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<blockquote data-quote="fusangite" data-source="post: 1934833" data-attributes="member: 7240">I've already completed dozens of posts this month on the subject of how law and chaos, as described in the rules, don't really function. One of the difficulties I find is that people come up with house rules to solve the bizarre inconsistencies of the actual rules and then claim their house rules are the actual rules. That's fine; if people want to pretend that their various ingenious fixes are the rules themselves, I don't think this thread will be harmed. If people want to read about the problems of law and chaos as actually spelled-out in the rules, flip a few pages back in the forums. And no, I don't believe that the rules' statement that alignment is not a script or straitjacket absolves the writers of all responsibility to produce alignment descriptions that actually cohere. Indeed, things open to interepretation deserve clearer descriptions, not less coherent ones.Any chaotic evil NPC one makes, according to the rules, is severely handicapped from acting rationally in their own interest. I would suggest doing away with this; instead, focus on chaos as the NPCs' goal rather than as their method for getting through the day. Let people's goals, objectives and allies define their alignment.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="fusangite, post: 1934833, member: 7240"] I've already completed dozens of posts this month on the subject of how law and chaos, as described in the rules, don't really function. One of the difficulties I find is that people come up with house rules to solve the bizarre inconsistencies of the actual rules and then claim their house rules [i]are[/i] the actual rules. That's fine; if people want to pretend that their various ingenious fixes are the rules themselves, I don't think this thread will be harmed. If people want to read about the problems of law and chaos as actually spelled-out in the rules, flip a few pages back in the forums. And no, I don't believe that the rules' statement that alignment is not a script or straitjacket absolves the writers of all responsibility to produce alignment descriptions that actually cohere. Indeed, things open to interepretation deserve clearer descriptions, not less coherent ones. Any chaotic evil NPC one makes, according to the rules, is severely handicapped from acting rationally in their own interest. I would suggest doing away with this; instead, focus on chaos as the NPCs' goal rather than as their method for getting through the day. Let people's goals, objectives and allies define their alignment. [/QUOTE]

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