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James Gasik reacted to Benjamin Olson's post in the thread D&D General Why do people like Alignment? with
Wow.
Given that, fundamentally, it is designed to be a violence game, having at least some enemies be readily identifiable as inescapably... -
James Gasik replied to the thread D&D General Why do people like Alignment?.I guess I can accept that. I just know that if tomorrow, scientists announced they had empirical proof that there is an afterlife, but...
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James Gasik reacted to Celebrim's post in the thread D&D General Why do people like Alignment? with
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I think that Green Ronin's "Book of the Righteous" does a pretty good job of dealing with this question. I could also address this... -
James Gasik replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I don't really see how killing minions is much different than a high level AD&D Fighter cutting down a dozen kobolds in one combat round...
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James Gasik replied to the thread D&D General Why do people like Alignment?.Is it super often? Probably not, but I do see it from time to time- people who want mechanics in play for certain character classes to...
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James Gasik reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General Why do people like Alignment? with Like.
I like alignment...when it is used judiciously: with great care, deployed only when it is truly warranted. In this paradigm, 99.9% of...
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James Gasik reacted to Nikosandros's post in the thread D&D General Why do people like Alignment? with Like.
I find alignments as descriptors useless; as such, I don't use them in 4e or 5e. I use them in AD&D as cosmological factions which also...
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James Gasik reacted to Hriston's post in the thread D&D General Why do people like Alignment? with Like.
I like alignment as an ingredient in the kitchen-sink medievalistic modern fantasy that is D&D, like having Vancian wizards and...
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James Gasik reacted to Bae'zel's post in the thread D&D General Why do people like Alignment? with Like.
I only like the concept when it's aligned to "cosmic forces" or philosophies. Example: Michael Moorcock's Chaos vs Law. Or another...
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James Gasik reacted to Aldarc's post in the thread D&D General Why do people like Alignment? with Like.
Not a fan of Alignment as D&D Myers-Briggs. I like Alignment as cosmic factions with whom players actively align themselves.
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James Gasik reacted to Voadam's post in the thread D&D General Why do people like Alignment? with Like.
I liked 3e alignment as pure descriptors and cosmic forces. So animate dead to create undead has the evil descriptor not because it is...
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James Gasik reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D General Why do people like Alignment? with Like.
Alignment started out simply as Faction. In AD&D it morphed into a moral and ethical description, which later got subsumed into an...
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James Gasik reacted to TiQuinn's post in the thread D&D General Why do people like Alignment? with Like.
I think as a shorthand for an NPC’s personality or view of the world, it was a useful tool. It was much less useful and active source of...
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Modern versions of D&D and it's "D&D-alike cousins" seem to veer further and further away from the alignment system- I can admit, I...
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James Gasik replied to the thread Spoilers Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - Season 3 Viewing (Spoilers).The first thing I thought of was "Lola" from Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. but she's a '62, so I guess your point is made!