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<blockquote data-quote="James Gasik" data-source="post: 8562042" data-attributes="member: 6877472">One man's good is another man's evil.&nbsp; Mere mortals like us cannot truly grasp what good and evil are on a cosmic scale.&nbsp; If you liberate a country from a despotic ruler, you are either a hero or a villain.&nbsp; The Rebel Alliance are either the heroes of Star Wars, or a left wing group of violent radicals attempting to overthrow the legitimate galactic government.EDIT: sorry happyhermit, I find it hard to talk about alignment and how useful it is/isn't without trying to define what alignment IS.&nbsp; A lot of different things have been said about it over the years, and even the people who make D&amp;D don't seem to agree on it.I foresee a future D&amp;D where alignment is finally retired, because it causes so many &quot;spirited debates&quot;.&nbsp; However, I think when that happens we will lose the ordered cosmology of D&amp;D, which is based around the concept of alignment as cosmic forces.&nbsp; I always tell my players that since the cosmic forces are inscrutable to mere mortals, you'll know what your alignment is by how people react to your deeds.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="James Gasik, post: 8562042, member: 6877472"] One man's good is another man's evil. Mere mortals like us cannot truly grasp what good and evil are on a cosmic scale. If you liberate a country from a despotic ruler, you are either a hero or a villain. The Rebel Alliance are either the heroes of Star Wars, or a left wing group of violent radicals attempting to overthrow the legitimate galactic government. EDIT: sorry happyhermit, I find it hard to talk about alignment and how useful it is/isn't without trying to define what alignment IS. A lot of different things have been said about it over the years, and even the people who make D&D don't seem to agree on it. I foresee a future D&D where alignment is finally retired, because it causes so many "spirited debates". However, I think when that happens we will lose the ordered cosmology of D&D, which is based around the concept of alignment as cosmic forces. I always tell my players that since the cosmic forces are inscrutable to mere mortals, you'll know what your alignment is by how people react to your deeds. [/QUOTE]

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