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<blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 8931462" data-attributes="member: 23751">In my game the main weight alignment has is on the DM side of things.&nbsp; I don't have the time or desire to figure out complex personalities or even a few quirks for the vast majority of NPCs(which includes monsters) that the party will encounter.&nbsp; If they go to the baker or face off against a hill giant, alignment is a very quick shorthand way for me to decide how I will be roleplaying that NPC.&nbsp; For important NPCs I will create more complex personalities, and for middling NPCs I will assign alignment and some personality quirks.On the player side of things I couldn't care less what they do with alignment.&nbsp; They can write down LG, CG, BBEG or even nothing at all. They decide how to roleplay their characters and the world reacts to what they say and do.On this nothing changed.&nbsp; Even as far back as 1e the rules allowed for individuals or small groups of creatures that were of an alignment other than what was listed for them in the books if the DM so desired.&nbsp; You could have a NG or LE gold dragon if you wanted.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Maxperson, post: 8931462, member: 23751"] In my game the main weight alignment has is on the DM side of things. I don't have the time or desire to figure out complex personalities or even a few quirks for the vast majority of NPCs(which includes monsters) that the party will encounter. If they go to the baker or face off against a hill giant, alignment is a very quick shorthand way for me to decide how I will be roleplaying that NPC. For important NPCs I will create more complex personalities, and for middling NPCs I will assign alignment and some personality quirks. On the player side of things I couldn't care less what they do with alignment. They can write down LG, CG, BBEG or even nothing at all. They decide how to roleplay their characters and the world reacts to what they say and do. On this nothing changed. Even as far back as 1e the rules allowed for individuals or small groups of creatures that were of an alignment other than what was listed for them in the books if the DM so desired. You could have a NG or LE gold dragon if you wanted. [/QUOTE]

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