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<blockquote data-quote="Hexmage-EN" data-source="post: 8533038" data-attributes="member: 79428">Another reason I use alignment is because I really like Michael Moorcock's stuff, which was a big influence on early D&amp;D and focuses on a war between Law and Chaos where the ultimate embodiments of either force are inimical to life and existence.Notes for the original Known World (later known as Mystara) campaign similarly described the &quot;Prime Alignments&quot; of &quot;High Law&quot; and &quot;High Chaos&quot; thusly:[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1F1kEbL4pZk9AJjzCgoOr8DhKyyZ4vOts[/URL]Sure, most Lawful or Chaotic PCs aren't going to be on board with the extremes of their alignment, but it's fun to think that Primus and Ssendam might be laying low while the other forces of the multiverse unwittingly play out a war between Law and Chaos in various forms and theaters. I also find I have more fun as a DM having the conflict in a campaign be between forces of Law and Chaos because it's more ambiguous who the PCs should side with versus a conflict of Good and Evil.EDIT: As a side note, understanding better what Law and Chaos mean after reading Moorcock made me finally appreciate the separation and conflict between demons and devils, the Blood War, and the primeval War of Law and Chaos mentioned in certain 2E and 3E materials.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hexmage-EN, post: 8533038, member: 79428"] Another reason I use alignment is because I really like Michael Moorcock's stuff, which was a big influence on early D&D and focuses on a war between Law and Chaos where the ultimate embodiments of either force are inimical to life and existence. Notes for the original Known World (later known as Mystara) campaign similarly described the "Prime Alignments" of "High Law" and "High Chaos" thusly: [URL unfurl="true"]https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1F1kEbL4pZk9AJjzCgoOr8DhKyyZ4vOts[/URL] Sure, most Lawful or Chaotic PCs aren't going to be on board with the extremes of their alignment, but it's fun to think that Primus and Ssendam might be laying low while the other forces of the multiverse unwittingly play out a war between Law and Chaos in various forms and theaters. I also find I have more fun as a DM having the conflict in a campaign be between forces of Law and Chaos because it's more ambiguous who the PCs should side with versus a conflict of Good and Evil. EDIT: As a side note, understanding better what Law and Chaos mean after reading Moorcock made me finally appreciate the separation and conflict between demons and devils, the Blood War, and the primeval War of Law and Chaos mentioned in certain 2E and 3E materials. [/QUOTE]

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