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This is a snapshot of 7 years, not one particular year. What happened from 1995-1999 that hurt its sales so much when 1995 marked 5 consecutive years of economic growth?

...which demonstrates just how useless this is as an aid to roleplaying.

And yet people think alignments like NG or NE are useful descriptors as play aids. "You believe in laws, but you also believe in not following laws at all". Or Neutral, switching sides constantly to maintain balance- as if the decision of whether you would want your neighbors to be good or evil...

And then we are back to "DM says kill goblin babies or lose paladinhood" because he thinks Gygax's definition of LG is the true one, and you have to go and atone everyone he thinks you are showing mercy.

And just like level limits, it's the DM who is enforcing it, not the rules. So your statement of "Alignment had teeth in 1e" is only true if the DM chose to enforce it. Otherwise 1e and 5e can handle alignment exactly the same way.

If removing alignment changes nothing, No, the Trolley Problem isn't good in play, yet whenever paladins show up it seems DMs make it their personal goal to trip them up.

Not much of a roleplaying guide if everyone has their own definition, and no one actually has to follow it. But that's all besides the point, as there are consequences to alignment, which are described as "whatever the DM says they are".

Acting against the character's defined nature isn't a moral dilemma. And deciding to do evil when you have already established the character is good, doesn't demonstrate any usefulness of an alignment system.

He can have every NPC in the world react to you as if you were a demon. He can have you ostracized from all places he considers Good or Lawful. He can treat your character as a pariah, and claim that the world is right and your character is actually evil. And the rules are the same in every...

There is no "moral dilemma" when there is a clear and definitive answer about what is moral. If the "trolley problem" has been answered 100% in regard to good and evil, law and chaos, then there is no dilemma.

But the conversation isn't about dealing with issues of morality. It's one person dictates what constitutes the defining of alignment and everyone has to adopt it. There is no "dealing" with issues of morality when there is an objective correct answer that is determined by the DM, and is...

Having a person force you to deal with their interpretations of morality in what is supposed to be a leisure activity, and having the ability to punish you, through your character, is not fun. A DM who strongly believes in Gygax's alignment definitions and demands you either kill goblin children...

Lots of Greyhawk fans seem to love how, unlike FR, every rock and tree wasn't mapped out and given a history. If they had continued to support it, I'm sure that aspect would certainly be lost.

For the most part, as I would have thought, other than I would have guessed Dark Sun was over Ravenloft. Guess "powercreep" and psionics limited it's appeal.

Exactly this. "I go left/I go right" is meaningless unless its based on information or knowledge. Coin flipping decisions isn't player agency.

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As far as I'm concerned, it's alignment's only virtue.

This explains the CG "favored of the gods of Good" elves enslaving their brethren in Dragonlance.

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