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<blockquote data-quote="TiQuinn" data-source="post: 1367175" data-attributes="member: 4871">Alignment is as subjective as the DM wants it to be.&nbsp; There are plenty of variations in D&amp;D that change the rules in regards to alignment.&nbsp; But saying that alignments are a sacred cow that need to be done away with is saying that the game shouldn't be played the way it has been played for 30 years now.&nbsp; When you use alignments as specified in the PH, you are playing a certain type of game that has moral absolutes.&nbsp; Is this wrong?&nbsp; No..it's just the type of game you're playing.&nbsp; You don't HAVE to play it that way, and the D&amp;D police won't arrest you for doing so.&nbsp; When you create an Assassin character using the PrC in the book, you are not creating the equivalent of a Marine Sniper...you're creating a killer who does not care about right or wrong, and kills solely for money and his own selfish reasons.&nbsp; Hence, he's evil.&nbsp; Can there be assassins who aren't evil?&nbsp; Sure, there can.&nbsp; As a DM, you can drop the alignment restriction on the current PrC, or you can create a different one that deals with good or neutral assassins.But saying that alignment needs to be thrown out the window because it doesn't allow for different points of view or gray areas is missing the point, IMO.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TiQuinn, post: 1367175, member: 4871"] Alignment is as subjective as the DM wants it to be. There are plenty of variations in D&D that change the rules in regards to alignment. But saying that alignments are a sacred cow that need to be done away with is saying that the game shouldn't be played the way it has been played for 30 years now. When you use alignments as specified in the PH, you are playing a certain type of game that has moral absolutes. Is this wrong? No..it's just the type of game you're playing. You don't HAVE to play it that way, and the D&D police won't arrest you for doing so. When you create an Assassin character using the PrC in the book, you are not creating the equivalent of a Marine Sniper...you're creating a killer who does not care about right or wrong, and kills solely for money and his own selfish reasons. Hence, he's evil. Can there be assassins who aren't evil? Sure, there can. As a DM, you can drop the alignment restriction on the current PrC, or you can create a different one that deals with good or neutral assassins. But saying that alignment needs to be thrown out the window because it doesn't allow for different points of view or gray areas is missing the point, IMO. [/QUOTE]

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