D&D General How welcome would a wordy and somewhat philosophical treatment of alignment be here? [Thread resolved, thank you.]

[Big J Money]

I've been pondering alignment for a few weeks and I ended up writing a 9 page ontological essay. It's pretty valuable for my own use, so I'd like to share it, but 9 pages is awfully a lot for a forum post. I don't have a D&D or roleplaying blog because I don't write enough of this stuff and wouldn't be consistent in my posting.

Would anyone care to read it? Is such a long post doable here? Or is this probably a waste of a forum post?

 

[Jd Smith1]

I commend your attention to detail and clarity, but I wouldn't read it.

 

[delphonso]

I'd take a browse - perhaps just share the document?

 

[Ruin Explorer]

I think any take on alignment is going to have more people disagree with it, nit-pick it, or "Actually..." it than agree but if you're fine with that I think it's worth posting. I will say that probably only a few people will initially read it, but if it spurs interesting debate or discussion, more will follow. I'd certainly want to see if it had any helpful insights.

 

[lowkey13]

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[seusomon]

I'd like to read it.

 

[Celebrim]

Go for it. I wrote I think 5 pages just on Neutral Evil once, so 9 pages on all the alignments won't be excessive.

I suspect everyone who will be interested has already come up with some sort of description of the alignments that they are already happy with, so don't expect a lot of agreement but I do suspect some will read it and that you'll provoke the usual alignment arguments. If you're OK with that sort of unresolvable debate, then go for it.

 

[jayoungr]

Sure, go for it. My only suggestion is to break it up a bit. Make each page a separate post, or you could even make a thread for each alignment if that works better.

 

[jasper]

I've been pondering alignment for a few weeks and I ended up writing a 9 page ontological essay. It's pretty valuable for my own use, so I'd like to share it, but 9 pages is awfully a lot for a forum post. I don't have a D&D or roleplaying blog because I don't write enough of this stuff and wouldn't be consistent in my posting.

Would anyone care to read it? Is such a long post doable here? Or is this probably a waste of a forum post?

Here hold on to these weights. Push. Gee that was a dry well. hope you are okay. Let me throw some napalm down to keep you warm while I go for help.
Please don't do it.

 

[Seramus]

It would be fun to read!

Just don't expect a revolution. Massive dissertations on alignment are fairly common. Some people have even done their Ph.D thesis on it. Share it because you enjoyed writing it.