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<blockquote data-quote="Scribe" data-source="post: 8407542" data-attributes="member: 6807152">Why is it ridiculous? Its literally the proper application of the Alignment system, when applied to one's own setting.If you dont like it, change it.[ATTACH=full]144376[/ATTACH]Its not ridiculous at all. Its using the system as intended. There is nothing which explicitly say's Orc's must be evil and it cannot be changed, and so the Eberron interpretation is as valid as any other, but it is applicable to that setting. This is the system working as intended.It doesnt mean that at all. It mean's for the specific orc's at that moment, in that location, in that encounter, that they are an Alignment of XX.You CAN say 'they typically enjoy combat' while you still have orcs that dont like combat.You CAN say 'they typically are CE' while still having Orcs which are not CE.It makes no difference at all.If the DM says &quot;Every Orc on this Plane is CE&quot; its the same as saying &quot;Every Orc on this Plane is a Bloodthirsty Reaver.&quot;They are the same thing.If you dont use Alignment, you describe each Orc encounter as a unique instance.If you DO use Alignment, you can STILL switch up the Alignment of the Orcs in each encounter as a unique instance.You, as a DM can do this for each Orc, each Group of Orcs, each Village, each Nation, or each Plane of existence, as you see fit.ORYou can say that this is all done at 2 levels higher than Orcs, above the Gods, at the 'Alignment as Cosmic Force' level.Because thats the actual intent of the thread to deconstruct. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Scribe, post: 8407542, member: 6807152"] Why is it ridiculous? Its literally the proper application of the Alignment system, when applied to one's own setting. If you dont like it, change it. [ATTACH type="full"]144376[/ATTACH] Its not ridiculous at all. Its using the system as intended. There is nothing which explicitly say's Orc's must be evil and it cannot be changed, and so the Eberron interpretation is as valid as any other, but it is applicable to that setting. This is the system working as intended. It doesnt mean that at all. It mean's for the specific orc's at that moment, in that location, in that encounter, that they are an Alignment of XX. You CAN say 'they typically enjoy combat' while you still have orcs that dont like combat. You CAN say 'they typically are CE' while still having Orcs which are not CE. It makes no difference at all. If the DM says "Every Orc on this Plane is CE" its the same as saying "Every Orc on this Plane is a Bloodthirsty Reaver." They are the same thing. If you dont use Alignment, you describe each Orc encounter as a unique instance. If you DO use Alignment, you can STILL switch up the Alignment of the Orcs in each encounter as a unique instance. You, as a DM can do this for each Orc, each Group of Orcs, each Village, each Nation, or each Plane of existence, as you see fit. OR You can say that this is all done at 2 levels higher than Orcs, above the Gods, at the 'Alignment as Cosmic Force' level. Because thats the actual intent of the thread to deconstruct. :) [/QUOTE]

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