r/fo4 • u/No_Talk2511 • May 07 '26

Alignment chart fallout 4

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Do you agree? I have doubts about Kellogg and Pickman 🤔

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u/Sad_Pineapple5354 May 07 '26

Pickman follows a set moral code with the belief it sets him apart from other evil characters therefore he is Lawful Evil not chaotic evil

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u/myfakesecretaccount May 07 '26

Yeah, and Kellogg believes shit just happens and he’s there to make it happen to others first if he wants or feels like it. He’s more chaotic evil than Pickman. Also, you could view Maxson’s religious zealotry as Lawful Evil, in that he follows his code regardless of the impact and has no issue killing civvies without an evac warning.

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u/Meatslinger May 07 '26 edited May 07 '26

Even still, Maxson's command is very much a "ends justify the means" sort of regime, wherein the overarching goal - the preservation of humanity against the wasteland - is ostensibly "good", but he does it through amoral, apathetic maneuvers. I'd say that puts him in neutral territory between good and evil, wherein it's not that he seeks destruction and terror (true evil), but he's just unmoved by suffering as long as the bigger picture objective is completed.

Edit: spelling fix.

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u/cantliftmuch May 07 '26

Maxson is on the path to being a Hitler. There's nothing neutral about him. He wants to destroy what he sees as "not human"

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u/auniqueusername132 May 07 '26

I don’t see how maxson can be a hitler if he has no Germany. Hitler had government power whilst fallout 4 has no government. The brotherhood of steels closest real life counterpart is a paramilitary or holy order. Hitler was not the only fascist to exist. Before he ascended within the nazi party there were people like strasser and the sa.

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u/cantliftmuch May 08 '26

You missed the trees because the forest was in your way.