Li Shenron
Legend
You can definitely play without alignment as a character feature.
Still, only a few players are genuinely hindered by alignments during the game, the majority of those who can't stand alignment for being restrictive is because they want to play a character that is both amoral (i.e. does anything he wants under the only logic that it's more convenient) and at the same time entitled to whatever goodie is tied to alignment.
Certainly tho, some DMs enforce alignment too strictly as if it was a prescription instead of a canvas upon which to base your character's complex nature and identity.
The key to understanding the issue is to notice how "player who hates alignment" and "DM who enforces alignment" are often the same person...
Still, only a few players are genuinely hindered by alignments during the game, the majority of those who can't stand alignment for being restrictive is because they want to play a character that is both amoral (i.e. does anything he wants under the only logic that it's more convenient) and at the same time entitled to whatever goodie is tied to alignment.
Certainly tho, some DMs enforce alignment too strictly as if it was a prescription instead of a canvas upon which to base your character's complex nature and identity.
The key to understanding the issue is to notice how "player who hates alignment" and "DM who enforces alignment" are often the same person...