (Both of them would be multi-classed IMO)

Dumbledore: Neutral Good Wizard Archmage

McGonogal (sp?): lawful Good Wizard (Transmuter)

Hagrid: Neutral Good Fighter/Wizard

Snape: True Neutral Wizard (Devoted to Dumbledore, but with lots and lots of issues.

Tom Riddle: Neutral Evil (could maybe see CE, but he seems to fond of rules when they work to his advantage)

[Hafeal]

All Wizards, eh? Hmmm ... I thought Sorc might fit some of them better.

[Mr_Ed7]

Hmmm.... I would say:

Harry Potter: Neutral Good Wizard

Hermione: Lawful Good Wizard (Archmage PrE if DDO, or she is planning on Archmage PrC is using P&P rules)

Rob: Neutral Good Wizard (I understand about the chaos you mention, but I see him as more in balance, like Harry)

Fred and George: Chaotic Good Wizard/Rogues (Both of them would be multi-classed IMO)

Dumbledore: Neutral Good Wizard Archmage

McGonogal (sp?): lawful Good Wizard (Transmuter)

Hagrid: Neutral Good Fighter/Wizard

Snape: True Neutral Wizard (Devoted to Dumbledore, but with lots and lots of issues.

Tom Riddle: Neutral Evil (could maybe see CE, but he seems to fond of rules when they work to his advantage)

Not if they were in Eberron, then Tom would be True Neutral or Chaotic Neutral.

[Hafeal]

Not if they were in Eberron, then Tom would be True Neutral or Chaotic Neutral.

Of course, if they were NPCs, an evil alignment would be just fine.

[Lithic]

All Wizards, eh? Hmmm ... I thought Sorc might fit some of them better.

Based on how the story goes, they all have to be "innately magical" to attend the school, which would make them all sorcerers rather than wizards. They don't seem to have any limits to the number of spells they can use per day, which is more in keeping with DnD sorcerers. In addition, once they learn a spell, they know it forever without later studying their book to rememorize it as a wizard would.

Sorcerers tend to have a more negative association to them though, which is why all good guys in magical realms tend to be called wizards (merlin was a wizard), whereas bad guys tend to be sorcerers (the sorceress morgana). Bad guys tend to be called wizards only if the good guys are non-magical folk.

[Hafeal]

I agree. Although the World of Harry Potter seems to clutter the distinctions held in the D&D view of things. Certainly seems Archmage would suit someone like Dumbledore.

Based on how the story goes, they all have to be "innately magical" to attend the school, which would make them all sorcerers rather than wizards. They don't seem to have any limits to the number of spells they can use per day, which is more in keeping with DnD sorcerers. In addition, once they learn a spell, they know it forever without later studying their book to rememorize it as a wizard would.

Sorcerers tend to have a more negative association to them though, which is why all good guys in magical realms tend to be called wizards (merlin was a wizard), whereas bad guys tend to be sorcerers (the sorceress morgana). Bad guys tend to be called wizards only if the good guys are non-magical folk.

[Wrendd]

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Originally Posted by Hafeal
All Wizards, eh? Hmmm ... I thought Sorc might fit some of them better.

Based on how the story goes, they all have to be "innately magical" to attend the school, which would make them all sorcerers rather than wizards. They don't seem to have any limits to the number of spells they can use per day, which is more in keeping with DnD sorcerers. In addition, once they learn a spell, they know it forever without later studying their book to rememorize it as a wizard would.

You have a good point. But, as I see it, a DnD sorcerer would not really need to go to school to use their abilities. I have never read any DnD based novels that had sorcerers attending any sort of education, all of their spells/abilities were learned from practice and practical application.

Of course that sort of practice could be in a more formal setting, such as Hogwarts. Since my only 2 choices were between sorc and wiz I went with wiz to better reflect the need for the characters to attend a school. But notice that they had to get the spells right, which would make a pure "instinctive" magic problematic.

I have no real explanation for the "never forget a spell" and "cast unlimited times per day". It makes sense for a sorc. But given the magic system created by Rowling I don't really think sorc vs. wiz makes a lot of sense.

[Dakotahorn]

I like Wrendd's list except:

Tom is definitely LE IMO

All about rules, bloodlines, etc.

Bellatrix Lestrange would be CE

[sirgog]

I like Wrendd's list except:

Tom is definitely LE IMO

All about rules, bloodlines, etc.

Bellatrix Lestrange would be CE

Harry strikes me as chaotic good, but more good than chaotic. (I'm CG IRL, but the chaotic side is dominant).

Lucius Malfoy strikes me as the LE of the Death Eaters. Tom Riddle very much NE - he's willing to unleash utter chaos to achieve his ends, just as he is willing to abuse laws and 'orders'.

Bellatrix is, of course, chaotic evil.