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<blockquote data-quote="Hexmage-EN" data-source="post: 8293374" data-attributes="member: 79428">To clarify, I want alignment around for flavor reasons and as a tool for both player and DM inspiration. It's too subjective to be tied to discrete mechanics (people already don't agree on what Good and Evil are in real life), but I also want it around because I find the concepts it inspired very fun to think about and use.For example, thanks to alignment we don't have the monolithic forces of evil, but Chaotic Evil demons fighting Lawful Evil devils, with the devils having effectively argued the case for their continued existence to the forces of Lawful Good by keeping the greater evil of the Abyss occupied (even when devils successfully damn mortal souls, those souls are primarily going to fight demons and keep the forces of the Abyss at bay). I even think if something happened and it looked like the Hells were about to be destroyed by demons that hosts of angels and modrons would show up to back-up Asmodeus for the sake of preserving Law at the expense of Goodness and Neutrality (which would of course appall the forces of Chaotic Good and damage Lawful Good's credibility in their sight while also causing a bunch of angels to defect to the Hells like Zariel did).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hexmage-EN, post: 8293374, member: 79428"] To clarify, I want alignment around for flavor reasons and as a tool for both player and DM inspiration. It's too subjective to be tied to discrete mechanics (people already don't agree on what Good and Evil are in real life), but I also want it around because I find the concepts it inspired very fun to think about and use. For example, thanks to alignment we don't have the monolithic forces of evil, but Chaotic Evil demons fighting Lawful Evil devils, with the devils having effectively argued the case for their continued existence to the forces of Lawful Good by keeping the greater evil of the Abyss occupied (even when devils successfully damn mortal souls, those souls are primarily going to fight demons and keep the forces of the Abyss at bay). I even think if something happened and it looked like the Hells were about to be destroyed by demons that hosts of angels and modrons would show up to back-up Asmodeus for the sake of preserving Law at the expense of Goodness and Neutrality (which would of course appall the forces of Chaotic Good and damage Lawful Good's credibility in their sight while also causing a bunch of angels to defect to the Hells like Zariel did). [/QUOTE]

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