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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ath'kethin" data-source="post: 7173122" data-attributes="member: 6798775">This is another conversation I love. So.manys eem to have strong opinions, mostly negative.I use alignments. They're useful for helping players develop characters. I think my favorite approach is still the one I developed when helping an 8 year old learn the game:What kind of person do you want your character to be? A person who tries to help others and help organized? A person who likes to help out other people but isn't always good at it? A person who wants to help people but doesn't always try to do it?  Etc.I run low magic S&S type games, and many make a case for eliminating alignment - there are no heroes in these scenarios, only those who profit and those who don't. But I LIKE alignments. I think they serve as a really useful tool for determining what kinds of actions a character might take.</blockquote>