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<blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 9426838" data-attributes="member: 6790260">Having seen other approaches to the same concept, I fear I can't really be compelled by traditionalism alone. Alignment so, so, so often devolves into a horrible straightjacket, a problem that the mechanic has suffered literally since the earliest days. Even 5e, where it is essentially fluff, it still manages to wedge in some straightjacket-y stuff. (I blame the lingering malign influence of how crap-awful 3.X handled it.)Alignment has changed many times over the years. Some would say that the now-ten-point alignment (L/N/C x G/N/E, Unaligned) is a betrayal of the old one-axis (L/N/C) system, for instance. Some would say that 3.X/PF1e's mega emphasis on alignment--to the point of having &quot;axiomatic&quot; and &quot;anarchic&quot; weapon enchantments--was the only acceptable form and that &quot;unaligned&quot; is a meaningless concept. Etc. I fully expect it to evolve yet further. &quot;Cemented&quot; is a bit of an excessive term for that, wouldn't you say?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="EzekielRaiden, post: 9426838, member: 6790260"] Having seen other approaches to the same concept, I fear I can't really be compelled by traditionalism alone. Alignment so, so, so often devolves into a horrible straightjacket, a problem that the mechanic has suffered literally since the earliest days. Even 5e, where it is essentially fluff, it [I]still[/I] manages to wedge in some straightjacket-y stuff. (I blame the lingering malign influence of how crap-awful 3.X handled it.) Alignment has changed many times over the years. Some would say that the now-ten-point alignment (L/N/C x G/N/E, Unaligned) is a betrayal of the old one-axis (L/N/C) system, for instance. Some would say that 3.X/PF1e's mega emphasis on alignment--to the point of having "axiomatic" and "anarchic" weapon enchantments--was the only acceptable form and that "unaligned" is a meaningless concept. Etc. I fully expect it to evolve yet further. "Cemented" is a bit of an excessive term for that, wouldn't you say? [/QUOTE]

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