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<blockquote data-quote="Hriston" data-source="post: 6587758" data-attributes="member: 6787503"><p>Are there any first edition people out there who'd like to discuss the way alignment works in an encounter reaction check? I'm looking at the modifiers for loyalty on page 37 of the DMG and my main interest is in discussing the possibility of alignment influencing the outcome of an encounter reaction without any of the parties involved ever &quot;knowing&quot; the other's alignment. The Know Alignment spell refers to the caster reading the aura of the spell's target, and I'm wondering if there is an unconscious awareness of and interaction between the alignment auras of different creatures that could account for alignment playing the part in a creature's reaction that the rules seem to imply, or whether the intention is for alignment to only come into play when it is revealed through the use of alignment languages, or some other external marker, as many have suggested in the past. Another possibility that comes to mind is that these modifiers apply only to loyalty and not to encounter reactions. I'm attempting a conversion of encounter reactions for fifth edition and this has become one of the points on which I can see that there would be a variety of opinions.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Hriston, post: 6587758, member: 6787503"] Are there any first edition people out there who'd like to discuss the way alignment works in an encounter reaction check? I'm looking at the modifiers for loyalty on page 37 of the DMG and my main interest is in discussing the possibility of alignment influencing the outcome of an encounter reaction without any of the parties involved ever "knowing" the other's alignment. The Know Alignment spell refers to the caster reading the aura of the spell's target, and I'm wondering if there is an unconscious awareness of and interaction between the alignment auras of different creatures that could account for alignment playing the part in a creature's reaction that the rules seem to imply, or whether the intention is for alignment to only come into play when it is revealed through the use of alignment languages, or some other external marker, as many have suggested in the past. Another possibility that comes to mind is that these modifiers apply only to loyalty and not to encounter reactions. I'm attempting a conversion of encounter reactions for fifth edition and this has become one of the points on which I can see that there would be a variety of opinions. [/QUOTE]

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