The point of an RPG is in the name. Role playing. Regardless of that people thinking the power hungry megalomaniac with delusions of grandeur or the guy who sold his soul to an infernal knowingly are good puzzles me.
Because people are defined by their deeds, not their [misrepresented] backstories.
Their backstories have been created by Larian. They didn't just randomly appear out of nowhere. So firstly, they don't misrepresent anything. And therefore, secondly, their backstories represent their deeds and choices (prior to the PC meeting them). As such, the backstories are absolutely fair game for defining who those characters are.
Originally Posted by Vhaldez
WotC told Larian some time during development that alignments were to be cut, so unless this dialogue is from the new system where companions are supposedly organic it might be a holdover from when you could rigidly shift their alignment. Alternatively it could be that all of this is cut and companions no longer change at all.
This is just not true. Swen himself confirmed in one of his recent interviews that alignment is in the game. The only open question is the extent to which it has any relevance within the game.
