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<blockquote data-quote="ForeverSlayer" data-source="post: 5636691" data-attributes="member: 91812"><p>I love alignments and I love the old alignment mechanics that came with them. What people find hard to understand is that alignment is just like a class. You don't take fighter if you want to be a Wizard. The whole point in alignment was to actually be a character with a certain perspective on life. </p><p></p><p>You could call a class, or a race a straight jacket because you stay with in that frame work. </p><p></p><p>The argument for not liking alignment is usually by those people who want to have the freedom to pretty much do what ever they wanted without the rule of alignment over their head. </p><p></p><p>Alignment is just another mechanic just like any other. Like I said before, it's just like choosing a race or a class. If you want to be an elf then choose elf and not a dwarf. </p><p></p><p>Also, people tend to make alignment a bit more narrow than it really is. Being lawful doesn't mean you hover around not touching anything because you are afraid you might kill a bug. Things do happen that would cause one to stray away for a moment from their alignment but that is where the good old DM comes in. I also think a lot of people tend to forget some of the reasons for actually having a DM</p><p></p><p>Alignment is one of the main reasons we role play in the first place. It allows us to pretend to be something that we're not, just like with race and class. </p><p></p><p>I may be a free spirit in real life, but with say Lawful Neutral, I can act like the hard core law enforcer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ForeverSlayer, post: 5636691, member: 91812"] I love alignments and I love the old alignment mechanics that came with them. What people find hard to understand is that alignment is just like a class. You don't take fighter if you want to be a Wizard. The whole point in alignment was to actually be a character with a certain perspective on life. You could call a class, or a race a straight jacket because you stay with in that frame work. The argument for not liking alignment is usually by those people who want to have the freedom to pretty much do what ever they wanted without the rule of alignment over their head. Alignment is just another mechanic just like any other. Like I said before, it's just like choosing a race or a class. If you want to be an elf then choose elf and not a dwarf. Also, people tend to make alignment a bit more narrow than it really is. Being lawful doesn't mean you hover around not touching anything because you are afraid you might kill a bug. Things do happen that would cause one to stray away for a moment from their alignment but that is where the good old DM comes in. I also think a lot of people tend to forget some of the reasons for actually having a DM Alignment is one of the main reasons we role play in the first place. It allows us to pretend to be something that we're not, just like with race and class. I may be a free spirit in real life, but with say Lawful Neutral, I can act like the hard core law enforcer. [/QUOTE]
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