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<blockquote data-quote="Byronic" data-source="post: 4227420" data-attributes="member: 56829">Well there has always been a strong Moorcockian influence on alignment, probably because alignment was inspired by stories written by him and Poul Anderson.It's funny how people are associating &quot;Law&quot; with &quot;Good&quot; and &quot;Chaotic&quot; with &quot;Evil&quot; though. If we look at the Moorcock inspiration Law is definitely *not* Good, nor is Chaos really Evil. If Law would win then human civilisation would be gone. We would have no creation, no change, nothing. Mankind requires both of them in balance. Even if we forget that little bit (since we're playing DnD and not Elric!) we still have a problem. Elves were originally &quot;Chaotic&quot; and Dwarves &quot;Lawful&quot; Are Elves really more evil then Dwarves? If the alignment does not fit, you must acquit! I'll leave real world situations out (especially since most people here (seem) to be &quot;gamist&quot; and not very &quot;simulationist&quot;). In any case I shall have to wait and see what happens with the alignment. I don't really care a kobolds rump though, as a DM I can house rule it and as a player I can just ignore alignment altogether and simply make sure my characters have.. well... character.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Byronic, post: 4227420, member: 56829"] Well there has always been a strong Moorcockian influence on alignment, probably because alignment was inspired by stories written by him and Poul Anderson. It's funny how people are associating "Law" with "Good" and "Chaotic" with "Evil" though. If we look at the Moorcock inspiration Law is definitely *not* Good, nor is Chaos really Evil. If Law would win then human civilisation would be gone. We would have no creation, no change, nothing. Mankind requires both of them in balance. Even if we forget that little bit (since we're playing DnD and not Elric!) we still have a problem. Elves were originally "Chaotic" and Dwarves "Lawful" Are Elves really more evil then Dwarves? If the alignment does not fit, you must acquit! I'll leave real world situations out (especially since most people here (seem) to be "gamist" and not very "simulationist"). In any case I shall have to wait and see what happens with the alignment. I don't really care a kobolds rump though, as a DM I can house rule it and as a player I can just ignore alignment altogether and simply make sure my characters have.. well... character. [/QUOTE]

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