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Alignment loophole?
- Thread starter arcanaman
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generalhenry
First Post
yes.
also note that in 4E alignment so far has zero effect beyond fluff
(well at least nothing I've noticed)
Boarstorm
First Post
Actually, I did spot one instance of alignment matters.
The Paladin paragon path Astral Weapon's level 20 daily Astral Whirlwind gives a bonus if you use it to kill evil or chaotic evil creatures. I discovered that while statting up an evil paladin. :/
generalhenry
First Post
ah so like disarm, it's in the game, but just barely.
Rith the Wanderer
First Post
Wow, good catch there. Seems completely at odds with their design intents for alignment and the rest of the book as a whole. Maybe even evil paladins hate other evil creatures eh?
GnomeWorks
Adventurer
No, they're just assuming that you play good. Which is why they don't even go into detail on evil gods in the PHB and discourage playing evil. If you do play evil, retool it against good.
DemonLord57
First Post
Also, the Packmaster in Dragon 364. He has a good alignment pre-req. Since Wizards explicitly said they weren't going to have alignment pre-reqs anymore, (because they're stupid) people were understandably pissed at that. Astral Weapon isn't so bad, but I don't like alignment to have mechanical effects on your character. I advise ignoring any alignment pre-reqs they come out with. I know I'm going to.
generalhenry
First Post
I think they even mention in the DMG that would have to convert the paladin and cleric classes to make them evil.
Rith the Wanderer
First Post
Yeah, just seems like they'd wanna kill good guys more than evil guys. I think general henry and tale have it right.
Demonlord, yeah that pisses me off too.
