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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ahnehnois" data-source="post: 5891009" data-attributes="member: 17106">To be fair, I'm currently taking a small elective graduate course in oncology and another in narratives in medicine and I spend a fair amount of time thinking about these kinds of things.I played a rogue (thief, really) in a game where there was a paladin that the DM made a higher level than everyone else and gave him ridiculous artifacts in order to make him the leader. That kind of sucked. I played a chaotic neutral psychic warrior in another game where the paladin was a dick who tried to skewer me because I wasn't good enough. So I ban paladins in my games.But as to alignment in general, I did have a campaign where a debate about what a certain character's alignment should be really detracted from the game. I can also imagine where detect alignment spells could really screw up a game, so I never use them.To be fair, I have no doubt that if everyone is on the same page it's possible for the D&D alignment rules and their champion to play well, but I thrive in a creative atmosphere where everyone has a different perspective. In that context, alignment does not work. These days, I play it more likie the d20 Modern allegiance system (optionally declare an allegiance to whatever you value) and I ignore the alignment-based mechanics.</blockquote>