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I always felt the Palladium alignments were too specific. They can be fine for a specific individual's code or outlook, but IMO are poor for trying to fit a lot of concepts.

The Deep 3.5 Udral, Unliving, Intelligent Undead Udral: Udrachalc transforms creatures into powerful and intelligent aquatic undead. If any living or dead intelligent creature is immersed in udrachalc, it becmes an undead creature, called an udral in Aquan. In this terrifying process, the...

Quick summary of the acronyms you mentioned. OGL = open game license. A free license allowing anyone to make and sell D&D third party products using specified content. SRD = system reference document. Includes D&D core rules you can use under the OGL to make D&D products. Classes and races and...

Are you aware that in 4e's five alignment spectrum the alignment split distinguishing the types goes the other way? Daemons in 4e are CE and grouped in with the CE demons while distinguished from the not chaotic devils.

I think there are two general positive views on 4e and 5e alignment taking out most alignment mechanics but having alignment for PCs and monsters. One is having a dislike of alignment and so the huge downplaying of it is preferable to having alignment mechanics for classes and spells and...

They are very nice looking floor plans, the giant skull is just a very striking and non-generically applicable detail that would demand investigation as a player.

It sounds like your pain point is neutrality in which case 4e is perfect for you, it even turns neutral into don't really care unaligned. I and others have no problem seeing LE as different from CE and NG as different from CG or LG and the two axis nine point grid makes sense. Taking devils...

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The City-State of Draj 3.5 Powerful Undead Raaig Guardian: ? The Guardian, Meorty Elf Wizard 17, Spirit: ? The Nameless Sentinel, Raaig Human Fighter 9: ? Varoxil Rante, Raaig Human Cleric 10: ?

The Cavalier's Handbook 3.5 Lich Steed: A lich steed is a powerful undead horse created by foul necromantic magic to serve as a mount for an undead rider. Any horse slain by a lich steed rises as a lich steed in 1d4 rounds. A 12th-level evil spellcaster can create a lich steed with the create...

I like the weird world building of B/X alignment. There is a Cosmic Force of Law and a Cosmic Force of Chaos, and even one of Neutrality (high Tanelorn). If you align yourself with one that has a supernatural effect and your connection to that cosmic force means you can communicate with them in...

B/X only has alignment languages as an alignment mechanic that I remember. BECMI has companion level class options that have alignment limitations IIRC.

For alignment languages I like basic law chaos neutral over nine cosmic languages. Cosmic Law and Chaos are archetypically cool forces to tap into and three factions is a useful number for identifying friends from foes and communicating with cosmic forces faction allies. It supports a chaos...

4e. It has no mechanics that I remember tied to alignment, it was purely descriptive. 5e is close, I like the nine grid better than 4e’s five spectrum. But it has a few minor mechanical things tied to alignment like some magic item effects. 3e had my favorite alignment mechanics with spells...

I think the reference is that clerics and MUs cannot use spears or polearms to help out from the second rank with extra melee attack, not that they cannot hire henchmen.

I do like the literary tropes as archetypes for fey.

The Book of the Sea 3.5 Shadow Siren: Shadow sirens are fallen and evil seasingers. They have turned from the songs of life and sung the music of death. That is a dry and empty path – soon, the shadow siren loses all inspiration and verve, and must drain the vitality of others in order to...

The Book of the Planes 3.5 Discarded, The Discarded: The discarded are thrown-off shells of emotion and memory that were imprinted onto the mists of the Ethereal Plane by a violent death. These are the equivalent of an ethereal duplicate created by a living being. The discarded appear only...

Tasha’s as a player. Kobold Press’s Tome of Beasts as a DM.

The Book of Strongholds & Dynasties 3.5 Undead, Undead Creature: ? Undead Horror: ? Skull Fortress, Undead Creature of Gargantuan Size: ? Undead Creature Who is Vulnerable to Ordinary Sunlight: ? Cannon Fodder: ? Vampire: ? Skeleton: Undead Generation Plinth magic item. Zombie: Undead Generation...