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This is a very good example of a playable-in-a-party Chaotic Neutral character. Similarly, a current character I have is Lawful Neutral: A samurai who's very bound to the code of (pseudo-) Bushido. I could argue for chaotic because I'm going against the dictates of family at the moment...

Yup, this is it, sadly. I'm not sure I agree there. Every time I've tried ditching it, I kept finding my way back to it in various ways. In a current campaign, I've kind of embraced it by focusing on the Law vs. Chaos conflict. What I don't do, however, is make a big deal about it. However, I...

Yeah, that's the problem I often have with CN and CE alignments in practice. There are interesting characters one could play with those alignments and I've seen it done, but... but... all too often players seem to end up using the excuse "but it's on my character sheet!" as a way to legitimate...

I'm pretty sure I use all of those to some degree. Usually I use Story to motivate the connection between specific adventures or locations, with other aspects showing up more in terms of specific encounter or location design. For example I once riffed on some elements of a train station near...

I'll have to check the Divinity games out. I don't think I ever played them. Bet it drove clicks, though. ;)

I remember them, too, from when I was a kid but for some reason I thought the story was he found them in a junk shop. Regardless, some of the "weird" critters like Rust Monsters or the Bulette were from that bag of dinosaurs.

I remember them, too, from when I was a kid but for some reason I thought the story was he found them in a junk shop. Regardless, some of the "weird" critters like Rust Monsters or the Bulette were from that bag of dinosaurs.

Yeah, I agree. Things like the venerable restriction to using blunt weapons came from the Medieval canard that a priest shouldn't shed blood but by using a club that would be OK. This is on the Bayeux Tapestry as I recall. There actually is a historical St. Cuthbert. Gygax was a guy who was...

Yeah, I agree. Things like the venerable restriction to using blunt weapons came from the Medieval canard that a priest shouldn't shed blood but by using a club that would be OK. This is on the Bayeux Tapestry as I recall. There actually is a historical St. Cuthbert. Gygax was a guy who was...

It peaked somewhat later, but I think it was already underway. See here. The fact that someone as daft as Patricia Pulling became the main voice of it as well as becoming a consultant for law enforcement(!) shows just how dippy things were. Of course, they're not much better in a lot of places.

It peaked somewhat later, but I think it was already underway. See here. The fact that someone as daft as Patricia Pulling became the main voice of it as well as becoming a consultant for law enforcement(!) shows just how dippy things were. Of course, they're not much better in a lot of places.

I'm sure they realized they'd sell a whole lot of their own books based on the advertisement in Deities & Demigods. Back in the day they were known as They Sue Regularly for a reason!

I'm sure they realized they'd sell a whole lot of their own books based on the advertisement in Deities & Demigods. Back in the day they were known as They Sue Regularly for a reason!

Uh... sure. Common knowledge to whom, exactly?

Uh... sure. Common knowledge to whom, exactly?

Or at least context. My understanding was a lot of this was Gygax, but of course one should not look for anything really noble. They were trying to sell stuff and part of that was avoiding a lot of bad publicity and problems with the distribution networks. There were a lot of nekkid ladies in...

Or at least context. My understanding was a lot of this was Gygax, but of course one should not look for anything really noble. They were trying to sell stuff and part of that was avoiding a lot of bad publicity and problems with the distribution networks. There were a lot of nekkid ladies in...

100%. The GM can only take things so far. Without player buy-in and contribution, forget it. The times I really felt my GMing was best was totally, utterly aided and abetted by the players.

I would very much guess publishing reasons, particularly when one considers the context of the late '70s/early '80s.

I would very much guess publishing reasons, particularly when one considers the context of the late '70s/early '80s.