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"Goodest of the good" and why Hell is a bad place
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<blockquote data-quote="klofft" data-source="post: 3220357" data-attributes="member: 40326"><p>Thanks for all the replies so far, and I hope there are more. I know some DMs relegate cosmological questions to part of the background, but me and my players are rather obsessed with knowing how the world works, not in a physical sense (we'll do plenty of magical handwaving to deal with that), but rather in a metaphysical sense (where we search for something that works for us). It's interesting to read positions that build on or respectfully disagree with what I have posited, which, BTW, is not at all set in stone for my game. This thread is intended to get viewpoints that bring up things I have not yet thought of so I can adjust accordingly.</p><p></p><p>So far, I will admit that my own slight bias is towards LG as "goodest of the good," but I think the alignment rules in the PHB would probably favor NG slightly in that regard. I disagree that CG would be anathema in such a universe, but with a qualifier. I don't hold both axes of alignment to be equal; I weigh the good-evil spectrum far more heavily. As chaotic is thus just a modifer for good, a way of doing good, I would see such an individual as occasionally annoying to society, but also occasionally essential to society. (As a bit of a tangent, the idea of a "CG society" seems pretty odd to me, except in terms of a very small community, but for the elves, I work around it by remembering that when you live for 500 years, you see things a little differently).</p><p></p><p>Thanks everyone!</p><p>C</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klofft, post: 3220357, member: 40326"] Thanks for all the replies so far, and I hope there are more. I know some DMs relegate cosmological questions to part of the background, but me and my players are rather obsessed with knowing how the world works, not in a physical sense (we'll do plenty of magical handwaving to deal with that), but rather in a metaphysical sense (where we search for something that works for us). It's interesting to read positions that build on or respectfully disagree with what I have posited, which, BTW, is not at all set in stone for my game. This thread is intended to get viewpoints that bring up things I have not yet thought of so I can adjust accordingly. So far, I will admit that my own slight bias is towards LG as "goodest of the good," but I think the alignment rules in the PHB would probably favor NG slightly in that regard. I disagree that CG would be anathema in such a universe, but with a qualifier. I don't hold both axes of alignment to be equal; I weigh the good-evil spectrum far more heavily. As chaotic is thus just a modifer for good, a way of doing good, I would see such an individual as occasionally annoying to society, but also occasionally essential to society. (As a bit of a tangent, the idea of a "CG society" seems pretty odd to me, except in terms of a very small community, but for the elves, I work around it by remembering that when you live for 500 years, you see things a little differently). Thanks everyone! C [/QUOTE]
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