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<blockquote data-quote="Stormborn" data-source="post: 3117784" data-attributes="member: 14041">Allignment is less important than group identity and cohesion.&nbsp; You can do away with alignments, but it does make things more complicated due to many spells and mechanics in the game. But even a party of all good PCs can have different goals and agendas that cause party conflict.&nbsp; As others have said the first thing you have to say to a group is &quot;Have a reason to be together.&quot;&nbsp; Sure a player can have a CE necromancer if he wants, but if the rest of the group is LG or CG then they are just going to kill/imprison that character the first time they catch him doing something and then that player needs a new character.&nbsp; Better for all involved to talk about how the characters they want to play can fit into the group.In other words, create a group and then create characters.&nbsp; If a group already exists then the player is restricted in his choices based on what fits that group.&nbsp; No CE characters in an otherwise Good group.&nbsp; In this case I would talk to the player who wanted a CE Necromancer and ask if there was a way to modify that and compromise with the group.&nbsp; Maybe a CN Necromancer, who studies the undead to fight them with their own means.&nbsp; A Paladin might not like his methods, but might agree with his goals so that any party conflict is only philosophical and they can &quot;agree to disagree&quot; rather than fight. If you do away with alignment then the basic idea still applies - create a group first and later create characters to fit that group.&nbsp; Loaner, antisocial, or antithetical PCs get old quick.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Stormborn, post: 3117784, member: 14041"] Allignment is less important than group identity and cohesion. You can do away with alignments, but it does make things more complicated due to many spells and mechanics in the game. But even a party of all good PCs can have different goals and agendas that cause party conflict. As others have said the first thing you have to say to a group is "Have a reason to be together." Sure a player can have a CE necromancer if he wants, but if the rest of the group is LG or CG then they are just going to kill/imprison that character the first time they catch him doing something and then that player needs a new character. Better for all involved to talk about how the characters they want to play can fit into the group. In other words, create a group and then create characters. If a group already exists then the player is restricted in his choices based on what fits that group. No CE characters in an otherwise Good group. In this case I would talk to the player who wanted a CE Necromancer and ask if there was a way to modify that and compromise with the group. Maybe a CN Necromancer, who studies the undead to fight them with their own means. A Paladin might not like his methods, but might agree with his goals so that any party conflict is only philosophical and they can "agree to disagree" rather than fight. If you do away with alignment then the basic idea still applies - create a group first and later create characters to fit that group. Loaner, antisocial, or antithetical PCs get old quick. [/QUOTE]

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