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AAlViking replied to the thread D&D General How do you do smart chaotic evil?.There are plenty of dysfunctional regions in the world right now run by warlords with no law other than "might makes right".
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AAlViking replied to the thread D&D General How do you do smart chaotic evil?.I think it's a society that is ruled by fear, intimidation and violence with no respect for any law other than the law of the whip. I...
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AAlViking replied to the thread D&D General How do you do smart chaotic evil?.The fact that you interpret alignment differently than I do is hardly a surprise, nor does it change anything. I want all alignments to...
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AAlViking replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Building A Contemporary Fantasy Setting For 5.5E.I understand that it's necessary for you. That doesn't mean that for some people it would be an interesting thought experiment to...
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AAlViking reacted to Tonguez's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Building A Contemporary Fantasy Setting For 5.5E with
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Or you could make Guns v Magic a central pillar. Obviously lightning and fireballs are gun killers, they make gunpowder explode, and... -
AAlViking replied to the thread D&D General How do you do smart chaotic evil?.I don't care what alignment my player's characters are either - all I ask is that they don't run evil characters. I do find alignment...
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AAlViking reacted to bsss's post in the thread D&D General How do you do smart chaotic evil? with Like.
If you don't use the alignments as written (your interpretation aside), why are you digging in on book definitions in a thread asking...
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AAlViking replied to the thread D&D General How do you do smart chaotic evil?.I don't know where you're getting "mad" from, my book says "Chaotic Evil (CE). Chaotic Evil creatures act with arbitrary violence...
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AAlViking replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Building A Contemporary Fantasy Setting For 5.5E.People get shot at all the time in action movies and if they do get hit it's "merely a flesh wound" or solved by removing the bullet...
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AAlViking reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Building A Contemporary Fantasy Setting For 5.5E with Like.
The lethality of firearms is not a function of genre,it is a function of tone. Firearms don't have to be any more lethal than swords are...
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AAlViking replied to the thread D&D General How do you do smart chaotic evil?.Yes I know you've been saying that every creature labeled CN and CE are insane. I disagree. I don't think red dragons are insane -...
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AAlViking replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Building A Contemporary Fantasy Setting For 5.5E.The elephant (dragon?) in the room with using D&D for modern world is always going to be firearms for me. It's not just an issue with...
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AAlViking reacted to NotAYakk's post in the thread D&D General How do you do smart chaotic evil? with Like.
I have been playing with a model to give bonds alignments. Along this way I had to make Law and Chaos a bit less flanderized. Lawful...
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AAlViking replied to the thread D&D General How do you do smart chaotic evil?.Really? My opinion that you are over-emphasizing a few words and taking a single phrase out of context and making it the sole defining...
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AAlViking replied to the thread D&D General How do you do smart chaotic evil?.It's obvious that nothing I, or the books, say will change anything. There is no reason to insist that every CN or CE is insane but you...