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<blockquote data-quote="Pentius" data-source="post: 5684460" data-attributes="member: 6676736">Me either, which is why I refused to play paladins pre-4e.&nbsp; I've played three of them so far in 4e, though, since the alignment mechanics in 4e might as well just be guidelines.Whether the DM is telling me that my character physically cannot perform an off-alignment action, or that doing so will result in negative mechanical repercussions, he's telling me that my interpretation of my character is wrong, and that I need to start roleplaying his way.&nbsp; If I were just trying to be disruptive, I'd deserve what I got, but not for playing in good faith.Hehe, imflammatory.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />But it's only easy to ignore it if your group agrees to.&nbsp; Get two guys arguing to ignore alignment and two(or 1 DM) arguing to keep it, and it's probably not going anywhere.&nbsp; And adding an intricate system might be hard, but D&amp;D has never really had an intricate system.&nbsp; Heck, if I wanted an old edition's alignment mechanics back, importing them wholesale wouldn't be much trouble.&nbsp; The Detect spells become utility powers, the Protection-type ones become rituals of the level you used to have to be to learn that spell.&nbsp; To flip it around, D&amp;D dropped something many felt needed a good dropping, and those who liked it could simply have continued to use it as they did in the past.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Pentius, post: 5684460, member: 6676736"] Me either, which is why I refused to play paladins pre-4e. I've played three of them so far in 4e, though, since the alignment mechanics in 4e might as well just be guidelines. Whether the DM is telling me that my character physically cannot perform an off-alignment action, or that doing so will result in negative mechanical repercussions, he's telling me that my interpretation of my character is wrong, and that I need to start roleplaying his way. If I were just trying to be disruptive, I'd deserve what I got, but not for playing in good faith. Hehe, imflammatory. :) But it's only easy to ignore it if your group agrees to. Get two guys arguing to ignore alignment and two(or 1 DM) arguing to keep it, and it's probably not going anywhere. And adding an intricate system might be hard, but D&D has never really had an intricate system. Heck, if I wanted an old edition's alignment mechanics back, importing them wholesale wouldn't be much trouble. The Detect spells become utility powers, the Protection-type ones become rituals of the level you used to have to be to learn that spell. To flip it around, D&D dropped something many felt needed a good dropping, and those who liked it could simply have continued to use it as they did in the past. [/QUOTE]

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