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<blockquote data-quote="FreeTheSlaves" data-source="post: 698812" data-attributes="member: 9952">I am sorry to hijack things with my paladin yabba, alignment is much more than paladins.All characters have alignment and even those &quot;without&quot; this system have it.You can not have alignments but you should get players to write up what they mean. Currently alignment is more a declaration of how the player intends to run their character &quot;in character&quot;.If I did not have alignment, I would demand that players write half an A4 page (the same amount as is written in the PHB) on how they intend to run their character. This and everytime they differed from how they intended to run their character, i.e. changed alignment, I would say &quot;why are you jerking us around, play your ****en character or leave&quot;. I do not have time for high maintainence players giving me a declaration of this is what they are playing and then deciding it is not convenient. I spend time making custom adventures for my players characters to kick bootie and they can't yank my chain.That said, changing alignment deliberately is fine because player X tells me that LN sux and they wanna be N. I got a week and there is no probs with that. It is the &quot;involuntary&quot; change that rips me because Mr noble starts behaving like a hood.Alignment is shorthand to the DM. I find out that, say, wilderness exploration is what they want and they want to be CG: doing right their way. Players poo-pooing their alignment are game saboteurs.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FreeTheSlaves, post: 698812, member: 9952"] I am sorry to hijack things with my paladin yabba, alignment is much more than paladins. All characters have alignment and even those "without" this system have it. You can not have alignments but you should get players to write up what they mean. Currently alignment is more a declaration of how the player intends to run their character "in character". If I did not have alignment, I would demand that players write half an A4 page (the same amount as is written in the PHB) on how they intend to run their character. This and everytime they differed from how they intended to run their character, i.e. changed alignment, I would say "why are you jerking us around, play your ****en character or leave". I do not have time for high maintainence players giving me a declaration of this is what they are playing and then deciding it is not convenient. I spend time making custom adventures for my players characters to kick bootie and they can't yank my chain. That said, changing alignment deliberately is fine because player X tells me that LN sux and they wanna be N. I got a week and there is no probs with that. It is the "involuntary" change that rips me because Mr noble starts behaving like a hood. Alignment is shorthand to the DM. I find out that, say, wilderness exploration is what they want and they want to be CG: doing right their way. Players poo-pooing their alignment are game saboteurs. [/QUOTE]

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