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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 7857520" data-attributes="member: 177"><p>Do go read up on how alignment is detected in 5e. Which is to say... it isn't. "Alignment" is no longer a thing beyond a general descriptor of behavior - it is not a thing with mechanical impact. </p><p></p><p>For example, the spell "Detect Evil and Good" now reads: <em>"For the duration, you know if there is an aberration, celestial, elemental, fey, fiend, or undead within 30 feet of you, as well as where the creature is located. Similarly, you know if there is a place or object within 30 feet of you that has been magically consecrated or desecrated."</em></p><p></p><p>So, a PC could be Chaotic Evil, and the spell would detect nothing at all, unless they also happened to be an actual, legitimate fiend from the lower planes.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Well, here's a thing you'll want to think about - strong xenophobia, superstitions, and cultural taboos may be a thing you think of as lawful, but they have something in common - fear. Fear, historically, often leads to people being hurt for no good reason, which is not Good. Xenophobia and superstitions lead to old women who have done no harm to anyone getting burned at the stake, and such. </p><p></p><p>If this is supposed to be a place that really is a "shining beacon of good" then all those things must actually lead to positive outcomes for people. Think on how that happens.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 7857520, member: 177"] Do go read up on how alignment is detected in 5e. Which is to say... it isn't. "Alignment" is no longer a thing beyond a general descriptor of behavior - it is not a thing with mechanical impact. For example, the spell "Detect Evil and Good" now reads: [i]"For the duration, you know if there is an aberration, celestial, elemental, fey, fiend, or undead within 30 feet of you, as well as where the creature is located. Similarly, you know if there is a place or object within 30 feet of you that has been magically consecrated or desecrated."[/i] So, a PC could be Chaotic Evil, and the spell would detect nothing at all, unless they also happened to be an actual, legitimate fiend from the lower planes. Well, here's a thing you'll want to think about - strong xenophobia, superstitions, and cultural taboos may be a thing you think of as lawful, but they have something in common - fear. Fear, historically, often leads to people being hurt for no good reason, which is not Good. Xenophobia and superstitions lead to old women who have done no harm to anyone getting burned at the stake, and such. If this is supposed to be a place that really is a "shining beacon of good" then all those things must actually lead to positive outcomes for people. Think on how that happens. [/QUOTE]
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