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<blockquote data-quote="gizmo33" data-source="post: 3609973" data-attributes="member: 30001">IMO the problem with using actions instead of intent to judge alignment is that it produces results that aren't what most people would expect.&nbsp; The &quot;dumb paladin&quot; example is an example of this.&nbsp; So I think the alignment concept works best when it's based on the character's intent and personality.However, one of the problems with the alignment system in the game is that the DM has to try to guess the player's true intent.&nbsp; And players sometimes have a motivation to be misleading about their intentions - especially when a particular character class has an alignment requirement and the character faces a reduction in power for alignment violations.&nbsp; And it might not even be the player's intent to intentionally deceive the DM, but it's bound to be a controversial ruling for a DM to penalize a player as a result of speculation regarding what a player was intending or what they thought.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="gizmo33, post: 3609973, member: 30001"] IMO the problem with using actions instead of intent to judge alignment is that it produces results that aren't what most people would expect. The "dumb paladin" example is an example of this. So I think the alignment concept works best when it's based on the character's intent and personality. However, one of the problems with the alignment system in the game is that the DM has to try to guess the player's true intent. And players sometimes have a motivation to be misleading about their intentions - especially when a particular character class has an alignment requirement and the character faces a reduction in power for alignment violations. And it might not even be the player's intent to intentionally deceive the DM, but it's bound to be a controversial ruling for a DM to penalize a player as a result of speculation regarding what a player was intending or what they thought. [/QUOTE]

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