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<blockquote data-quote="swrushing" data-source="post: 1385951" data-attributes="member: 14140">The first rule of alignment is it means&nbsp; different things to different people, so, if you and he are of differing opinions, you need to sit down and explain what LG means in your world. As you do this, i would also emphasize that since this event happened before you had this discussion it will be ignored. You don't want him to feel hung over something before you made it clear.Now, in my games, i hardl;y use alignment. I explain my number one rule and number two rule...1. Play your character, not your &quot;alignment&quot;.2. Alignment is DERIVED from the character's actions. Alignment does not DRIVE the character's actions.In other words, run the &quot;person&quot; you imagine and let me fret the alignment issues.So i would not have an issue with the character's actions. If he kept repeating it, I might reduce him to LN after a time but for a fighter that would hardly be noticeable. I would put him in a few situations where mercy could be chosen, and make it obvious, and see what he chooses. But if he persisted i would simply get eventually to the point of saying &quot;you are more neutral than good&quot; and go from there.However, what you do have to ask yourself as Gm when you want to bring alignment up is &quot;what would be the right choice for the alignment?&quot; What should he have done with the goblin prisoners? Should he have gathered them up and hauled them back to town for some trial? Would that be a fair trial or would the goblins have been summarily killed? Was he on some quest or mission at the time and should he have abandoned it for the sake of these goblins? Is the outright killing of goblins c0onsidered Ok and lawful or do people routinely capture them and haul them back to town? have the answers thought out before you make an alignment issue an issue.Anyway, from a story perspective, having a bigotted pc is great fodder. you can slowly work him into a circumstance where he needs a goblin for info or assistance and take time to have this goblin try and earn his trust. Eventually, you might get the character to deal with the conflict of hating &quot;all goblins&quot; but finding a decent one.Its not something i would try and &quot;rule out&quot; by dint of vaguely worded alignment definitions.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="swrushing, post: 1385951, member: 14140"] The first rule of alignment is it means different things to different people, so, if you and he are of differing opinions, you need to sit down and explain what LG means in your world. As you do this, i would also emphasize that since this event happened before you had this discussion it will be ignored. You don't want him to feel hung over something before you made it clear. Now, in my games, i hardl;y use alignment. I explain my number one rule and number two rule... 1. Play your character, not your "alignment". 2. Alignment is DERIVED from the character's actions. Alignment does not DRIVE the character's actions. In other words, run the "person" you imagine and let me fret the alignment issues. So i would not have an issue with the character's actions. If he kept repeating it, I might reduce him to LN after a time but for a fighter that would hardly be noticeable. I would put him in a few situations where mercy could be chosen, and make it obvious, and see what he chooses. But if he persisted i would simply get eventually to the point of saying "you are more neutral than good" and go from there. However, what you do have to ask yourself as Gm when you want to bring alignment up is "what would be the right choice for the alignment?" What should he have done with the goblin prisoners? Should he have gathered them up and hauled them back to town for some trial? Would that be a fair trial or would the goblins have been summarily killed? Was he on some quest or mission at the time and should he have abandoned it for the sake of these goblins? Is the outright killing of goblins c0onsidered Ok and lawful or do people routinely capture them and haul them back to town? have the answers thought out before you make an alignment issue an issue. Anyway, from a story perspective, having a bigotted pc is great fodder. you can slowly work him into a circumstance where he needs a goblin for info or assistance and take time to have this goblin try and earn his trust. Eventually, you might get the character to deal with the conflict of hating "all goblins" but finding a decent one. Its not something i would try and "rule out" by dint of vaguely worded alignment definitions. [/QUOTE]

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