http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/dnd/20001222b

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My result:

Based on your answers to the quiz, your character’s most likely alignment is Neutral.

Neutral

A neutral character does what seems to be a good idea. She doesn’t feel strongly one way or the other when it comes to good vs. evil or law vs. chaos. Most neutrality is a lack of conviction or bias rather than a commitment to neutrality. Such a character thinks of good as better than evil. After all, she would rather have good neighbors and rulers than evil ones. Still, she’s not personally committed to upholding good in any abstract or universal way. Some neutral characters, on the other hand, commit themselves philosophically to neutrality. They see good, evil, law, and chaos as prejudices and dangerous extremes. They advocate the middle way of neutrality as the best, most balanced road in the long run. The common phrase for neutral is "true neutral." Neutral is the best alignment you can be because it means you act naturally, without prejudice or compulsion.

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What would the world be, once bereft
Of wet and of wildness? Let them be left,
O let them be left, wildness and wet;
Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet. - Gerard Manley Hopkins

Your Character’s Alignment

Based on your answers to the quiz, your character’s most likely alignment is Lawful Neutral.

Lawful Neutral

A lawful neutral character acts as law, tradition, or a personal code directs her. Order and organization are paramount to her. She may believe in personal order and live by a code or standard, or she may believe in order for all and favor a strong, organized government. The common phrase for lawful neutral is "true lawful." Lawful neutral is the best alignment you can be because it means you are reliable and honorable without being a zealot.

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I can't stand disorder and disorganization because I'm a firm believer in the phrase that "if something can go wrong, it will," but I generally like to keep all my options open and get more info before coming to a decision on something that will affect others as well. I believe in abiding by and enforcing the law, but I also believe that certain cases merit more clemency than others, because the law is made for people, not the other way around.

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Ooh, D&D. I used to be hugely into the Forgotten Realms due to the BG games, and I've read some of the Dragonlance Chronicles. (Raistlin ftw?) My initial impulse on seeing this thread title was "Neutral Good", in fact I've frequently envisioned my fantasy counterpart as a Level 1/1 Elven Mage/Cleric multiclass under 2nd ed. rules. I dunno about 3rd as much, probably Wizard. Let's see what happens. Oh, I think I've done this test before. Hm.
Hehe, as I thought.

Laws are, of course, necessary and important in order to maintain the structure of a society, but they bring absolutes to a lot of grey areas that I don't always necessarily agree with. Particularly in a D&D setting, with magic and less technological sophistication, I would feel more confident about sticking to my own moral compass rather than that of an arbitrary one as defined by law. As for "Good", well, I'm not particularly communally minded, and I stay away from dangerous biases and prejudice, but I do feel a strong moral obligation to "do the right thing" and great satisfaction from doing so, having realised at around age four or five the fulfilment it brings far outmatches the cheap thrills of mischief.

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We are beyond our own ability to define ourselves - we can only describe what we think we are.

Neutral here.

I used to choose to play a Neutral Good character in my D&D computer games... somewhere along the way I've lost the 'good' part.

Neutral.....boring. i always found it fun and hilarious playing chaotic evil characters. good times.

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"...he must bring forth values which are an equivalent substitute for his absence in the collective personal sphere. Without this production of values individuation is immoral and, more than that, suicidal..." Jung

Your Character’s Alignment

Based on your answers to the quiz, your character’s most likely alignment is Chaotic Neutral.

Chaotic Neutral

A chaotic neutral character follows his whims. He is an individualist first and last. He values his own liberty but doesn’t strive to protect others’ freedom. He avoids authority, resents restrictions, and challenges traditions. The chaotic neutral character does not intentionally disrupt organizations as part of a campaign of anarchy. To do so, he would have to be motivated either by good (and a desire to liberate others) or evil (and a desire to make those different from himself suffer). The common phrase for chaotic neutral is "true chaotic." Remember that the chaotic neutral character may be unpredictable, but his behavior is not totally random. He is not as likely to jump off a bridge as to cross it. Chaotic neutral is the best alignment you can be because it represents true freedom both from society’s restrictions and from a do-gooder’s zeal.

--excerpted from the Player’s Handbook, Chapter 6

This made me I remember when I played the Baldur's Gate series I loved playing as chaotic neutral characters. It just felt right. On a similar note,

I'm a chaotic neutral INxP. Gosh, I'm so glad all this typing business has brought me closure.

Baldur's Gate! *nerdy high five* I spent way too many hours on that game, but regret none of them!

Neutral Good
A neutral good character does the best that a good person can do. He is devoted to helping others. He works with kings and magistrates but does not feel beholden to them. The common phrase for neutral good is "true good." Neutral good is the best alignment you can be because it means doing what is good without bias toward or against order.

True of me irl, but my game characters have ranged from angelic to psychotic-evil. Depends on the game. Playing Skyrim atm and I'd put my current alignment as Lawful Neutral.