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12 months ago ::
Jun 17, 2012 - 3:40PM
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Date Joined:
Jan 29, 2005
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I'm more talking about in game consequences. For example if your religious character is affiliated with a good religion, going around doing bad things and justifying it with "D&D alignments are bullshit" is really childish(and some players do this). Certain deities or groups will have certain morals and ethics.
Yes, and as I said, there will be consequences. They'll just be more interesting, secular consequences, and not 'Your powers got yoinked, sucks to be you'.
Yeah. Roleplay it out. Perhaps the powers become tainted (your normal radiant powers suddenly become necrotic), or perhaps there is a posse sent after you to bring you in. Maybe another deity uses it as an opportunity to coerce you into serving them.
Anything is more interesting than "You lose all powers. You are now a paperweight. A fighter with no feats (in the case of 3.5)." It's just cheap.
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12 months ago ::
Jun 18, 2012 - 2:39PM
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Date Joined:
Dec 22, 2011
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Don't you find it interesting how concepts anything like D&D's alignment system don't exist in anthropology, psychology, or philosophy? In fact, as far as I can tell, D&D possesses the only example of such a system. Even novelists don't use any kind of alignment system when creating characters for their books, nor do actors use one to get more in touch with their characters.
Is this because no one else has caught on to the genius that is the D&D alignment system? Or could it perhaps be that everyone else realizes the D&D alignment system is completely unnecessarily and for lack of a better word; dumb?
I have a suggestion for you! Look at my profile! It has links to information on Myers-Briggs Typology. There's also a lot of information on it's wikipedia page. It's not difficult to learn either, being only slightly more complex than the D&D system. What's more, it's information that will be useful outside of D&D, because like, real psychologists use it and stuff.
So instead of writing some stupid alignment in your alignment box, I challenge you to write down something like "INFJ" instead. I assure you, your characters will be better for it!
Hmm... yes and no.
I recently examined Myers-Brigss Typology in my Grade 12 Management course, and I felt that it fell into the old concept of "If you are logical you can't be creative". For instance, the two judging functions are "thinking and feeling", meaning that you either judge people on raw instinct or careful consideration, as opposed to most of us, who I feel generally mix the two to come up with an idea of who someone is (you might feel one way about them when you meet someone new, but this may or may not be accurate). Similarly, those who are extroverted are supposed to seek a "breadth of knowledge" and introverts a "depth", why can't you seek both?
However, I do agree with you that the D&D alignment system is a little "dumb".
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