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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 5851363" data-attributes="member: 22779">Y'know, that's not a half bad idea.&nbsp; Keep it mostly in the DM's notes and a lot of the table issues go away.&nbsp; Maybe.&nbsp; :/From a purely selfish point of view, I have no problems whatsoever with ejecting alignments from the game.&nbsp; AFAIC, they add virtually nothing and only cause arguments and endless Internet Forum alignment wanks.&nbsp; The alignment system is such a huge straightjacket on any sort of planar play.&nbsp; For example, I really love the show Supernatural.&nbsp; Now, in the last few seasons (I haven't seen the most recent season yet), they dealt with angels and demons.&nbsp; Now, the demons were pretty much all evil.&nbsp; They're demons, fine and dandy.&nbsp; But, a number of the angels were outright evil bastards too.Made for fantastic television.But, if you add in alignments, you can't do that in D&amp;D.&nbsp; An Angel is Lawful Good.&nbsp; He HAS to behave a certain way.&nbsp; He's the paragon of the alignment.&nbsp; You can't have an evil bastard angel in the exact same way you can't have an evil bastard paladin.&nbsp; If paladins lose their mojo if they do anything evil, I'm thinking the right hand servants of a LG God would likely face some pretty heavy penalties (probably of a Miltonian sort) if they step out of line.But, if alignment is out of the game, or, at the very least, has no mechanical consequences, then you can get evil bastard angels.And I really, REALLY want evil bastard angels.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 5851363, member: 22779"] Y'know, that's not a half bad idea. Keep it mostly in the DM's notes and a lot of the table issues go away. Maybe. :/ From a purely selfish point of view, I have no problems whatsoever with ejecting alignments from the game. AFAIC, they add virtually nothing and only cause arguments and endless Internet Forum alignment wanks. The alignment system is such a huge straightjacket on any sort of planar play. For example, I really love the show Supernatural. Now, in the last few seasons (I haven't seen the most recent season yet), they dealt with angels and demons. Now, the demons were pretty much all evil. They're demons, fine and dandy. But, a number of the angels were outright evil bastards too. Made for fantastic television. But, if you add in alignments, you can't do that in D&D. An Angel is Lawful Good. He HAS to behave a certain way. He's the paragon of the alignment. You can't have an evil bastard angel in the exact same way you can't have an evil bastard paladin. If paladins lose their mojo if they do anything evil, I'm thinking the right hand servants of a LG God would likely face some pretty heavy penalties (probably of a Miltonian sort) if they step out of line. But, if alignment is out of the game, or, at the very least, has no mechanical consequences, then you can get evil bastard angels. And I really, REALLY want evil bastard angels. [/QUOTE]

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