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<blockquote data-quote="TheSword" data-source="post: 8185927" data-attributes="member: 6879661">[ATTACH=full]132029[/ATTACH]Responsible for more memes than any other part of D&amp;D. Only a madman would remove 9 stage alignment from D&amp;D.The perfect opportunity to remove it, was during 5e after it was partly streamlined for 4e. Guess what, they didn’t.Alignment works fine for most people... most people who just agree as a table what means what. There’s only a certain type of tyrannical DM getting off on tormenting players and THAT Player who believes the Great Wheel revolves around them, that turn it into an issue.There is no philosophical or grammar/dictionary based argument for why it’s bad because Alignment is entirely subjective to the group. Nebulous, loose and open to interpretation... just like any universal system (applicable to a world full of cultures ) of morality should be.Alignment is a result (not the cause) of player behaviours and is a useful shorthand for informing NPC behaviours. See 5e can treat PCs and NPCs different... in the rules.Anyway, you’ll never be rid of Alignment cuz of the Blood War,&nbsp; the Great Wheel, the Robes of the Archmagi and Asmodeus. At least a few of which are the current design team’s favourite things.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TheSword, post: 8185927, member: 6879661"] [ATTACH type="full" alt="2DE359A2-E92C-457F-B7E9-365C6E78D863.jpeg"]132029[/ATTACH] Responsible for more memes than any other part of D&D. Only a madman would remove 9 stage alignment from D&D. The perfect opportunity to remove it, was during 5e after it was partly streamlined for 4e. Guess what, they didn’t. Alignment works fine for most people... most people who just agree as a table what means what. There’s only a certain type of tyrannical DM getting off on tormenting players and THAT Player who believes the Great Wheel revolves around them, that turn it into an issue. There is no philosophical or grammar/dictionary based argument for why it’s bad because Alignment is entirely subjective to the group. Nebulous, loose and open to interpretation... just like any universal system (applicable to a world full of cultures ) of morality should be. Alignment is a result (not the cause) of player behaviours and is a useful shorthand for informing NPC behaviours. See 5e can treat PCs and NPCs different... in the rules. Anyway, you’ll never be rid of Alignment cuz of the Blood War, the Great Wheel, the Robes of the Archmagi and Asmodeus. At least a few of which are the current design team’s favourite things. [/QUOTE]

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