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<blockquote data-quote="Demetrios1453" data-source="post: 8347046" data-attributes="member: 6801060"><p>“We also look at alignment. For example, chromatic dragons are typically evil, so can there ever be a good black dragon? The beauty of the word ‘typically’ is that there’s always the possibility. Each entry in this chapter starts with a table of personality traits and a table of ideals. And the final entry on the table of ideals is always something that’s dramatically outside the norm for that dragon’s alignment as we wanted to make the point that typically does mean typically, not always.”</p><p></p><p>That's an interesting quote given the discussion about alignment recently. So it does sound like they acknowledge the normal draconic alignments in this book, but stress that stated alignments are "typical", not pre-ordained, and there will always be exceptions. Which of course is how its always been, but obviously its something that can be easily overlooked. Maybe there's hope for the alignment system yet, but one overtly couched with nuance, such that it's expressly made clear that in most cases alignments are guidelines and not iron-clad rules...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Demetrios1453, post: 8347046, member: 6801060"] “We also look at alignment. For example, chromatic dragons are typically evil, so can there ever be a good black dragon? The beauty of the word ‘typically’ is that there’s always the possibility. Each entry in this chapter starts with a table of personality traits and a table of ideals. And the final entry on the table of ideals is always something that’s dramatically outside the norm for that dragon’s alignment as we wanted to make the point that typically does mean typically, not always.” That's an interesting quote given the discussion about alignment recently. So it does sound like they acknowledge the normal draconic alignments in this book, but stress that stated alignments are "typical", not pre-ordained, and there will always be exceptions. Which of course is how its always been, but obviously its something that can be easily overlooked. Maybe there's hope for the alignment system yet, but one overtly couched with nuance, such that it's expressly made clear that in most cases alignments are guidelines and not iron-clad rules... [/QUOTE]
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