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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DDNFan" data-source="post: 6313574" data-attributes="member: 6776483">Engaging in high risk behavior because one uses dopamine a certain way is a stupid thing to do, which can cost you big time. Ever hear the phrase "the lottery is a tax on stupidity?" I see tons of stupid people buying scratch tickets for the fun of it, not realizing the house always wins. It's rigged. If the game is rigged against you, the only smart move is not to play.I used to work in a casino, I've seen plenty of "intelligent" people throw their lives away. Maybe "unwise" would be better. Think of it this way, you work 40 hours a week and then friday night blow it all in ten minutes at the slot machines. Pretty dumb, right? Thought so. Yes, gambling is stupid. doesn't mean you have a low IQ, but it is objectively stupid. You are more likely to get hit by lightning than win the lottery, and much more likely to become a millionaire by becoming an entrepreneur than winning the lottery. Except that's not so easy to do, which is why most people can't or won't do it. So instead they waste their dollars away trying to cheat their way out of poorness. It's a disease of the mind, and yes it does make otherwise smart people blind to the stupidity of their actions and choices.It's not alignment so much as a disconnect with wisdom. Engaging in high risk behavior might be appropriate for a barbarian, but generally frowned upon in the clergy. War clerics with high wisdom picking unreliable weapons strikes me as implausible, for the same reason that I wouldn't lend money to a gambling addict. Because I am wise and they are not. People throwing their wages or their children's college tuition away for the thrill of a dopamine rush is yes, what many people would also call, "stupid".That is imposing a chaotic alignment tint on weapon selection process. Being an axe over a sword shouldn't make one think twice, regardless. It will make me think twice for many character concepts, where I would otherwise feel freer to choose on a whim, but now unless my character specifically is all about axes, then I don't think I'll ever pick it. A greataxe is simply a poor man's greatsword in D&D fifth edition. That poor man is probably that way because he engages in high-risk behavior like gambling, and as a result can't afford the extra 20gp to pick up a proper sword instead. That doesn't scream lawful or wise to me. Oberoni is now inherent to every person's rationalisation for choosing a greataxe. It's inferior, you are choosing a mechanically inferior option because of a character concept. Do that if you like, but that is not game design. Axes should deal more max damage than swords on hits or crits, as in fourth edition.</blockquote>

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