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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sunseeker" data-source="post: 6125720">I guess that depends on how you perceive alignment, and this is why the Batman reference is imporant.Different representations by different writers, editors and story arcs, the representation of Batman(or almost any good-aligned super hero) is a sign of the times.  A dictatorial leader may see themselves as LG, upholding harsh laws in strict fashion, because he sees the bigger picture.  His citizens may see his as more NG, enforcing the law because doing so is important, even if they disagree with the content or the level of enforcement.  Outsiders may see him as LE, enforcing poor laws against people who can't stand up to him in order to gain more power.Being a real human being, it is entirely possible.It all depends on if you think morality is absolute, or relative, and that is a matter of perspective.The "godly" or "metagame" perspective, the "player" perspective sees the rules as absolute, because they have complete information.  They know Pelor or whatever is LG because of his suite of domains.  But the character lacks this information, so while they may know Pelor supports good things, they may see his followers do things they personally feel are unjust.  Even in RL Classical Mythology where the gods and demigods were involved in mortal affairs on a reguar basis, there was still a fairly wide range of perception as to what their alignment would be.Which is exactly why alignment restrictions are useless.  The way your player perceives their actions, the character perceives their actions, and the DM perceives those actions can all be significantly different.  That makes them useless as measurements.</blockquote>

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