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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Vyvyan Basterd" data-source="post: 4804119" data-attributes="member: 4892">Forked from: <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showpost.php?postid=4803320" target="_blank"> So that's why you like it </a>My Pre-4E approach to alignment (and discussed with my players to help them understand my approach as DM) wasn't exactly lax, but I also never encouraged players to "do evil stuff" to stay evil.[rod serling voice]Picture if you will...[/rod serling voice] the 1E alignment graph.Instead of a flat plane, think of the graph tilted to a 45-degree angle with the Lawful Good corner at the highest point and Chaotic Evil at the lowest point.Sliding down the slope is easy. Too many evil acts and you start to slide. Too many chaotic acts, same thing different direction.Climbing the slope, OTOH, takes effort. You can committ as many "Good Deeds" as you wish, but if you don't want to climb the slope, you won't. You could be the nicest neighbor, help little old ladies across the street, and donate to local orphanges until you barely have enough money to live off yourself and still have an irredeemably evil side - if you don't want to be good. You don't have to commit evil acts to stay at the bottom of the slope, it's easy to stay there.It's hard to stay at the top, though. Opportunities to act in evil and chaotic ways present themselves too often and resisting them can be difficult.Just thought I'd share my views on the 9-alignment system instead of derailing the original thread.</blockquote>

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