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<blockquote data-quote="Valiantheart" data-source="post: 846404" data-attributes="member: 10165">People put way too much stock in alignment restrictions even in a black&amp;white world like D&amp;D.Alignment is not meant to be a straight jacket unless you are a paladin.&nbsp; A character/player should never be restricted in their actions cause the dm says so.&nbsp; They are a guide post that should reflect the characters over all actions and philosophy but not restricts them to a very narrow and predictable behavioral pattern.I give an excerpt from d20 modern:&quot;Russel Whitfield chooses the following allegiences in the following order: good, lawful, and department-7.&nbsp; Now Russel can choose to act as the situation demands and according to his own conscience, but when all else fails he tries to adhere to decisions that promote the greater good, stick to the law and serve the interests of department-7 in that order.&quot;This description could be applied to any D&amp;D character by replacing 'department-7' with an organization, church, or their party.The killing of a character you knocked unconscious my not be nice or even good, but it isnt a deliberate or planned act of evil.&nbsp; You are merely finishing what you started.&nbsp; Whats next not killing someone trapped by a hold spell?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Valiantheart, post: 846404, member: 10165"] People put way too much stock in alignment restrictions even in a black&white world like D&D. Alignment is not meant to be a straight jacket unless you are a paladin. A character/player should never be restricted in their actions cause the dm says so. They are a guide post that should reflect the characters over all actions and philosophy but not restricts them to a very narrow and predictable behavioral pattern. I give an excerpt from d20 modern: "Russel Whitfield chooses the following allegiences in the following order: good, lawful, and department-7. Now Russel can choose to act as the situation demands and according to his own conscience, but when all else fails he tries to adhere to decisions that promote the greater good, stick to the law and serve the interests of department-7 in that order." This description could be applied to any D&D character by replacing 'department-7' with an organization, church, or their party. The killing of a character you knocked unconscious my not be nice or even good, but it isnt a deliberate or planned act of evil. You are merely finishing what you started. Whats next not killing someone trapped by a hold spell? [/QUOTE]

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