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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Danzauker" data-source="post: 5827659" data-attributes="member: 1929">I think that if there's something in 5E that really needs to be done in an optional module is the alignment subsystem. This very thread highlights how many different interpretations of alignments are there and defaulting to one by core would inevitably make people angry.That doesn't mean it should not be presented in the "core" books, I mean by that PHB or DMG. Only that the alignment subsystem and all its relevant game mechanics should be an optional subsystem.I wouldn't mind, though, to have it in a subsequent book, which presents many variants of alignment/allegiance/moral/ethic systems along with the Paladin. I guess that would take too much space to fit in PHB or DMG.I see no reason not to have a Paladin in the PHB even without a game impacting alignment system. 4E did after all. They could call it a Knight, if they wanted to leave the "classic paladin" in an expansion book.If you want Evil and Good to be game relevant elements, Paladins to be able to detect good and banish evil, you can just tack in the modular system.</blockquote>