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Then again, the video may not be a great idea. Especially when someone drops a die. PK and OO--I know whatever happens, it will be fun.

I've been lurking here for a while and use a variant armor as DR system myself, but like what I think is going on here. Have I missed the straightforward summation of your rules somewhere?

Evil is overly romanticized. Most evil I have encountered is actually boring, unreflective, and stupid--as others have said, a lack of goodness rather than some active force. WayneLigon has it right--good can sustain itself, while evil is, in the long run, self destructive. Its the basis of my...

One semi-interesting wrinkle to the above system is the heightened moral stakes associated with magic use. In the background cosmology, magic is created by the collective life force; to use magic to destroy or warp life in a harmful way carries a moral feedback in the form of corruption. To...

Eris404: I've moved my discussion to this thread in house rules. If you're still interested, we can continue the discussion there.

In a thread on alignment in general discussion, Eris404 was interested in various corruption rules as a replacement for alignment. I'd be interested in seeing others, but here are my current house rules: 8. Corruption: Although many natives are not aware of it, good and evil are active, real...

Well, one problem is that I use a homegrown magic system as well, so spell descriptors don't present the same challenges. But, yes, anything that would affect evil or be limited to good will affect someone with high (10+wisdom bonus) corruption points. The number of corruption points would then...

Another way to scrap alignment but keep some of its effects (such as bad people not being able to wield good weapons) would be to adopt something like the Dark Side/corruption system from d20 Star Wars. Extremely heinous acts (as defined by the DM) require a wisdom check; failed wisdom checks...

I hope it isn't too late to move this thread to a slightly different track, closer to the original thread. . . I think it would be fun to imagine the possibilities of a world where war was considered evil. The first question to tackle is from whence this idea originates, and how widespread the...

I use a system similar to Nifft's, but simplified: Languages are divided into families. Learning a languge in the same family as a languge you already know takes one rank. Learning a language in a different family requires two ranks. I also ration starting languages based on region and...

Interesting thread. I will point out that the religious ideas of the European Middle Ages (after taking a deep breath with the risk of making any generalizations about such a broad and diverse period) do posit that war is an evil thing. That culture reacted in a variety of ways: 1. They set...

Minor point: "Doctorate" and "Ph.D." are the same thing. The appropriate ranks would be "Master's" and "Doctorate."

As always, I thank you for the links. I found the stuff on the Inquisition most interesting.

As usual, your aim is true. :)

I don't use alignments anyway, so it should come as no surprise that I don't use them for groups. Dramatically, I like to keep people guessing--some priests of the Death God may be decent folks. Philosophically, I would tend to agree with those who hold that the alignments of larger...

Good to have the story again, Old One. I hope this is a sign that life is settling into something that you will now begin calling normal.

Wonderful! I had thought history in the game was history. Thanks for the links.

Wonderful! I had thought history in the game was history. Thanks for the links.

Wonderful! I had thought history in the game was history. Thanks for the links.

Wonderful! I had thought history in the game was history. Thanks for the links.