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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 5582924" data-attributes="member: 22779">Really?I point to the paladin as a prime example of the game enforcing a specific moral point of view to the degree of pretty much destroying the character if you stray from that moral point of view.Any of the divine classes in D&amp;D follow the same strictures as well.&nbsp; If you perform an act contrary to the alignment on your character, you get beaten with the mechanics stick.Yeah, this gets back to the idea of &quot;don't play with douchebags&quot;.&nbsp; There's another thread on the forums right now, <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/306683-players-just-dont-get-genre.html" target="_blank">Players that Just Don't Get Genre</a> which outlines precisely what you're talking about.A player who decides that his amoral sociopath character fits into a game based around the theme of morality is no different than the player who brings in Sir Killsalot to the high RP court intrigue game, or any other player who brings in a character that just doesn't fit into the game.Celebrim's example of the player who abuses the system and brings in his psychopath to DitV, pretty much by definition &quot;doesn't get the game&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 5582924, member: 22779"] Really? I point to the paladin as a prime example of the game enforcing a specific moral point of view to the degree of pretty much destroying the character if you stray from that moral point of view. Any of the divine classes in D&D follow the same strictures as well. If you perform an act contrary to the alignment on your character, you get beaten with the mechanics stick. Yeah, this gets back to the idea of "don't play with douchebags". There's another thread on the forums right now, [url=http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/306683-players-just-dont-get-genre.html]Players that Just Don't Get Genre[/url] which outlines precisely what you're talking about. A player who decides that his amoral sociopath character fits into a game based around the theme of morality is no different than the player who brings in Sir Killsalot to the high RP court intrigue game, or any other player who brings in a character that just doesn't fit into the game. Celebrim's example of the player who abuses the system and brings in his psychopath to DitV, pretty much by definition "doesn't get the game". [/QUOTE]

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