The Human Target
Adventurer
This thread should be called "Why the Human Target doesn't care for DnD's alignment system, with references."
Squire James said:I still refuse to ignore all his positives and judge his alignment purely by his negatives (which I would have to do, to declare him Evil).
Nifft said:Very much agree.
IMHO the difference is that a Lawful person follows the code of an organization (e.g. paladins or monks of a specific order), while a Chaotic person follows a personal code.
Cheers, -- N
Don't all alignment threads?robberbaron said:The main thing it shows IMO is that the alignment system is poorly understood.
So, just so I'm not misinterpreting you - you are saying that if a character decides to kill someone, the choice between killing them in a relitively slow and painful way has no moral impact, compared to the choice to kill them in a quick, efficient way? Because "killing is killing". Is this your stand?Squire James said:Has, on several occasions, beaten someone to death with their own limbs. I fail to see the big distinction between one using limbs and using swords. Dead is dead. Killing is killing.