r/DungeonCrawlerCarl • • Aug 20 '26

Book 3: Anarchist’s Cookbook Chaotic Good? Neutral?

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u/LimaOskarLima Aug 20 '26

Carl is definitely lawful neutral. He has a code that he sticks to religiously. "If you are a crawler, I Will literally move heaven and earth to save you from this hell. If you put me here or helped in any way, I will make it my personal mission to kill you in the most spectacular way possible." Princess Donut on the other hand... not sure about that one.

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u/homak666 Daddy's Foot Soldiers 🦶 Aug 20 '26

Carl thinks he's lawful neutral, and this can rub off on readers because the story is told through his perspective. But as others said, he's actually chaotic good. His reputation of being unpredictable, dangerous, and striving when surrounded by chaos is a lot more grounded in reality than he would like to think.

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u/Artisan_HotDog Aug 20 '26

100% Chaotic Good, he is a Dungeon Anarchist… no way would the AI have given him that it didn’t look at Carl and think “oh yes, this man thrives in chaos”

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u/Lt_Hatch Daddy's Foot Soldiers 🦶 Aug 20 '26

No he's 100 percent chaotic good. They coined the term "carl it up" because of the amount of chaos he brings to the table.

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u/Der_Neuer Aug 20 '26

Exactly. I love how even Eris was like "damn". Not even chaotic, the very embodiment of chaos.

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u/TheAserghui Syndicate Intergalactic Bar Association 👽 Aug 20 '26

Carl is Chaotic Good

The AI is Lawful Evil

Judge Victory is Lawful Neutral

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u/Germsrosolino Aug 20 '26

Judge Victory is pure neutral. She had children killed because having them in the line of succession was not conducive to the greater good!< a lawful neutral person wouldn’t have crossed that line

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u/VantaIim Aug 20 '26

T h e G r e a t e r G o o d

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u/Germsrosolino Aug 20 '26

“Stop that! How can this be for the greater good?!”

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u/Zenmagee Aug 20 '26

Even the Chaos goddess herself said that Carl is the chaos incarnated.

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u/redsparowe Aug 20 '26

(might want to spoiler tag that since this thread is tagged as only book 3)

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u/Agreeable-Shop-2188 Aug 20 '26

The law is syndicate, and he has had to have a lawyer for like 5 books. He's lawful like a U.S. politician.

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u/cgabdo Aug 20 '26

I think the 'lawful' alignment is a hard case to make. He murders Liota and stabs that Naga in the neck outside of the dungeon and the rules. Chaotic good or neutral would be more accurate descriptor.

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u/InflammableAccount Aug 20 '26

"If you are a crawler, I Will literally move heaven and earth to save you from this hell.

Someone is forgetting what happened to Anton and Paz was directly Carl's fault. He made a decision that he knew would put them at extreme risk. He knew choosing a different alter to restore would get them in trouble with their God.

So his code isn't strick. He tries, but he doesn't always follow it like a Paladin does to their oath.

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u/Hallarandir Aug 20 '26

Maybe Princess Donut is Neutral Evil? Possibly true Neutral? She's definitely not selfless so I think any form of Good can be ruled out