D&D General A paladin just joined the group. I'm a necromancer.

[Helldritch]

Yes again, it will work. But it is homebrew anyways. A DM is always free to downplay the impact of alignments you know? You want to allow good undead? Fine, but be prepared to explain it to your players. You want to only have red dragons and they can be any alignment? Fine again, but be prepared to explain it before hand. You want orcish paladins of Heironeous in Greyhawk? Not fine but it would be your game anyways.

It might be because I have the bias of putting any changes (homebrew) to vote by my players; that I try to play as close as possible to the core rules. It is their games as much as it is mine and changing anything requires justification and agreement of the majority. Anything outside the three corebooks is allowed on a case by case basis and subject to voting. Yes I own all 5ed books (those that are officials and then some more) but I do not use something if it is not approved by the players and myself. Again, it is their game as much as it is mine. All twelve players (I have two groups) must vote on a rule, spell or whatever. More often than not it passes. Both groups follow the same rules as a player might go to the other gaming group if there is an absent player (and provided he/she can be there).

 

[FrogReaver]

You want to only have red dragons and they can be any alignment?

This is RAW in the Monster Manual.

 

[Maxperson]

This is RAW in the Monster Manual.

No it isn't. RAW is that they are by default CE. RAW is also that you can homebrew them to other alignments. That makes red dragons of other alignments homebrew.

 

[FrogReaver]

No it isn't. RAW is that they are by default CE. RAW is also that you can homebrew them to other alignments. That makes red dragons of other alignments homebrew.

If the MM states you can change their alignment then it's not homebrew to do so.

 

[Maxperson]

If the MM states you can change their alignment then it's not homebrew to do so.

It is, because you MUST alter a default rule of the game to do so.

 

[FrogReaver]

It is, because you MUST alter a default rule of the game to do so.

The default rule is that you can change it. Saying you can't change it without it ceasing to be core would be an alteration to that default rule.

 

[Maxperson]

The default rule is that you can change it. Saying you can't change it would be an alteration to that default rule.

This is false. Here, read it for yourself.

"The alignment specified in a monster's stat block is the default."

Period. Not the block and alteration. Just the stat block.

It then goes on to say that you can alter that default rule, which makes it homebrew.

 

[FrogReaver]

This is false. Here, read it for yourself.

"The alignment specified in a monster's stat block is the default."

Period. Not the block and alteration. Just the stat block.

It then goes on to say that you can alter that default rule, which makes it homebrew.

Yes that you can alter the alignment is itself a default rule. Thus not homebrew

 

[Maxperson]

Yes that you can alter the alignment is itself a default rule. Thus not homebrew

Dude. It's not possible for there to be two defaults for the same thing. THE default is CE red dragons. End of story. That they say you can change it just means that they are letting you know that you can feel free to homebrew. This is really a poor choice of positions for you to die on. You literally cannot win this one.

 

[FrogReaver]

Dude. It's not possible for there to be two defaults for the same thing. THE default is CE red dragons. End of story. That they say you can change it just means that they are letting you know that you can feel free to homebrew.

Exactly! And the default is that alignment can be changed.