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<blockquote data-quote="Kurtz Tote" data-source="post: 100551" data-attributes="member: 3446">So much banning of alignment.&nbsp; I would have to agree with the sentiments that it is the players, not the alignment, that are the root of the problem.&nbsp; With the right group of players and the right DM, ANY alignment can be played and played well.&nbsp; If the players are good roleplayers, they can play an alignment well.&nbsp; Certain alignments do pose more challenges for DMs, meaning you might not be able to go strictly by all the little boxes written in the adventure, or something might happen that you didn't expect.&nbsp; That doesn't mean that the alignment is bad, just that you have to flex your creative muscles more in a shorter time frame.&nbsp; If a chaotic character gets into a bar fight and busts down a wall fleeing from the melee, that doesn't have to be a bad thing.&nbsp; The chaotic character was being chaotic, and now the DM has to think quickly as to how to handle it.&nbsp; And the other players have to think quickly how to handle it too.&nbsp; One of the players in our group plays a *great* kender.&nbsp; Always doing and saying kender things, which is by their nature rather chaotic even if well intentioned or accidental.&nbsp; This keeps the DM on his toes to handle anything as well as the other players to keep him out of trouble.Evil is also very playable.&nbsp; Not too long ago my group finished a massive campaign.&nbsp; The crown of the campaign was Return to the Tomb (great adventure).&nbsp; The core of the group was a CG dwarven cavalier and a half-elven rogue-wizard (N to NG at this point).&nbsp; However, I played a very evil Lich necromancer.&nbsp; I was the adventure hook.&nbsp; Showed up telling them about this massive evil that was building.&nbsp; Got them convinced that they should stop this for the good of humanity.&nbsp; I wanted to try and steal as much of the power as I could but I also had reason to want to destroy it if I couldn't control it, while they just wanted to destroy it.&nbsp; But we needed to work together, so, with a couple other great characters, as a party we marched through the adventure.&nbsp; Absolutely marvelous!!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kurtz Tote, post: 100551, member: 3446"] So much banning of alignment. I would have to agree with the sentiments that it is the players, not the alignment, that are the root of the problem. With the right group of players and the right DM, ANY alignment can be played and played well. If the players are good roleplayers, they can play an alignment well. Certain alignments do pose more challenges for DMs, meaning you might not be able to go strictly by all the little boxes written in the adventure, or something might happen that you didn't expect. That doesn't mean that the alignment is bad, just that you have to flex your creative muscles more in a shorter time frame. If a chaotic character gets into a bar fight and busts down a wall fleeing from the melee, that doesn't have to be a bad thing. The chaotic character was being chaotic, and now the DM has to think quickly as to how to handle it. And the other players have to think quickly how to handle it too. One of the players in our group plays a *great* kender. Always doing and saying kender things, which is by their nature rather chaotic even if well intentioned or accidental. This keeps the DM on his toes to handle anything as well as the other players to keep him out of trouble. Evil is also very playable. Not too long ago my group finished a massive campaign. The crown of the campaign was Return to the Tomb (great adventure). The core of the group was a CG dwarven cavalier and a half-elven rogue-wizard (N to NG at this point). However, I played a very evil Lich necromancer. I was the adventure hook. Showed up telling them about this massive evil that was building. Got them convinced that they should stop this for the good of humanity. I wanted to try and steal as much of the power as I could but I also had reason to want to destroy it if I couldn't control it, while they just wanted to destroy it. But we needed to work together, so, with a couple other great characters, as a party we marched through the adventure. Absolutely marvelous!! [/QUOTE]

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