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<blockquote data-quote="77IM" data-source="post: 4807568" data-attributes="member: 12377"><p>Some of the reasoning on this thread sounds suspiciously like the Oberoni fallacy ("It's not broken, because you can fix it with house rules;" the fact that it needs to be fixed implies that it is, in fact, broken).</p><p></p><p>Obviously, in my campaign I can say that gold dragons are lawful good, telepathic, breathe corrosive gas, and are purple. I can even say that there are no gold dragons, or I could say that all dragons are gold, and that they run a passenger service and are happy to ferry PCs from town to town. In my game, I can say that eating the heart of a gold dragon earns you tremendous XP, enough to gain 5 levels. Or I can say that all gold dragons have a gaze attack: <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/c.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":close:" title="Close :close:" data-shortname=":close:" /> Death Glare (minor action; at-will) Close blast 5; +Level+3 vs. Fortitude; target dies instantly.</p><p></p><p>So, saying I can just change the gold dragon's alignment in my campaign is kind of moot. The questing is whether it is better for the game for the MM entry to say "Unaligned" or "Lawful Good" or some other thing (like, if a monster stat block can list multiple languages, multiple skills, etc., why not multiple alignments?). It should be valid to (intelligently) criticize WotC's design decisions even if they are easy to change with house rules.</p><p></p><p> -- 77IM</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="77IM, post: 4807568, member: 12377"] Some of the reasoning on this thread sounds suspiciously like the Oberoni fallacy ("It's not broken, because you can fix it with house rules;" the fact that it needs to be fixed implies that it is, in fact, broken). Obviously, in my campaign I can say that gold dragons are lawful good, telepathic, breathe corrosive gas, and are purple. I can even say that there are no gold dragons, or I could say that all dragons are gold, and that they run a passenger service and are happy to ferry PCs from town to town. In my game, I can say that eating the heart of a gold dragon earns you tremendous XP, enough to gain 5 levels. Or I can say that all gold dragons have a gaze attack: :close: Death Glare (minor action; at-will) Close blast 5; +Level+3 vs. Fortitude; target dies instantly. So, saying I can just change the gold dragon's alignment in my campaign is kind of moot. The questing is whether it is better for the game for the MM entry to say "Unaligned" or "Lawful Good" or some other thing (like, if a monster stat block can list multiple languages, multiple skills, etc., why not multiple alignments?). It should be valid to (intelligently) criticize WotC's design decisions even if they are easy to change with house rules. -- 77IM [/QUOTE]
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