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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Balgus" data-source="post: 415144" data-attributes="member: 8113">Classes like Barb, Monk, Cleric and Paladins which have alignment restrictions (or at least affects your abilities), the player should know their alignment.  It would suk if a LN cleric preps for a huge battle, and last night, having eaten a steak (not knowing it was outlawed by the land) can't cast any spells because his GOD all of a sudden does not favor him...But the rest of the classes- I would encourage this kind of stuff- if the DM is up to the job.Here's how I would do it:Keep two 10 point scales for each player- one for Law/chaos, and the other for good/evil- 1-3 is lawful/good, 4-7is neutral/neutral, 8-10 is chaotic/evil. The player gets to pick their starting alignment (Say Lawful Good).  So you start the player with 1/1. If they break the law once, it is now 2/1.  If they break the law intentionally, they move two points (3/1).  If they do something evil like blackmail, they will move up a point in evil (1/2).  If they kill someone, buthave a reason- and not a good one, they move two points (1/3)... and so on.  The DM keep stabs on all this - and tells the players when he is about to cross the line.  Magical weapons are used randomly- as stated by someone else.  Just tell the player, while using this sword, it is +2 flaming sword.  Someone else picks it up- it is a +1 sword for you...This gives The DM almost absolute control over his world, and what goes on where... Except for clerics and paladins- nobody else should have that much trouble with this kind of system.[OT]This thought just popped into my head- completely random- it is almost impossible to move out of a chaotic alignment.  Chaotic means that you are random and unpredictable.  Even if you choose to follow the law and behave- that does not mean you are lawful, but acting in the most chaotic nature possible- the most random and unpredictable act for a chaotic person, is to follow the rules...<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":cool:" title="Cool    :cool:"  data-smilie="6"data-shortname=":cool:" /></blockquote>

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