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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JamesonCourage" data-source="post: 6121800" data-attributes="member: 6668292">If you mean that people will misinterpret it no matter how clear it is, I agree.They will have to be interpreted to a point, yes. Much as a druid "reveres nature", or the like, and people have different takes on what that means (even if the author goes on to clarify).I only played in 3.X, but I don't remember "respect life" at all in the code. If it was, the sentiment should be made more clear, I agree.If the code says "act with honor (not lying...)", then I think it's abundantly clear that the Paladin can't lie without losing his powers. People will still misinterpret it, yes, but the same goes for any strong thematic material (druids, clerics, warlocks, etc.). I still want to keep those strong themes around, so I say if some people misinterpret things, oh well. Don't let perfect be the enemy of good, and all that. Make it as clear as possible, and then let people play the game.I think the "problem" has more to do with trying to squeeze standard moral views into the alignment system. In my game, Good was literally a defined force, but to my players, it wasn't always "the right thing to do" (and they were Good throughout most of the game... two started as Neutral, but transitioned to Good). This led to some pretty interesting conflicts in the game (the Herades philosophical discussion, backing up Good people just because you're Good, clashing with but never attacking a Lawful Evil Monk NPC that only hunted Evil people, siding with Asmodeus for the greater good [not Good], etc.).Hopefully alignment is optional anyways, though. I like it in my D&D, but clearly enough people have real problems with it that it's just an option. As always, play what you like <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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