Tequila Sunrise
Adventurer
What with the current Thread That Won't End, I thought it might be enlightening to go through and read what each PHB has to say about alignment.
See, I'm not actually all that familiar with D&D alignments. I think I read the 2e AD&D alignment chapter once or twice back in the '90s, and then the 3e chapter once or twice after 2000. In both cases, I promptly forgot the details and quirks of each alignment and simply used my own sensibilities to think about alignment. Until this week, I hadn't even bothered to read 4e's chapter. (Because alignment doesn't matter in 4e, so what's the point?)
This probably has something to do with my inability to relate to all the angst which alignment generates for others. So I've decided to transcribe each alignment description into my blog -- at least from the three editions I currently have access to -- so that I can compare and contrast alignment through the editions. If you can provide me with descriptions from other editions, I'd appreciate it!
Alignment Across the Editions
See, I'm not actually all that familiar with D&D alignments. I think I read the 2e AD&D alignment chapter once or twice back in the '90s, and then the 3e chapter once or twice after 2000. In both cases, I promptly forgot the details and quirks of each alignment and simply used my own sensibilities to think about alignment. Until this week, I hadn't even bothered to read 4e's chapter. (Because alignment doesn't matter in 4e, so what's the point?)
This probably has something to do with my inability to relate to all the angst which alignment generates for others. So I've decided to transcribe each alignment description into my blog -- at least from the three editions I currently have access to -- so that I can compare and contrast alignment through the editions. If you can provide me with descriptions from other editions, I'd appreciate it!
Alignment Across the Editions
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