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<blockquote data-quote="Charlaquin" data-source="post: 8488442" data-attributes="member: 6779196">The Angry GM wrote an article on why 5e doesn’t need alignment back during the D&amp;D Next playtest. It basically said, alignment doesn’t actually do anything in 5e, you can completely ignore it and it won’t have any negative impact on your game whatsoever, and because of that, WotC should really just remove it. There’s no longer any point to having it in the game, so why bother trying to pretend alignment is even a thing any more.Then he went on to explain why he loves alignment and how he uses it, and how he thought it could best be used, if it’s used.It was a pretty great article, and I very much agree. Either have alignments actually do something, or don’t have it at all. Either would have been a strong choice that would each have taken the game in different directions. Trying to pretend alignment is a thing without having it impact the game in any meaningful way was not a strong choice. It was a weak attempt to please everyone that has always been doomed to end up pleasing no one.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Charlaquin, post: 8488442, member: 6779196"] The Angry GM wrote an article on why 5e doesn’t need alignment back during the D&D Next playtest. It basically said, alignment doesn’t actually do anything in 5e, you can completely ignore it and it won’t have any negative impact on your game whatsoever, and because of that, WotC should really just remove it. There’s no longer any point to having it in the game, so why bother trying to pretend alignment is even a thing any more. Then he went on to explain why he loves alignment and how he uses it, and how he thought it could best be used, if it’s used. It was a pretty great article, and I very much agree. Either have alignments actually do something, or don’t have it at all. Either would have been a strong choice that would each have taken the game in different directions. Trying to pretend alignment is a thing without having it impact the game in any meaningful way was not a strong choice. It was a weak attempt to please everyone that has always been doomed to end up pleasing no one. [/QUOTE]

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