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Can you elaborate? I think I get the vibe of what you mean, but I'm curious what you hope to accomplish, if that's not too personal of a question.

I strongly disagree with the implication in your comment, here. One does not need to like all of a brand's line of products in order for that game to be a good fit for them, nor does a DM need to "be on board" with every product or piece of officially licensed content in order to run a fun game...

Sorry, it's a term that is so ingrained that I continue to use it even though it was probably dropped from the text a while ago. I just mean any of the non-human races that are available to PCs, in any edition of D&D.

My point is there are other sources of info on subclasses that do not require someone to personally own every 5E book before they are allowed to have an opinion on the subject. I'm not admitting anything other than that I have less info than some people, and could be wrong. Since anyone could...

I would like to gather opinions on why folks like to pick a demihuman (non-human) race. I'm not even going to suggest a possibility or color folks' answers with my intention for asking; I just want to learn peoples' raw thoughts.

I own the PHBook, but I'm not using it in the LMoP campaign I'm running for some new players. I'm restricting this game to only the materials that come in the boxed starter set until they complete it. You'd be correct in guessing that I don't own other supplements, however. I certainly have...

Yes, this would classify as a Facade.

I don't think I need to quote you exactly, since I agree with your overall sentiment. I'm not sure how it's an objection however, since I didn't state that every possible combination leads to a "playable" alignment system. One specific clarification: 2^10 isn't correct since not every feature...

Here is a Google Docs link. Let me know if it isn't working. And also let me know what your preferred Alignment System ends up being! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bP4atAklCN4QvoQQtMJKVFBuFKttfSG2slIkwr_RJLA/edit?usp=sharing

I'm but an armchair philosopher, but I believe I understand your point. If I understand you, then my response is that a hypothetical approach aims to empower people to apply their own ethics to a situation, with the hopes that, being better armed with knowledge, one's application of said ethics...

This is one of the problems of 3rd edition Prestige Classes... all over again. Subclasses are there to make D&D a CRPG more than a pen and paper game of imagination. They appeal to a certain sense of gamism at the expense of something else. It's not surprising. If Hasbro is going to make...

I wasn't keen on the write-up for Bards in 5E basic rules, and one of my players wanted to make a bard, so I updated it a bit: Names of Power Bardic spells aren’t at all like spells studied and cast by wizards, nor the power granted to holy zealots by their patron deities. No, bards are all...

Never keep a deal I can worm my way out of. I appear oily, and smell like the soot that graces the alley when the furnaces go cold after the workday. My hands and smile are spread wide for you, revealing a shining silver tooth under my tilted black cap.

Sorry for coming in late yet again. Party for a friend who got his green card, and it's a bit too late and too much alcohol to post tonight. But one night this week I'll respond to folks with my thoughts. The discussion is very welcome to see.

Thanks, I'm glad my intention is coming across here. Celebrim, yes, working out whether you are able to functionally paint up your alignment system using my colors is the kind if thing I'd love to see attempted. I wish you good luck. Aebir, I agreee the mythical vs mundane feature in an...

The essay has been posted. It's titled "An Ontology of D&D Alignment" and is finished. Thanks.

Closing Notes It’s futile to contemplate the question, “how do the D&D rules expect me to adjudicate or roleplay alignment?” -- and foolish to be convinced that one espouses “the correct” answer -- because, as it turns out, the rules fail to include but a slice of the complexity that players...

Various Definitions of Alignment In addition to how alignment behaves, every DM and player possesses their own definition of what each of the different points on the alignment diagram mean. These interpretations need not be merely stances that we have about alignment. They can also be beliefs...

Picking, Choosing, and Combining In addition to the binary and scalar attributes of the features listed above, it's possible to combine opposite features within one alignment system. You can pick where such combinations are contrasted: between individual to individual, group to group, or even...

X. Facades Characters also needn’t be aware of how alignment works in the setting. If we say that a given Alignment System is a description of how alignment works in a DM’s campaign setting, then a Facade is how any given character thinks alignment works in the world around them. Characters...